George Soros (or /ˈsɔrəs/, Hungarian) is a Hungarian-born American financial speculator, stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist. Soros is famously known for "breaking the Bank of England" on Black Wednesday in 1992. With an estimated current net worth of around $9 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 99th-richest person in the world. Currently, Soros is chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Institute and is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations. According to his own website, Soros claims his support for the Solidarity labor movement in Poland, as well as the Czechoslovak human rights organization Charter 77, contributed to ending Soviet Union political dominance in those countries. His funding and organization of Georgia's Rose Revolution was considered by Russian and Western observers to have been crucial to its success, although Soros said his role has been "greatly exaggerated." In the United States, he is known for having donated large sums of money in a failed effort to defeat President George W. Bush's bid for re-election in 2004. On BookTV, November 12, 2007, he said that he supports Barack Obama for the Democratic candidate in the 2008 election, but says that John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, or Joe Biden are all fine candidates, as well.
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| - George Soros (or /ˈsɔrəs/, Hungarian) is a Hungarian-born American financial speculator, stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist. Soros is famously known for "breaking the Bank of England" on Black Wednesday in 1992. With an estimated current net worth of around $9 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 99th-richest person in the world. Currently, Soros is chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Institute and is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations. According to his own website, Soros claims his support for the Solidarity labor movement in Poland, as well as the Czechoslovak human rights organization Charter 77, contributed to ending Soviet Union political dominance in those countries. His funding and organization of Georgia's Rose Revolution was considered by Russian and Western observers to have been crucial to its success, although Soros said his role has been "greatly exaggerated." In the United States, he is known for having donated large sums of money in a failed effort to defeat President George W. Bush's bid for re-election in 2004. On BookTV, November 12, 2007, he said that he supports Barack Obama for the Democratic candidate in the 2008 election, but says that John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, or Joe Biden are all fine candidates, as well. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker wrote in 2003 in the foreword of Soros' book The Alchemy of Finance: George Soros has made his mark as an enormously successful speculator, wise enough to largely withdraw when still way ahead of the game. The bulk of his enormous winnings is now devoted to encouraging transitional and emerging nations to become 'open societies,' open not only in the sense of freedom of commerce but - more important - tolerant of new ideas and different modes of thinking and behavior. (en)
- Джордж Со́рос (Дьёрдь Шорош) — американский финансист, инвестор и филантроп. Сторонник теории открытого общества и противник «рыночного фундаментализма». Последователь идей Карла Поппера. Его деятельность вызывает неоднозначную оценку в разных странах и различных кругах общества. Часто его называют финансовым спекулянтом. Считается «человеком, который сломал Банк Англии». (ru)
- George Soros, född 1930 i Budapest, Ungern, är en amerikansk ekonom, valutaspekulatör, finansman och politisk filosof för blandekonomi. Soros är känd antikommunist men har också hårt kritiserat USA:s nuvarande president George W. Bush. (sv)
- George Soros nació el 12 de agosto de 1930 en Budapest, Hungría como Schwartz György es un especulador financiero, e inversionista, según algunos, filántropo, activista político liberal y filósofo. (es)
