The 92-year-old billionaire was born into a rich Jewish family that fled Hungary (when he was 17) when Nazis invaded. He studied philosophy at London School of Economics
After completing his education, Soros went to join the London merchant bank Singer & Friedlander. In 1956, Soros shifted to New York, where early on, he worked as an analyst of European securities
Soros entered markets by taking risky investment decisions post creating a hedge fund in 1973. Soros shorted the British pound and made $1 bn. He was also known as the man who broke Bank of England
According to Bloomberg, Soros comes with a net worth of $8.5 billion and he is also the founder of Open Society Foundations
Soros was also involved in political activism, and showed support to presidential campaigns of Obama, Hillary Clinton and Biden. Soros has been vocal against Xi, Trump and Erdogan.
Amid the Adani crisis, George Soros said that PM Modi "has to answer questions" from foreign investors and Parliament on allegations of fraud and stock manipulation against the billionaire's companies
Soros also said that Adani crisis will "significantly weaken Modi's stranglehold on India's government" and bring in institutional reforms. “I may be naive, but I expect a democratic revival in India," said Soros
Union minister Smriti Irani termed Soros' statement at Munich Security Conference as an "attack on India that would not be tolerated"
Adani Group's listed firms have together lost $120 bn in market value since a Jan. 24 report by Hindenburg Research alleged the conglomerate improperly used offshore tax havens, manipulated stock