A success timeline featuring the most significant achievements of George Soros.
George Soros is a prominent American investor and philanthropist. As of March 2025, his net worth was $7.2 billion, significantly reduced by his extensive charitable contributions. He has donated over $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, with $15 billion already distributed. This represents 64% of his original fortune. Soros was recognized by Forbes in 2020 as the 'most generous giver' based on the percentage of his net worth donated to philanthropic causes.
In 1944, Soros's family survived the war by purchasing documents stating they were Christians. 14-year-old Soros posed as the Christian godson of a government official. Soros later wrote that 1944 had been "the happiest [year] of his life" as he witnessed his father's heroism.
In 1945, George Soros survived the Siege of Budapest, where Soviet and German forces fought house-to-house. He and his mother hid with the family of Elza Brandeisz and attended their Lutheran church.
In 1980, George Soros received an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Oxford.
In 1988, George Soros advised the "No" campaign in the Chilean plebiscite, providing crucial data and studies that informed the campaign's television program, which ultimately contributed to their victory.
In 1991, George Soros received a Doctor of Humane Letters from Yale University.
On September 16, 1992, the day of Black Wednesday, George Soros's fund had sold short more than $10 billion in pounds, profiting from the UK government's reluctance to raise interest rates or float its currency.
In 1995, George Soros received an honorary laurea degree in economics from the University of Bologna.
In 2007, Time magazine cited that George Soros had given $742 million to projects in the U.S., and given away a total of more than $7 billion.
In 2008, George Soros was inducted into Institutional Investors Alpha's Hedge Fund Manager Hall of Fame.
In 2009, Michelle Bachelet awarded George Soros the Bernardo O'Higgins Order of Merit in recognition of his "unwavering commitment to democracy and open societies."
In 2013, the Quantum Fund made $5.5 billion, becoming the most successful hedge fund in history again. Since its inception in 1973, the fund has generated $40 billion.
In January 2014, George Soros was ranked number 1 in LCH Investments list of top 20 managers, having posted gains of almost $42 billion since the launch of his Quantum Endowment Fund.
In July 2017, George Soros was elected an Honorary Fellow of the British Academy (HonFBA).
In 2018, George Soros was named the Financial Times Person of the Year.
In April 2019, George Soros was awarded the Ridenhour Prize for Courage and donated the prize money to the Hungarian Spectrum.
As of March 2020, Forbes magazine listed George Soros as the 162nd richest person in the world, with a net worth of $8.3 billion. He had also donated 64% of his original fortune through his Open Society Foundations.
In January 2025, United States President Joe Biden awarded George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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