At 84, George Soros, the Hungarian-born billionaire, has certainly made his mark on the business world. He is the man who is said to have battered the Bank of England when he shorted the pound and sparked a currency crisis in the 1990s.
But he is more than his investment funds. Soros is also a philanthropist with a huge agenda. Through his Open Society foundations, his name is known in 100 countries. He has donated about $12 billion and counting to his cause. He can afford that, as his personal family fortune is more that $24 billion and his fund pulls …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
