Management Hall of Fame: Leading Management Gurus
George Soros
Soros Fund - International Investment
Guru
(1930
- Present)
Key Work
- Graduated from the London School of
Economics
- Founds, Soros Fund Management, Open
Society Fund, Soros Foundation-Hungary , Soros Foundation-Soviet Union
- "Broke" the Bank of England in
1992 when he made $1 billion overnight by betting $10 billion on the
devaluation of the pound
- Founds Quantum Fund a $12 billion
international investment fund which is generally recognized as having
had the best performance record in the world during its 25-year
history.
- Publish - The Alchemy of Finance,
Opening the Soviet System, Underwriting Democracy, Ideas and Actions
- Founds The Central European University
in Budapest, Prague, and Warsaw.
- Received honorary doctoral degrees from
the New School for Social Research (New York) and the University of
Oxford , Budapest University of Economics and Yale University.
- As he matured, he moved from aggressive,
controversial investment practices to become an international philanthropist,
standing standing for liberal democratic causes worldwide
- He now speaks about reforming global
capitalism and International Monetary Fund (IMF) calls for the change
the very system that made him rich and calls the United States
"the major obstacle to international cooperation today."
- Founds a network of foundations
operating in 24 countries helping to build the infrastructure and
institutions of an open society through the support of a variety of
educational, cultural and economic restructuring activities.
Books & References:
IIM Executive Education & Management Training
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