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George Soros

1930 - Today

George Soros

George Soros (born György Schwartz on August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist. As of October 2023, he had a net worth of US$6.7 billion, having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune. Forbes called Soros the "most generous giver" (in terms of percentage of net worth). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Soros has received more than 30,557,534 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). George Soros is the 14th most popular businessperson (down from 11th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Businessperson.

George Soros is a Hungarian-American investor, business magnate, and philanthropist. He is one of the world's most successful investors. As of February 2018, he had a net worth of $8 billion. He is known as "The Man Who Broke the Bank of England" because of his short sale of US$10 billion worth of pounds, making him a profit of $1 billion during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis.

Memorability Metrics

31M
Page Views (PV)
74.62
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
81
Languages Editions (L)
6.79
Effective Languages (L*)
5.19
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Soros by language

Over the past year George Soros has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 3,351,058 views, followed by Russian (510,368), and Spanish (422,838). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Urdu (498.56%), Wu Chinese (405.24%), and Bashkir (193.97%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, George Soros ranks 14 out of 847. Before him are Larry Ellison, John D. Rockefeller, Jeff Bezos, Vince McMahon, Warren Buffett, and Ingvar Kamprad. After him are Aristotle Onassis, Bernard Arnault, Levi Strauss, Florentino Pérez, Tim Cook, and Jeffrey Epstein.

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HPI: 76.62
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HPI: 76.61
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HPI: 74.62
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HPI: 72.34
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, George Soros ranks 9. Before him are Sean Connery, Michael Collins, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Helmut Kohl, Warren Buffett, and Pierre Bourdieu. After him are Jacques Derrida, Ray Charles, Jean-Luc Godard, Mobutu Sese Seko, Hafez al-Assad, and Baudouin of Belgium.

Others Born in 1930

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Sean Connery
ACTOR
1930 - 2020
HPI: 78.60
Rank: 3
Michael Collins
ASTRONAUT
1930 - 2021
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 4
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
NOBLEMAN
1930 - 2002
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 5
Helmut Kohl
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2017
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 6
Warren Buffett
BUSINESSPERSON
1930 - Present
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 7
Pierre Bourdieu
SOCIOLOGIST
1930 - 2002
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 8
George Soros
BUSINESSPERSON
1930 - Present
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 9
Jacques Derrida
PHILOSOPHER
1930 - 2004
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 10
Ray Charles
MUSICIAN
1930 - 2004
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 11
Jean-Luc Godard
FILM DIRECTOR
1930 - 2022
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 12
Mobutu Sese Seko
POLITICIAN
1930 - 1997
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 13
Hafez al-Assad
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2000
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 14
Baudouin of Belgium
POLITICIAN
1930 - 1993
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 15