G eorge Soros is a Hungarian-American billionaire, legendary hedge fund manager, philanthropist, and political activist. A survivor of the Nazi occupation of Hungary, he emigrated to England and then the United States, where he built his career in finance. He founded the Quantum Fund, which became one of the most successful hedge funds in history, famous for its global macro strategy.

Soros achieved global fame and notoriety in 1992 as "the man who broke the Bank of England" after he made a massive and highly successful bet against the British pound, reportedly netting him over $1 billion in a single day. He has since transitioned from a full-time investor to one of the world's most prominent and powerful philanthropists. He has transferred the majority of his vast fortune to his Open Society Foundations, which support a wide range of liberal and democratic causes around the world. His extensive funding of progressive causes has made him a frequent target of criticism and conspiracy theories from the political right.