George Soros is among the most successful investors in the world, popularly known as the man who broke the Bank of England. In 1992, he made a single-day profit of $1 billion from short-selling the British Pound.
His philanthropic efforts saw him donate over $32 billion to charitable causes via the Open Society Foundations. Soros founded his hedge fund, Double Eagle, in 1969, which generated average annual returns of 30% until 2000. The fund's name has changed several times over the decades, from Quantum Group of Funds to finally Soros Fund Management (SFM).
