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My Take
I find George Soros endlessly interesting precisely because he refuses to fit a single box. A man who survived wartime Budapest and then built one of history's great fortunes in finance could have simply retired into luxury; instead he gave away the majority of his wealth and spent decades writing about how markets reflect human bias rather than pure reason. Whether or not you agree with his politics, the consistency between his stated philosophy and his actual spending is something I rarely see among the ultra-rich. To me he is less a financier than a philosopher who happened to be brilliant at trading.
Overview
George Soros (born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian and American investor and philanthropist. As of May 2025, he has a net worth of US$7.2 billion, having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune. In 2020, Forbes called Soros the "most generous giver" in terms of percentage of net worth.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- George Soros
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョージ・ソロス
- Reading
- じょーじ・そろす
- Born
- August 12, 1930 (age 95)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Horse
- Origin
- Budapest, Hungary
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- investor / philosopher / writer / economist / financier
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2012 Adam Smith Award
- 2013 Freedom Award
- Order of the Three Stars
- 2015 Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia
- 1997 James Madison Award
- 2004 Hungarian Order of Merit
- 2015 Order of Liberty
- Order of African Redemption
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.