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Black Wednesday, or the 1992 sterling crisis, was a financial crisis that occurred on 16 September 1992 when the UK Government was forced to withdraw sterling from the (first) European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM I), following a failed attempt to keep its exchange rate above the lower limit required for ERM participation.
George Soros [a] HonFBA (born György Schwartz on August 12, 1930) [1] [2] is a Hungarian-American [b] businessman, investor, and philanthropist. [7] [8] As of October 2023, he had a net worth of US$6.7 billion, [9] [10] having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, [11] of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune.
344. ISBN. 9-780-37570549-6. Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire is a non-fiction book by Michael T. Kaufman released by Random House in 2002, that illuminates the early life, education, work, and controversial philanthropy of George Soros, a man considered by many to be one of the most enigmatic yet globally influential ...
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Soros, a Hungarian businessman and investor, is a prolific donor to the Democratic Party, according to the BBC. The writer admitted the story was a satirical fabrication at the end of the article.
335 (With notes and Index) ISBN. 978-0-07-160844-2. Soros: The World's Most Influential Investor is a non-fiction book by Robert Slater, first released by McGraw Hill in 1996, that describes the early life, education, work, and philanthropy of a man many consider to be the most influential and successful investor of the twentieth century.
Soros also has been at the center of false claims that he financially supported the first national Women’s March and organized the Charlottesville, Va., protests and counterprotests in 2017.
In 1992, on what became known as Black Wednesday, Soros' lead fund, Quantum Fund, became famous for profiting from the devaluation the pound when the currency left the Exchange Rate Mechanism. Soros had bet his entire fund in a short sale on the ultimately fulfilled prediction that the British currency would drop in value, netting him a profit ...