Published on 8 Oct 2021 on Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance
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George Soros, also known as, "The Man Who Broke the Bank of England", is a Hungarian-born American billionaire, investor, and philanthropist. According to Forbes, Mr. Soros is worth $8.6 billion as of 2021 and is ranked at 92 on the Forbes 400 2021.
Mr. Soros was born in Budapest in 1930 but moved to the United Kingdom in 1947. He went to college at the London School of Economics, from where he graduated with a bachelor's of science degree in philosophy in 1951. Mr. Soros then went on to pursue an advanced degree in the same discipline, graduated with a master's degree in philosophy in 1954. George Soros began his professional endeavors by working for different banks in the United Kingdom, and then the United States. Moving to New York City gave the veteran billionaire the boost he needed. Mr. Soros reaped profits from investments and currency speculations, which led him to establish his first hedge fund in 1969, Double Eagle. Double Eagle thrived and added more value to Mr. Soros' net worth, which led him to start his second hedge fund in 1970, Soros Fund Management. As of August 2021, Mr. Soros manages more than $5.93 billion in 13F securities through his hedge fund, Soros Fund Management.