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Billionaire Soros hands control of empire to son Alex

Tuesday, 13 June 2023



Billionaire financier George Soros is handing control of his massive empire to his son Alexander, a Soros spokesperson said on Sunday, reports Reuters.
The spokesperson confirmed the details from an interview with Soros published in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
A hedge fund manager turned philanthropist and major backer of liberal causes, Soros, 92, said he previously didn't want his Open Society Foundations (OSF) to be taken over by one of his five children.
But speaking of his decision to turn over the foundation and the rest of his $25 billion empire to his 37-year-old son, who goes by Alex, the elder Soros said: "He's earned it."
Alex said he's "more political" than his father and that he plans to continue donating family money to left-leaning US political candidates. He told the Journal that he would broaden the foundation's priorities to include voting and abortion rights as well as gender equity.