2017’s Richest Person and How They Made Their Money: REVEALED!
June 1, 2017
28. George Soros, 86 – Net Worth: $25.2 billion
Growing up in Nazi occupied Hungary as a child, things were never easy for Soros. The self-made billionaire fled to the UK and then moved to the US, where he set up the Soros Fund Management company – a fund which today manages over $25 billion in assets.
George is most famous for once shorting the GBP, through a hedge fund he set up called the Quantum. The move made his fund over $1 billion in a single day, and solidified his position as a legend in the finance world.