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'''George Soros''' is a Hungarian-American billionaire investor and philanthropist | {{stub}}'''George Soros''' is a Hungarian-American [[billionaire]] investor and philanthropist<ref>{{Cite news| url= http://www.businessinsider.com/george-soros-billionaire-investor-profile-2017-1|title=The incredible life of billionaire investing legend George Soros| newspaper= Business Insider|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-bearish-george-soros-is-trading-again-1465429163|title=A Bearish George Soros Is Trading Again |last=Zuckerman| first= Gregory| date= June 9, 2016|newspaper= [[The Wall Street Journal]]|issn=0099-9660|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> with a net worth of $8.5 billion as of May 2023,<ref name="daily">{{cite web| url= https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires| title= Bloomberg Billionaires| website= Bloomberg.com| access-date= February 6, 2015}} Reference updated May 2023. Note that this site is updated daily.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=George Soros|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/george-soros/|access-date=2020-07-09|website=Forbes}}</ref> having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/people/george-soros|title=George Soros|website=Open Society Foundations|access-date=December 13, 2018}}</ref> He is a graduate of the London School of Economics and his most important influence is the antisocialist [[Karl Popper]]. At one point he appointed his own tax lawyer to the [[Human Rights Watch]] board, exposing himself to ridicule and charges of cronyism.<ref name="Treanor">{{safesubst:cite web|last=Treanor|first=Paul|title=Who is behind Human Rights Watch?|url=http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/HRW.html|year=2004}}</ref> | ||
Soros has funded | Soros has funded color revolutions<ref>Zourabichvili, Salomé (April 2008). "Article". Herodote. French Institute for Geopolitics.</ref> and worked with the [[CIA]] to help cause the dissolution of the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190424090512/https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/12/09/soros-and-his-cia-friends-targeted-ussr-russia-1987/ Soros and His CIA Friends Targeted USSR/Russia in 1987]</ref> He does not claim to be a [[Marxist]] or [[socialist]] but in fact is politically and economically a [[neoliberal]]{{cn}}. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:10, 19 October 2023
George Soros is a Hungarian-American billionaire investor and philanthropist[1][2] with a net worth of $8.5 billion as of May 2023,[3][4] having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations.[5] He is a graduate of the London School of Economics and his most important influence is the antisocialist Karl Popper. At one point he appointed his own tax lawyer to the Human Rights Watch board, exposing himself to ridicule and charges of cronyism.[6]
Soros has funded color revolutions[7] and worked with the CIA to help cause the dissolution of the Soviet Union.[8] He does not claim to be a Marxist or socialist but in fact is politically and economically a neoliberal[citation needed].
References
- ↑ "The incredible life of billionaire investing legend George Soros". Business Insider. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ↑ Zuckerman, Gregory (June 9, 2016). "A Bearish George Soros Is Trading Again". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ↑ "Bloomberg Billionaires". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved February 6, 2015. Reference updated May 2023. Note that this site is updated daily.
- ↑ "George Soros". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ↑ "George Soros". Open Society Foundations. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- ↑ Treanor, Paul (2004). "Who is behind Human Rights Watch?".
- ↑ Zourabichvili, Salomé (April 2008). "Article". Herodote. French Institute for Geopolitics.
- ↑ Soros and His CIA Friends Targeted USSR/Russia in 1987