George Soros

Introduction

Peter L. W. Osnos

THE NAME GEORGE SOROS IS WORLD FAMOUS. And yet the man himself is surprisingly little understood.

Depending on who or where you are, describing Soros is likely to elicit different answers. He has even more identities than he has lived decades, now into his tenth.

In addition to survivor, billionaire, speculator, philanthropist, activist, author, nemesis of the far right, and global citizen, there is husband, father, and, to an extent he may not even realize, friend.

The first eight of these are Soros’s public profile, and they are the focus of this book. Over the years, attempts have been made to write George Soros’s biography, but no single account of his life can capture its extraordinary, multifaceted character. ...