George Soros (Hungarian: Soros György; pronounced /ˈsɔroʊs/ or
/ˈsɔrəs/, Hungarian: ; born August 12, 1930, as Schwartz György)
is a Hungarian-American financier, businessman and notable
philanthropist focused on supporting liberal ideals and causes.
He became known as "the Man Who Broke the Bank of England" after
he made a reported $1 billion during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK
currency crises. Soros correctly speculated that the British
government would have to devalue the pound sterling.  Soros is
Chairman of the Soros Fund Management. In July 2011, Soros
announced that he was returning outside investment money (valued
at $1 billion) and will only invest his own $24.5 billion family
fortune because of new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
disclosure rules. Soros is also the chairman of the Open Society
Institute and a former member of the Board of Directors of the
Council on Foreign Relations. He played a significant role in
the peaceful transition from communism to capitalism in Hungary
(1984–89) and