George Soros

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George Soros (1930 - ) was born in Budapest, Hungary. He emigrated in 1947 to England, where he graduated from the London School of Economics, and then in 1956 to the United States, where he began to accumulate a large fortune through an international investment fund he founded and managed. While still a student at the London School of Economics, Mr. Soros became familiar with the work of the philosopher Karl Popper, who had a profound influence on his thinking and, later on, his philanthropic activities. Mr. Soros established his first foundation in New York in 1979 — the Open Society Fund. His first Eastern European foundation was created in Hungary in 1984, and the Soros Foundation — Soviet Union in 1987. He now funds a network of non-profit foundations and other organizations. In all, roughly $350 million were given away in 1996.

Current occupation

Chairman, Soros Fund Management LLC, New York Board Member, International Crisis Group 2006 Chairman, The Open Society lnstitute

Political activity

Participant, World Economic Forum 2004 Board Member, International Crisis Group 2004 Attendee Bilderberg Group 2002 May 30th - June 2nd Member of Trilateral Commission North American Group May 15, 2001 Attendee Bilderberg 2000 June 1st-4th Attendee Bilderberg 1996 May 30th - June 1st