- George Soros, alkujaan Schwartz György, (s. 12. elokuuta 1930 Budapestissa) on New Yorkissa asuva unkarilaissyntyinen yhdysvaltalainen pörssikeinottelija, suursijoittaja, filantrooppi ja poliittinen aktivisti. Hän on Soros Fund Managementin ja Open Society Instituten puheenjohtaja ja entinen Council on Foreign Relationsin johtokunnan jäsen. (fi)
- Attualmente è presidente del Soros Fund Management e dell'Open Society Institute ed è anche ex membro della Consiglio di amministrazione del Council on Foreign Relations. Il suo appoggio al movimento sindacale polacco Solidarnosc, e il supporto all'organizzazione cecoslovacca per la tutela dei diritti umani Carta 77 (manifesto del 6 gennaio 1977 per una liberalizzazione del regime), hanno contribuito alla fine del dominio dell'Unione Sovietica in questi Stati. Il suo finanziamento e organizzazione della Rivoluzione delle rose in Georgia è stato ritenuto cruciale ai fini del successo della stessa da osservatori sia Russi che Occidentali, nonostante Soros abbia dichiarato che il suo ruolo sia stato "largamente sopravvalutato". Negli USA è noto per avere elargito larghe somme di denaro agli avversari di George W. Bush nel corso delle ultime elezioni presidenziali. L'ex presidente della Federal Reserve Paul Volcker scriveva nell'introduzione de "L'alchimia della finanza", un libro pubblicato da Soros nel 2003: "George Soros ha lasciato un segno nella veste di speculatore dall'enorme successo, saggio abbastanza dal ritirarsi sostanzialmente quando ancora il gioco volgeva a suo favore. Il grosso delle sue enormi vincite sono oggi votate ad aiutare paesi emergenti o in via di transizione a rendersi delle "società aperte", aperte non solo nel senso della libertà di scambi commerciali, ma soprattutto tolleranti nei confronti delle nuove idee e dei diversi approcci di pensiero e comportamentali". È uno dei finanziatori di movimenti rivoluzionari in Ucraina, in Georgia e anche Bielorussia. (it)
- George Soros (Budapeste, 12 de Agosto de 1930) é um empresário e homem de negócios norte-americano. É famoso pelas suas atividades enquanto especulador, nomeadamente em matéria de taxas de câmbio, bem como pela sua atividade filantrópica, que apoiou entre outros, a Universidade Central Europeia. Nascido na Hungria com o nome de Schwartz György, tendo tornado-se Soros György, filho de Tivadar Soros, famoso esperantista húngaro, escritor e ex-soldado, e de Erzebet Czacs, ambos de família judia, George Soros teve uma infância relativamente boa, tendo passado parte da adolescência fugindo de perseguições, na Hungria, pelo fato de ser judeu . Depois, migrou aos dezessete anos a Londres, onde começou a enriquecer com a administração de empresas. Actualmente é o Presidente da Soros Fund Management e da Open Society Institute, tendo pertencido à Administração do Council on Foreign Relations. Nos Estados Unidos da América é conhecido por ter doado montantes elevados para tentar que o Presidente George Bush não fosse reeleito. Foi casado duas vezes: primeiro, com Annaliese, depois com Susan Weber. (pt)
- 乔治·索罗斯（George Soros）（1930年8月12日出生于匈牙利的首都布达佩斯，匈牙利名字是Soros György）是一位匈牙利出生的美国猶太商人。著名的货币投机家，股票投資者，慈善家和政治行動主義分子；现在他是索罗斯基金管理公司和开发社会研究所主席，是外交事务委员会董事会前成员。他以在格鲁吉亚的玫瑰革命中扮演的角色而闻名世界；在美国以募集大量资金试图阻止喬治布殊的再次当选而闻名。 (zh)
- George Soros (født 12. august 1930 i Ungarn) er finansmand. George Soros menes at have en personlig formue på 7,2 mia. dollars i 2004, hvilket placerer ham som nummer 24 på listen over de rigeste mennesker i USA. Størstedelen af Soros' formue stammer fra spekulativ valutahandel. George Soros forlod Ungarn i 1947 og bosatte sig i Storbritannien, hvor han tog sin økonomiske uddannelse på London School of Economics. I 1956 flyttede han til USA, hvor han har investeret sig til sin formue. Han er i 2004 bestyrelsesformand for Soros Fund Management. Georges Soros har gennem de seneste 25 år givet flere hundrede millioner dollars til velgørende formål i som at hjælpe sorte i Sydafrika skole, bygge et vandrensningsanlæg i Sarajevo det tidligere Jugoslavien og har sendt kopimaskiner i hundredvis til sit tidligere hjemland, Ungarn for at fremme en uafhængig presse. Alene i Rusland har han ydet 500 mio. dollars til sundheds- og uddannelsesvæsenet. (da)
- George Soros (gebürtig György Schwartz; * 12. August 1930 in Budapest) ist ein US-amerikanischer Investmentbanker ungarischer Herkunft. (de)
