Characters experience, george soros.

1930 August 12, george soros was born in Budapest.

From 65438 to 0944, with the Nazi invasion of Budapest, Soros's happy childhood came to an end, and he took his family to escape. It was a period full of danger and pain. Thanks to his father's shrewdness and strength, his fake ID card and the shelter provided by good people, his family finally escaped this disaster. Later, Soros said that 1944 was the happiest time in his life, and he learned the skills of survival from the crisis of life and death. Two of his experiences were very helpful to his speculative career. The first is not afraid of taking risks, and the second is not to put all your eggs in one basket when taking risks.

From 65438 to 0947, he immigrated to England with his family. Soros, aged 17, left Hungary to seek development in advanced western countries. He first went to Bern, Switzerland, and then immediately went to London. The original beautiful imagination of London was shattered by reality. This is not a world for the poor, but a paradise for the rich. He can only make a living by doing odd jobs, and life is not fun and fresh.

1949, in order to change his fate, Soros was admitted to the London School of Economics. Soros attended the class of 1977 Nobel Prize winner John Meade. Although Meade is famous, Soros thinks he has learned nothing from it. He likes another liberal philosopher, Karl Popper, and he encourages him to think seriously about the way the world works and try to explain problems from a philosophical perspective. This laid a solid foundation for Soros to establish a new theory of financial market operation.

1952, received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the London School of Economics.

65438-0953 entered the financial industry and engaged in arbitrage activities of gold and other commodities and stocks.

65438-0956, moved to the United States and worked as a trader in new york, responsible for buying and selling stocks.

1963, Soros began to work for Ehud Brecher, an American company mainly engaged in foreign securities trading. Soros was hired as an analyst. At first, I mainly engaged in foreign securities analysis. Because of his network in Europe and his ability to speak many European languages, including French and German, Soros naturally became a pioneer in this field.

1969, for the investment management company arnhold &; S. Bleichroeder founded the Double Eagle Fund.

1973, Soros fund management company was established.

1973, Soros and his assistant Rogers left Bleichroeder to start a business and co-founded Soros Fund Management Company. When the company first started operating, there were only three people: Soros was a trader, Rogers was a researcher and one was a secretary.

From 65438 to 0975, george soros began to attract attention in Wall Street circles. His ability to make money attracted people's attention.

1979 established the first foundation-open society fund. At that time, his net worth was about $25 million.

From 65438 to 0979, Soros decided to rename the company Quantum Fund, which originated from Heisenberg's uncertainty law of quantum mechanics.

1988, druckenmiller was hired to handle daily transactions, while Soros focused on charity work.

1992, I bet on the devaluation of the pound and made a profit of 10 billion dollars.

1997, the attacks on the Thai baht and the Hong Kong dollar triggered the Asian financial turmoil.

1997, invest in Russia.

In 2000, druckenmiller resigned after failing in the Internet bubble, and Soros later entrusted more funds to portfolio managers for management.

In 2007, the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States accelerated and Soros returned to the nest. In the same year, the quantum fund returned to 32%, and in 2008, it recorded a return of 8%, which outperformed the average decline of the overall fund industry 19%.

20 1 1, ranked 46th on Forbes' global rich list, with net assets of145 billion USD.

20 1 1 On July 27th, 2007, george soros announced that he would end his career as a hedge fund manager for more than 40 years, and the fund management company he was in charge of with a total amount of $25.5 billion would also return the funds to external investors. I returned all my clients' funds and concentrated them on my family's fund.

In 20 12 years, shorting the yen earned at least 10 billion dollars.

On September 22nd, 20 13, Soros married a Japanese woman, tamiko bolton. This unforgettable love has attracted the attention of the society, and Soros even held a three-day color-themed wedding banquet at great expense, which was Soros's third marriage.

2015 65438+1October 22nd, george soros announced his ultimate retirement at the dinner of Davos Economic Forum, and handed over the family fund to Scott Besant, the investment director. In the future, he will no longer manage investment and will fully promote charity.