He  is one of the America's leading philanthropist, specializing in   speculating world currencie markets. "The man who broke the Bank of   England" is his nickname after he placed a high-stakes bet against the   British Pound and got roughly around US$ 1 billion through Quantum Fund.
Soros, a Jewish-Hungarian born, and naturalized US citizen, had also  made countries in the Southeast Asia like Thailand, Malaysia and  Indonesia plunged into a financial crisis in 1998 which made the Prime  Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad got angry and called him as  'moron', but Soros didn't made any comment nor reaction. He belief in  the 'open society' and criticized the free market capitalism
 
  
 
 
