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Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born )

"Soros" redirects here. For other uses, see Soros (disambiguation).

George Soros^[a] (born György Schwartz; August 12, )^[1][2] is an American^[b] investor and philanthropist.^[7][8] As of October&#;^[update], he had a net worth of US$ billion,^[9][10] having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations,^[11] of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune.

In , Forbes called Soros the "most generous giver" in terms of percentage of net worth.^[12] He is a resident of New York.

Born in Budapest to a non-observant Jewish family, Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary and moved to the United Kingdom in He studied at the London School of Economics and was awarded a BSc in philosophy in , and then a Master of Science degree, also in philosop