George Soros

with a hedge fund

He bet billions on rising or falling prices.

💡 Did you know? His fund achieved enormous returns over decades.

the British pound

The bet forced Britain to devalue the pound.

💡 Did you know? Soros made over a billion dollars from it.

the Bank of England

The title stands for his most famous speculation.

💡 Did you know? A single investor beat an entire central bank.

from Budapest, Hungary

As a Jewish child he survived the Nazi occupation.

💡 Did you know? Later he studied in London and moved to the USA.

Open Society Foundations

He gave them many billions of dollars.

💡 Did you know? They promote open societies and civil rights worldwide.

he gave it away

This lowered his personal fortune considerably.

💡 Did you know? In total he donated over 30 billion dollars.

he is politically controversial

His work for open societies makes him a bogeyman for many autocrats.

💡 Did you know? Fact-checkers have debunked countless false claims about him.

reflexivity

It holds that investors’ expectations themselves change the markets.

💡 Did you know? This idea shaped his whole investment style.

George Soros