- George Soros, opprinnelig navn György Schwartz (født 12. august 1930 i Budapest) er en amerikansk finansmann og filantrop. Stiftet Quantum-fondene sammen med Jim Rogers i 1969. Ble kjent innen finansverden da han under valutauroen i 1992 tjente en milliard britiske pund på å ta posisjoner der han tjente penger dersom pundet svekket seg. Mer nylig er han kjent for sin rolle i roserevolusjonen i Georgia og for å ha donert store summer for å kaste George W. Bush som USAs president. (no)
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| - Robert, Andrea, Jonathan, Alexander, Gregory (en)
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| - Salomé Zourabichvili, ''Herodote'' (magazine of the French Institute for Geopolitics, April, 2008 (en)
- These institutions were the cradle of democratisation, notably the Soros Foundation … all the NGOs which gravitate around the Soros Foundation undeniably carried the revolution. However, one cannot end one’s analysis with the revolution and one clearly sees that, afterwards, the Soros Foundation and the NGOs were integrated into power. (en)
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| - Twice divorced (Annaliese Witschak and Susan Weber Soros) (en)
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| - New Alliance Of Democrats Spreads Funding (en)
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| - George Soros (or /ˈsɔrəs/, Hungarian) is a Hungarian-born American financial speculator, stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist. Soros is famously known for "breaking the Bank of England" on Black Wednesday in 1992. With an estimated current net worth of around $9 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 99th-richest person in the world. Currently, Soros is chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Institute and is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations. According to his own website, Soros claims his support for the Solidarity labor movement in Poland, as well as the Czechoslovak human rights organization Charter 77, contributed to ending Soviet Union political dominance in those countries. His funding and organization of Georgia's Rose Revolution was considered by Russian and Western observers to have been crucial to its success, although Soros said his role has been "greatly exaggerated." In the United States, he is known for having donated large sums of money in a failed effort to defeat President George W. Bush's bid for re-election in 2004. On BookTV, November 12, 2007, he said that he supports Barack Obama for the Democratic candidate in the 2008 election, but says that John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, or Joe Biden are all fine candidates, as well. (en)
- Джордж Со́рос (Дьёрдь Шорош) (англ. George Soros, венг. Soros György; р. (ru)
- George Soros, född 1930 i Budapest, Ungern, är en amerikansk ekonom, valutaspekulatör, finansman och politisk filosof för blandekonomi. (sv)
- George Soros nació el 12 de agosto de 1930 en Budapest, Hungría como Schwartz György es un especulador financiero, e inversionista, según algunos, filántropo, activista político liberal y filósofo. (es)
- George Soros, alkujaan Schwartz György, (s. 12. (fi)
- Attualmente è presidente del Soros Fund Management e dell'Open Society Institute ed è anche ex membro della Consiglio di amministrazione del Council on Foreign Relations. (it)
- George Soros (Budapeste, 12 de Agosto de 1930) é um empresário e homem de negócios norte-americano. (pt)
- 乔治·索罗斯（George Soros）（1930年8月12日出生于匈牙利的首都布达佩斯，匈牙利名字是Soros György）是一位匈牙利出生的美国猶太商人。著名的货币投机家，股票投資者，慈善家和政治行動主義分子；现在他是索罗斯基金管理公司和开发社会� �究所主席，是外交事务委员会董事会前成员。他以在� �鲁吉亚的玫瑰革命中扮演的角色而闻名世界；在美国以募集大量资金试图阻止喬治布殊的再次当选而闻名。 (zh)
- George Soros (født 12. august 1930 i Ungarn) er finansmand. George Soros menes at have en personlig formue på 7,2 mia. dollars i 2004, hvilket placerer ham som nummer 24 på listen over de rigeste mennesker i USA. (da)
- George Soros (gebürtig György Schwartz; * 12. August 1930 in Budapest) ist ein US-amerikanischer Investmentbanker ungarischer Herkunft. (de)
- George Soros, opprinnelig navn György Schwartz (født 12. august 1930 i Budapest) er en amerikansk finansmann og filantrop. (no)
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