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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''George Soros''' is a Hungarian-American financier, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder of the Soros Fund Management and of the Open Society Foundations, which support the civil society and the democratic institutions throughout the world.<br />
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== Early Life and Education ==<br />
Soros was born in Budapest in Hungary in 1930. His family survived the persecution of the Jews during the Second World War by concealing their identity and by helping others.<br />
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He emigrated to London in 1947 and studied at the London School of Economics. He took a degree in philosophy and was influenced by the ideas of Karl Popper.<br />
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He moved to New York in 1956 and worked as an analyst and a trader on the Wall Street. He became a leading figure of the hedge fund industry.<br />
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== The Financial Career ==<br />
Soros founded the Quantum Fund in 1973 and achieved an extraordinary record of returns. The fund was one of the first and most successful of the global macro hedge funds.<br />
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He is best known for the trade that forced the British pound out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism in 1992. The trade earned the fund an estimated one billion dollars and made him known as the man who broke the Bank of England.<br />
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He has argued that the financial markets are not perfectly efficient and that they are subject to the errors of the participants. He developed the theory of reflexivity, which holds that the beliefs of the participants influence the behaviour of the market.<br />
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He has warned of the risks of the credit expansion and of the financial bubbles. He predicted the crisis of 2008 and the collapse of the housing market.<br />
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== The Philanthropy and the Foundations ==<br />
Soros founded the Open Society Foundations in 1993 to promote the civil society and the democratic governance. The foundations support the education, the public health, and the human rights in more than a hundred countries.<br />
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He has donated billions of dollars to the causes of the democracy and the social justice. He funded the universities and the research institutions in the countries of the former Soviet bloc.<br />
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He supported the movement that led to the fall of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe. He has advocated for the integration of the continent and for the open society.<br />
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He has been the target of the political attacks in several countries. He has criticised the authoritarian tendencies and the corruption in the public life.<br />
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== The Writings and the Legacy ==<br />
Soros has written many books on the finance and on the politics. His works include The Alchemy of Finance and The Open Society and Its Enemies.<br />
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He has argued for the need of the international cooperation and for the reform of the global financial system. He has been a critic of the policies of the administration of George W. Bush.<br />
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He has funded the political campaigns and the civic organisations in the United States. He has been a prominent donor to the causes of the Democratic Party.<br />
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He is one of the most generous philanthropists in the world. His foundations have spent tens of billions of dollars on the promotion of the open society.<br />
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== The Early Career ==<br />
Soros worked as an analyst and a trader on the Wall Street before founding his own fund. He worked for the brokerage firm of F. M. Mayer and for the investment house of Wertheim and Company.<br />
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He founded the Quantum Fund in 1973 with Jim Rogers. The fund achieved an extraordinary record of returns over several decades.<br />
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He developed the theory of reflexivity, which holds that the beliefs of the participants influence the behaviour of the market. The theory is set out in his book The Alchemy of Finance.<br />
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== The Political Role ==<br />
Soros has been a prominent donor to the political campaigns and the civic organisations. He has supported the causes of the Democratic Party in the United States.<br />
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He has funded the civil society organisations in the countries of Eastern Europe. He has been a critic of the authoritarian governments.<br />
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He has been the target of the political attacks in several countries. He has defended his activities as the promotion of the open society.<br />
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== The Education and the Family ==<br />
Soros studied at the London School of Economics. He was influenced by the ideas of Karl Popper and the philosophy of the open society.<br />
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He moved to New York in 1956 and worked as an analyst and a trader. He founded the Quantum Fund in 1973.<br />
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He has been married several times and has several children. His son Alexander Soros has taken a leading role in the family foundations.<br />
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== The Products and the Innovation ==<br />
Soros developed the theory of reflexivity to explain the behaviour of the markets. The theory holds that the beliefs of the participants influence the fundamentals.<br />
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He founded the Quantum Fund and achieved an extraordinary record of returns. The fund was one of the first of the global macro hedge funds.<br />
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He predicted the crisis of 2008 and the collapse of the housing market. He has warned of the risks of the credit expansion.<br />
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== The Leadership and the Strategy ==<br />
Soros founded the Open Society Foundations in 1993. The foundations support the civil society and the democratic governance.<br />
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He has donated billions of dollars to the causes of the democracy. He has funded the universities and the research institutions.<br />
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He has signed the Giving Pledge. He is one of the most generous philanthropists in the world.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* Open Society Foundations<br />
* Hedge fund<br />
* Reflexivity<br />
* Philanthropy<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<ref name="r1">Soros, George. The Alchemy of Finance. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987.</ref><br />
<ref name="r2">Soros, George. Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve. New York: Wiley, 1995.</ref><br />
<ref name="r3">Kaufman, Michael T. Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.</ref><br />
<ref name="r4">Slater, Robert. Soros: The World's Most Influential Investor. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.</ref><br />
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