caption religion birth_name birth_place imagesize birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation alma_mater
george soros at the munich security conference in 2011 none ; atheist august 2015 schwartz györgy budapest , hungary 230px 12 august 1930 annaliese 3 children -rrb- witschak -lrb- 1960 -- 1983 ; divorced ; george soros 47th munich security conference 2011 crop.jpg george soros
 george soros chairman of soros fund management london -rrb- school of economics , -lrb- b.sc. , ph.d.
george soros

george soros -lrb- or ; ; ; born august 12 , 1930 , as schwartz györgy -rrb- is a hungarian-born american business magnate , investor , author , and philanthropist .
he is chairman of soros fund management .
he is known as `` the man who broke the bank of england '' because of his short sale of worth of pounds , giving him a profit of $ 1 billion during the 1992 black wednesday uk currency crisis .
soros is one of the 30 richest people in the world .
soros is a well known supporter of progressive -- liberal political causes .
between 1979 and 2011 soros donated more than $ 8 billion to various philanthropic causes .
he played a significant role in the peaceful transition from communism to capitalism in eastern europe -lrb- 1984 -- 89 -rrb- and provided one of europe 's largest higher education endowments to central european university in budapest .
soros is also the chairman of the open society foundations .
