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  • George Soros: odd man out at the billionaire's club (three-bagger barf alert)

    04/18/2004 6:48:05 AM PDT · by Liz · 22 replies · 278+ views
    ST PETERSBURG TIMES ^ | April 18, 2004 | ROBYN E. BLUMNER, Times Perspective Columnist
    Billionaire George Soros is my hero. I'm not used to looking up to rich people as a rule. You know, getting a camel through the eye of a needle and all. But the 73-year-old retired hedge fund operator who is the 28th richest person in the world, with an estimated worth of $7-billion, is like no other really rich guy I know. Soros has used his fortune to seed democracy around the world. By giving away nearly $5-billion globally, much of it to grass-roots organizations throughout the former Soviet bloc, the Hungarian-born Soros - who barely survived the Nazis and...