Born: Budapest 1930
Net worth: (2001) ~5billion US$
(among the wealthiest 150 people)
George Soros, is a
Hungarian-born
Jew, who "spent the war in Hungary under false papers working for the Nazi government, identifying and expropriating the property of wealthy fellow Jews." according to the (highly dubious)
LaRouche publication
Executive Intelligence Review. During his youth he studied at
London School of Economics under
Karl Popper. He was inspired to become an
economic philospher, but instead became one of the most succesful investors of the
20th Century.
In
1992 George Soros speculated against the
British pound, causing it a massive devaluation and a personal profit of 1 billion $US. Soros almost did to the
Bank of England what
Nick Leeson did to
Barings. Soros has also been accused of devaluating other national currencies;
Thailand,
Indonesia, and
Mexico.
Malaysian President,
Dr Mahathir accused him directly causing an economic crisis.
Soros's foundations,
The Open Society and the
Quantum Fund, have supported
liberalisation in
Eastern Europe. Among his contributions have been buying 400 photocopiers for
Hungarian libraries, and providing inexpensive TV transmission equipment to
Milosevec's critics. Soros's own critics accuse him of using these
philanthropic organisations solely for
money laundering.
Soros has also been highly critical of the US
war on drugs, stating that
treatment of addicts is more important than blocking suppliers. He has also actively supported
legalisation in many US states.
For more information, see "
Soros on Soros" (his Autobiography)
http://www.soros.org/
Sources:
http://www.
salon.com/people/bc/2001/03/27/soros/index3.html
an unnamed employee of Soros
http://www.soros.org/
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a93634.htm