George Soros or; Hungarian: Soros György (b.1930) born as Schwartz György is a Hungarian-born American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Soros Fund Management. He is known as “The Man Who Broke the Bank of England” because of his short sale of US$10 billion worth of pounds, giving him a profit of $1 billion during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis.
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Money is not the point. It is an indication that I have succeeded in the grand adventure of understanding reality.
—George Soros
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.
—George Soros
Topics: Mistakes, Understanding
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