George soros

However, Soros has now named his son Alexander as chairman of one of the wealthiest global philanthropic foundations. “He’s earned it,” said Soros, whose personal fortune is valued at $6.7bn. The 37-year-old, who was quietly appointed in December, said he was “more political” than his father and that he planned to continue donating family money to left-leaning US political candidates, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Sunday. His father has been one of the biggest donors to Democratic candidates in “We are going to double down on defending voting rights and personal freedom at home and supporting the cause of democracy abroad,” said Alexander. “As much as I would love to get money out of politics, as long as the other side is doing it, we will have to do it too.” Alexander, who earlier this week tweeted a picture of himself posing with the US vice-president, Kamala Harris, now directs political activity as president of his father’s political action committee. The foundation, of which Alexander has been deputy chair since 2017, directs about $1.5bn a year to groups such as those backing human rights and helping to build democracies. Alexander, who studied history at New York University and earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, has pursued his own initiatives including backing progressive Jewish organisations, environmental causes and workers’ rights in the US. He also sits on the investment committee of the foundation that oversees Soros Fu...

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The younger Soros has spent two years as president of his 92-year-old father’s super PAC, which supports Democratic politics and politicians, Michael Vachon, a spokesman for George Soros, said Monday. Through the PAC, George Soros was the largest individual donor in the 2022 midterm elections, The Washington Post previously Alexander also said he was concerned about the possibility of in 2024. “As much as I would love to get money out of politics, as long as the other side is doing it, we will have to do it, too,” he told the Journal. The OSF declined to make Alexander or George Soros available for interviews with The Washington Post. The elder Soros, a Hungarian-born survivor of the Holocaust, earned a fortune through the hedge fund he founded in 1970, and he channeled that wealth into support for democratic causes in more than 100 countries. He became a major backer of free expression and other democratic priorities in Eastern Europe and Russia after the fall of the Berlin Wall and later expanded his focus to the United States, Africa, Latin America and Asia, according to his OSF also provided $5 million to the African American Policy Forum, and over $20 million to Borealis Philanthropy to support racial justice advocacy. And OSF gave over $2 million to Asian Americans Advancing Justice, for uses including strengthening a network of community leaders and organizations combating anti-Asian violence and discrimination. “From the beginning of the crisis he was extraordinari...