George Soros
This originally Hungarian is an American currency speculator, stock broker, businessman, political activist and philanthropist. Born on 12 August, he is the chairman of Soros Fund Manangement and Forbes listed Soros as the 29th richest person in the world. Scroll down to read more on Soros.
Biography of George Soros
With a net worth estimated as $11 billion, George Soros is the 29th richest person in the world, according to the Forbes List. Read on for the biography of George Soros.
Soros Spends $100m on a Slice of Indian Entertainment
A fund owned by US-based billionaire investor George Soros bought a 3% stake in an Indian entertainment company for $100m (£51.4m), it was confirmed yesterday
Soros Attacks Us Pro-israel Lobby
Group accused of helping to suppress debate - Financier criticises Bush policy on Palestinians
Soros Takes on Us Pro-israeli Lobby
The financier and philanthropist George Soros has entered the debate about US policy on Israel, accusing the Bush administration of adopting a hopeless strategy towards the Palestinians partly because of the influence wielded in Washington by the pro-Israeli lobby.
Soros Closes Uzbek Charity
George Soros said his charity in Uzbekistan had been forced to close because of a clampdown by authorities alarmed at the recent revolution in Georgia.
Financier Soros Puts Millions Into Ousting Bush
George Soros, one of the world's wealthiest financiers and philanthropists, has declared that getting George Bush out of the White House has become the "central focus" of his life, and he has put more than $15m (£9m) of his own money where his mouth is. Mr Soros argues that the Bush...
Soros bets against the dollar
George Soros, the billionaire investor dubbed "the man who broke the pound", yesterday added to the mounting pressure on the dollar when he admitted publicly he was betting against the currency.
Soros in £1.4m Fine for Insider Trading
The billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros was yesterday found guilty of insider dealing by a French court and fined €2.2m (£1.4m). Mr Soros, whose speculative attacks on sterling in 1992 brought him international fame as "the man who broke the pound", vowed to...
French Court Convicts Soros of Insider Trading
A French court today convicted US billionaire investor George Soros of insider trading and fined him 2.2m euros. The fine by the court is the same amount the Hungarian-born magnate was accused of having made from buying stocks at French bank Société Générale with...
Soros faces insider dealing charge in France
Billionaire financier George Soros will face a French court today on insider dealing charges relating to a failed takeover bid for Société Générale 14 years ago. Mr Soros is one of four men accused of earning some $11m from speculating in shares of the then newly privatised French bank ahead of the public announcement of a takeover bid.