Alexander Soros | |
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 Soros inManhattan in 2012 | |
| Born | (1985-10-27)October 27, 1985 (age 39) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | New York University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA,PhD) |
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| Title | Chair of theOpen Society Foundations |
| Partner | Huma Abedin (engaged 2024) |
| Parent(s) | George Soros Susan Weber |
| Relatives | Jonathan Soros (half-brother) |
Alexander Soros (born October 27, 1985)[1] is an American investor and philanthropist. One of the five children of billionaireGeorge Soros, he chairs the Board of Directors of theOpen Society Foundations[2] and sits on the investment committee forSoros Fund Management. He was also named one of theWorld Economic Forum'sYoung Global Leaders of 2018.
Alexander Soros is the son of billionaireGeorge Soros andSusan Weber Soros. He was raised inKatonah, New York and has a younger brother, Gregory.[3] Alex attendedKing Low Heywood Thomas inStamford, Connecticut.[3] He graduated fromNew York University in 2009, and in 2018 graduated with a PhD in history from theUniversity of California, Berkeley.[3][4]
On June 11, 2023,The Wall Street Journal reported he would be the heir to the Soros fortune and would immediately take over the Soros Open Society Foundation.[5]
Soros manages the Soros Family Foundation and the Open Society Foundation, which distributes around US$1.5 billion a year to advancehuman rights and democratic governments.[5] Soros established himself as a philanthropist with his first major contribution toBend the Arc in 2011.[4]
According to a 2011 profile inThe Wall Street Journal, Soros' focus is on "progressive causes."[4] Since then, he has joined the board of directors of organizations includingGlobal Witness (as an advisory board member), which campaigns against environmental and human rights abuses associated with the exploitation of natural resources. In March 2012, he donated $200,000 to the Jewish Council for Education and Research, the organization behind 2008's "Great Schlep" in support of then-candidateBarack Obama.[6]
In 2012, Soros established the Alexander Soros Foundation, which is dedicated to promotingsocial justice and human rights. Among the foundation's initial grantees areBend the Arc, theNational Domestic Workers Alliance, which represents the rights of 2.5 million domestic workers in the U.S., and Make the Road New York, a social justice organization forLatino and working class communities in theNew York metropolitan area.[7]
Alongside theFord Foundation and the Open Society Foundations, the Alexander Soros Foundation funded the first U.S. national statistical study of domestic workers ("Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work," released November 26, 2012).[8]
Soros is the only family member sitting on the investment committee forSoros Fund Management, the vehicle whichThe Wall Street Journal says is managing the $25bn for the family and the charitable foundation.[13]
Soros is credited as a producer of several movies, includingTrial by Fire andThe Kleptocrats.[14] Soros is a visiting assistant professor of political studies atBard College, where he has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities.[15] Additionally, Soros is a member of the board of trustees at Bard.[16]
In 2014, Soros contributed an essay to the bookGod, Faith and Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors.[17]
Soros' writing has appeared inThe Guardian,Politico,The Miami Herald,TheSun-Sentinel, andThe Forward.[18]
Soros lives inManhattan, and as of May 2024 was datingpolitical consultantHuma Abedin; they made their debut attendance as a couple at theMet Gala on the night of May 6, 2024.[19][5] The couple announced their engagement on July 10, 2024.[20]
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