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12 Aug 1930
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George Soros born, Budapest Hungary.
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1944
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Hides for a year from the
Nazis, after they
invade Hungary.
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1947
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Leaves Hungary for Britain
to attend London School of Economics.
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1956
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Moves to United States.
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1969
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Establishes Quantum
Fund, and dabbles in currency manipulation. Average return of that fund
is an astonishing 35% per year, since its inception.
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1979
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Establishes Open
Society Fund, New
York City.
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16 Sep 1992
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In a brazen act of
currency speculation, places a hedge bet that the UK will devalue the Pound Sterling. In September
this nets him $1B in a single day.
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1995
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Appointed director, Council on Foreign
Relations.
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1997
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Attacks the currencies of
Thailand
and Malaysia. A Thai source said: "We regard George Soros
as a kind of Dracula.
He sucks blood from the people." [Heather Coffin, Covert Action
Quarterly.]
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2002
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Convicted of insider
trading, with regards to the stock of a French bank in 1988. Fined $2M.
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Nov 2002
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Soros is the primary
sponsor of Nevada's ballot initiative to legalize marijuana.
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12 Sep 2003
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"If you impose
morality on [business], it means that you are actually with your hands tied
behind your back and you're not going to be successful. It's extremely hard
to be successful." Interview, David Brancaccio, Now with Bill Moyers.
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7 Nov 2003
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Moscow
offices of the Soros Foundation stormed by forty armed men who seize
papers and seal the building, after Soros criticized the recent jailing of
one of Russia's oligarchs, Mikhail Khodorkovsky
of oil company Yukos. The building's owner
claims rent was not being paid, an unlikely explanation.
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31 Mar 2004
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While appearing at a
human rights conference in Kiev, Ukraine, George Soros is splattered with water and
mayonnaise by two members of the radical nationalist group, Bratstvo.
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