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George Soros

A famous investor and hedge fund speculator. Born in Hungary in an Esperanto-speaking home, he fled to England and later the United States to escape Nazism. In 1970, he founded Soros Fund Management, which returned an average of 42.5% per year for the next 10 years. In 1992, he short sold more than $10 billion worth of British pounds, which forced the Bank of England to withdraw from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism and to devalue the pound. He is a noted critic of unfettered free enterprise and believes that reflexivity can change the fundamentals of an economy. See also: Black Wednesday.
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On Monday, George Soros released a statement in response to seven allegations the Hungarian government made against him in their National Consultation survey on the "Soros plan." The statement attempted to offer a rebuttal to those claims, for example that Soros wants to resettle 1 million refugees throughout Europe each year.
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While the list may not be definitive, there is one name in that list that stands out and that is George Soros. In a trade that earned Soros the moniker 'the man who nearly broke the Bank of England,' Soros borrowed a billion US dollars worth of British pounds and then converted the pounds to German marks.
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London, Ramadan 20, 1437, Jun 25, 2016, SPA -- Billionaire investor George Soros said on Saturday that Britain's vote to leave the European Union makes "disintegration of the EU practically irreversible," and that the effects of Thursday's referendum will likely damage Britain, Reuters reported.
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Russia's indiscriminate bombing of population centers in Syria by Russia may temporarily save the Assad regime, but is threatening the region and Europe, too, argues George Soros, financier and philanthropist, in an essay for Project Syndicate.
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The daughter of billionaire business magnate George Soros just sold her West Village townhouse for $20 million, after listing it for $23.95 million, according to city records filed today.
The daughter of billionaire business magnate George Soros just sold her West Village townhouse for $20 million
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