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| '''George Soros''' (born 1930) is the son of the ] writer ]. In ], George Soros escaped ] for the West by participating in an Esperanto youth congress. |
'''George Soros''' (born ], ]) is the son of the ] writer ]. In ], George Soros escaped ] for the West by participating in an Esperanto youth congress. | ||
| ⚫ | He emigrated to England in ] and graduated from the ] in ]. In ], he moved to the ]. | ||
| ⚫ | He emigrated to England in 1947 and graduated from the ] in 1952. In 1956, he moved to the United States. | ||
| He is the chairman of ] and of the ]. | He is the chairman of ] and of the ]. | ||
| Soros received honorary doctoral degrees from the New School for Social Research (New York), the University of Oxford in 1980, the Budapest University of Economics, and Yale University in 1991. | Soros received honorary doctoral degrees from the New School for Social Research (New York), the ] in ], the ], and ] in ]. | ||
| Soros has been active as a philanthropist since 1979, when he began providing funds to help black students attend the University of Cape Town in apartheid South Africa. | Soros has been active as a philanthropist since ], when he began providing funds to help black students attend the ] in apartheid ]. | ||
| By 2000, he earned an estimated $5 bn in finance. He is married with five children. | By ], he earned an estimated $5 bn in finance. He is married with five children. | ||
| ==Published Works== | ==Published Works== | ||
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George Soros (born August 12, 1930) is the son of the Esperanto writer Tivadar Soros. In 1946, George Soros escaped Hungary for the West by participating in an Esperanto youth congress.
He emigrated to England in 1947 and graduated from the London School of Economics in 1952. In 1956, he moved to the United States.
He is the chairman of Soros Fund Management and of the Open Society Institute.
Soros received honorary doctoral degrees from the New School for Social Research (New York), the University of Oxford in 1980, the Budapest University of Economics, and Yale University in 1991.
Soros has been active as a philanthropist since 1979, when he began providing funds to help black students attend the University of Cape Town in apartheid South Africa.
By 2000, he earned an estimated $5 bn in finance. He is married with five children.
Published Works
- George Soros on Globalization (PublicAffairs, March 2002)
- Open Society: Reforming Global Capitalism (2000).
- The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered (1998)
- Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve (1995)
- Underwriting Democracy (1991)
- Opening the Soviet System (1990)
- The Alchemy of Finance (1987)
External Links and references
- The Soros Foundation
- George Soros, "The bubble of American supremacy", Editorial in The Korea Herald, March 12, 2003.