The Week (US)

Who is George Soros?

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He’s one of America’s leading philanthro­pists and political donors. At age 88, the Hungarian-born investor has given away at least $32 billion to charities, which puts him a bit behind Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, but as a percentage of his net worth, Soros has donated the most of any living billionair­e. Since the 1980s, most of that money has gone to groups that build democracy and civic institutio­ns overseas, particular­ly in his native Eastern Europe. Early on, he was seen as a conservati­ve anti-communist and promoter of capitalism. But starting in the 2000s, his foundation­s also began giving heavily to progressiv­e causes in the U.S., such as the ACLU and gay rights groups. He is now a major donor to the Democratic Party, and financiall­y supported the campaigns of John Kerry, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton. His Open Society Foundation­s operate in about 100 countries.

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Conspiracy theorists say Soros controls nearly everything.

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