| George Soros  Born: 12-Aug-1930
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business, Philanthropist
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Financial speculator Hungarian-American immigrant who made his fortune in America, and provided seed funding for the Open Society Institute and the Center for American Progress. Gave $100M to Human Rights Watch, $1M to Media Matters for America in 2010, and $1M to a pro-Obama PAC in 2012. Widely but incorrectly credited by right-wing sources as having funded Air America Radio and virtually every other left-leaning or liberal cause. Father: Tivadar Schwartz (attorney, d. 1968)
Mother: Erzebet Szucz
Brother: Paul (shipping magnate, b. 1926, d. 2013)
Wife: Annaliese Witschak (m. 1960, div., two sons, one daughter)
Son: Robert (b. 1964)
Daughter: Andrea (b. 1965)
Son: Jonathan (financial manager, b. 1971)
Wife: Susan Weber (m. 19-Jun-1983, div., two sons)
Son: Alexander
Son: Gregory
Girlfriend: Adriana Ferreyr (Brazilian soap opera star, ex-)
Girlfriend: Tamiko Bolton (yoga instructor, b. circa 1972, together since 2008, fiancée 2012)
University: BS, London School of Economics (1952)
Soros Fund Management
Quantum Fund (1969-2000)
Carlyle Group
Al Franken for Senate
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bilderberg Group
Center for American Progress
Citizens for a Moratorium on Federal Executions
Dean for America
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Drug Policy Alliance Board of Directors
Friends for Harry Reid
Friends of Hillary
Gore 2000
Human Rights Watch
Institute for International Economics Board of Directors
International Academy of Humanism Laureate
International Crisis Group Executive Committee
John Kerry for President
McCain 2000
Media Matters for America
MoveOn.org
New Leadership for America PAC
Obama for America
Obama for Illinois
Open Society Institute Founder
Insider Trading Convicted 2002
Naturalized US Citizen 18-Dec-1961
Esperanto speakers
Hungarian Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry
Official Website:
http://www.georgesoros.com/
Rotten Library Page:
George Soros
Author of books:
The Alchemy of Finance (1988)
Opening the Soviet System (1990)
Underwriting Democracy:Encouraging Free Enterprise and Democratic Reform Among the Soviets and in Eastern Europe (1991)
Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve (1995, with Byron Wien)
The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered (1998)
Open Society: Reforming Global Capitalism (2000)
George Soros on Globalization (2002)
The Bubble of American Supremacy: Correcting the Misuse of American Power (2003)
The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror (2006)
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means (2008)
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