I do not often use Wikipedia as a source since it has so much mis-information. However, Celeste Jacobs corrected me on this post, for which I found the following information that counters the derogatory misinformation in this graphic;: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Soros George Soros Born Schwartz György August 12, 1930 (age 84) in Budapest, Hungary Ethnicity: Hungarian Jewish Citizenship: Hungary, United States Alma mater: London School of Economics Occupation: Chairman of Soros Fund Management, Chairman of the Open Society Foundations, Founder and adviser of the Quantum Fund Employer: Soros Fund Management, Open Society Foundations Net worth: US $26.5 billion (April 2014) Religion: Judaism Spouse(s): Annaliese Witschak (1960–1983; divorced; 3 children) Susan Weber Soros (1983–2005; divorced; 2 children); Tamiko Bolton (2013–present) Children: Robert, Andrea, Jonathan, Alexander, Gregory He is known as The Man Who Broke the Bank of England because of his short sale of US$10 billion worth of pounds, giving him a profit of $1 billion during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis. Soros is a well-known supporter of progressive-liberal political causes. Between 1979 and 2011, Soros gave away over $8 billion to human rights, public health, and education causes. He played a significant role in the peaceful transition from communism to capitalism in Hungary (1984–89) and provided one of Europes largest higher education endowments to Central European University in Budapest. Soros is also the chairman of the Open Society Foundations. Soros was thirteen years old in March 1944 when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary. When Jewish children were barred from attending school by the Nazis, Soros and the other schoolchildren were made to report to the Jewish Council, which had been established during the occupation. Soros later described this time to writer Michael Lewis: The Jewish Council asked the little kids to hand out the deportation notices. I was told to go to the Jewish Council. And there I was given these small slips of paper ... It said report to the rabbi seminary at 9 am ... And I was given this list of names. I took this piece of paper to my father. He instantly recognized it. This was a list of Hungarian Jewish lawyers. He said, You deliver the slips of paper and tell the people that if they report they will be deported. Soros did not return to that job, but instead went into hiding the next day. Later that year, at age 14, Soros lived with and posed as the godson of an employee of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture. The official was at one point ordered to inventory the remaining contents of the estate of a wealthy Jewish family that had fled the country; rather than leave the young Soros alone in the city, the official brought him along. The next year, 1945, Soros survived the Battle of Budapest, in which Soviet and German forces fought house-to-house through the city. Soros emigrated to England in 1947 and became an impoverished student at the London School of Economics Just now · Like
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