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George Soros From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "Soros" redirects here. For other meanings see Soros (disambiguation). George Soros George Soros speaking in Malaysia Born: August 12, 1930 (1930-08-12) (age 76) Budapest, Hungary Occupation: speculator, investor, philanthropist, political activist Net worth: $8.5 billion (Forbes) [1] Spouse: Twice divorced (Annaliese Witschak and Susan Weber Soros) Children: Robert, Andrea, Jonathan, Alexander, Gregory Website: georgesoros.com George Soros (pronounced [?oro?]) [Shorosh] (born August 12, 1930, in Budapest, Hungary, as György Schwartz) is an American financial speculator, stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist.[1] Currently, he is the 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. His support for the Solidarity labor movement in Poland, as well as the Czechoslovakian human rights organization Charter 77, contributed to ending Soviet Union political dominance in those countries.[2] 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 reelection in 2004. Soros is famously known for "breaking the Bank of England" on Black Wednesday in 1992. With an estimated current net worth of around $8.5 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 80th-richest person in the world.[2]