When was George Soros born?

George Soros was born on 12 August 1930 in Budapest.

Where did George Soros study?

George Soros was educated at London School of Economics and Political Science.

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George Soros

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Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

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George Soros (born Schwartz György; August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian and American investor and philanthropist. As of September 2026, he had a net worth of US$8.6 billion. Soros has donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations. In 2020, Forbes called Soros the "most generous giver" in terms of percentage of net worth.

Quick facts

Born: 12 August 1930 wd
Place of birth: Budapest wd
Citizenship: United States, Hungary wd
Occupation: investor, philosopher, writer, economist, financier, banker wd
Political party: Democratic Party wd
Education: London School of Economics and Political Science wd
Spouse: Tamiko Bolton, Susan Weber Soros, Annaliese Witschak wd
Official website: georgesoros.com wd
Social media: X (Twitter) wd

Awards wd

Adam Smith Award (2012)
Freedom Award (2013)
Order of the Three Stars
Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia (2015)
James Madison Award (1997)
Hungarian Order of Merit (2004)
Order of Liberty (2015)
Order of African Redemption
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (1998)
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford (1980)
Fellow of the British Academy
Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Order of Manas, 3rd class
Pushkin Medal (1999)
Financial Times Person of the Year (2018)

About

Born in Budapest to a Jewish family, Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary as a teenager and moved to the United Kingdom in 1947. He studied at the London School of Economics and was awarded a BSc in philosophy in 1951, and then a Master of Science degree, also in philosophy, in 1954. Soros started his career working in British and American merchant banks, before setting up his first hedge fund, Double Eagle, in 1969. Profits from this fund provided the seed money for Soros Fund Management, his second hedge fund, in 1970. Double Eagle was renamed Quantum Fund and was the principal firm Soros advised. At its founding, Quantum Fund had $12 million in assets under management, and as of 2011 it had $25 billion, the majority of Soros's overall net worth.

Soros is known as "The Man Who Broke the Bank of England" as a result of his short sale of US$10 billion worth of pounds sterling, which made him a profit of $1 billion, during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis. Based on his early studies of philosophy, Soros formulated the general theory of reflexivity for capital markets, to provide insights into asset bubbles and fundamental/market value of securities, as well as value discrepancies used for shorting and swapping stocks.

Soros supports progressive and liberal political causes, to which he dispenses donations through the Open Society Foundations. Between 1979 and 2011, he donated more than $11 billion to various philanthropic causes; by 2017, his donations "on civil initiatives to reduce poverty and increase…

Questions

When was George Soros born?: George Soros was born on 12 August 1930 in Budapest.
Where did George Soros study?: George Soros was educated at London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Last updated 31 October 2026 · facts checked 5 November 2026

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