For More Information Please Visit : [...]... amount of publicity He was quite prepared to let the world in on all of his philanthropic activities He continued to guard his private investment world even as the public sought to discover more and more how this man had become the world’s greatest investor The story that follows is an attempt to examine the life and career of this remarkable man, both the public and private worlds of George Soros Two... Finland Rushing over to the newspaper of ce to respond to the appeal, he made a distinct impression upon the editors, who thought it unusual that a nine-year-old boy would take the trouble to offer aid to people in a far-off land The editors ran a story on young George’s visit to the newspaper of ce As the war progressed, however, the threat of a German invasion of Hungary loomed larger George Soros and. .. commodity, and the successful investor could get out in front That was the Soros theory in a nutshell Today, George Soros was testing his theory out on the entire European nancial world He had been applying it there for the past few years, laying back, waiting for the timing to be right, waiting for the murmur of the rumbling herd And when he heard it, he would be ready to pounce, ready to seize the opportunity... implications for the economies - and the currencies - of the other countries in Europe So Soros believed He watched and waited In 1990, he had watched Great Britain take the fateful step of joining forces with the new Western European monetary system, the ERM, or Exchange Rate Mechanism Soros thought it was a mistake for Britain to participate The British economy was not strong, and by joining the ERM, the British... all The world he entered, the world of high nance, carried the potential for great rewards The risks, however, were daunting It was no place for the faint of heart Perhaps the timid enjoyed a few good years But eventually, the strain got to them, the strain of being responsible for other people’s money The price was high, paid in the currency of lost sleep, leisure time, lost friends, a lost home life. .. Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union Just getting a toehold in some of these countries was an achievement, given the suspicions and hostilities of their governments In time, though, Soros Foundations blossomed By the mid-nineties, he was donating hundreds of millions of dollars to these foundations In 1992 and 1993, Soros gave away $500 million and made commitments to give away another $500 million... Druckenmiller When Soros did show up at the of ce, he and Druckenmiller ran the place in tandem, even though they sometimes clashed over how to read the nancial markets Ordinarily these days, though, Soros was more likely to be off in Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union, helping to shape and nurture the philanthropic foundations he had established in the 1980s to turn those countries into models of democracy... die one of the richest men in America Yet no one dared suggest that it was time to take the sign down The others in the of ce needed an incentive, after all Some were wealthy in their own right, worth millions of dollars They wouldn’t die poor either Indeed, it was as if those who toiled alongside George Soros had all taken part in the gold rush, and all had struck gold The Soros Fund Management of ce... Slater One The World’s Greatest Investor September 15, 1002, 5:30 PM Settled back in his high, leather chair behind an oval desk, George Soros gazed out the large windows to the left, taking in the breathtaking view of Central Park and the rush-hour activity some thirty-three oors below He was thrilled to be once again part of The Game Lately, when he entered the Soros Fund Management of ce in midtown... not in the of ce; it was in Western Europe That was his chief concern at the moment He had been following developments in the European economic community for the past few years and had sensed that the fuse was lit for a great nancial explosion Soros was a master nancial theorist, and he liked to test his theories in the laboratory of stocks and bonds and curren“Discern the chaos, cies And what a . alt="" SOROS The Life, Time and Trading Secrets of the World’s Greatest Investor ROBERT SLATER Contents Preface 5 Chapter 1 The World’s Greatest Investor 11 Chapter 2 I Am God 25 Chapter 3 The. that made George Soros world famous. It was, and remains, his greatest coup as an investor.  The World’s Greatest Investor 16 Because of that bet, Soros - The World’s Greatest Investor became. When Soros did show up at the of ce, he and Druckenmiller ran the place in tandem, even though they sometimes clashed over how to read the nancial markets. Ordinarily these days, though, Soros