Overview
George Soros Ends the Speculation
"The outcome [of this book] is a summing up of my life's work. . .As I finish the book, I feel I have succeeded."-George Soros fromthe Preface
Critical praise for Soros on Soros
"If you have ever wanted to sit down for a candid conversation witha phenomenal financial success, George Soros's book provides theopportunity. You will meet a complex man and a first-ratemind."-Henry A. Kissinger
"The best expert on Soros is undoubtedly George Soros! After all,who is better equipped to tell us what he really thinks and how hethinks, a matter of some importance given the fact that he hastranslated a remarkable personal financial success into a trulygenerous and historically significant effort to promotepostcommunist democracy." -Zbigniew Brzezinski
"The best X-ray of the mind of the master yet." -Barton M.Biggs
"George Soros brings a lot more to the world of finance than theintuition and nerve of a born trader-and in Soros on Soros he's nolonger bashful about telling us about it. A philosopher at heart,George attributes his success at investing to a theory of theinteraction of reality and human perception. What really drives theman now, with a personal fortune beyond all personal need, is adifferent kind of strategic investing-investment to build inEastern Europe the kind of open societies he came to value in hisown life." -Paul A. Volcker
Financial guru George Soros is one of the most colorful andintriguing figures in the financial world today. Now in Soros onSoros, readers are given their most intimate and revealing look yetinto the life and mind of the one BusinessWeek dubbed, "The Man WhoMoves Markets."
Soros on Soros interweaves financial theory and personalreminiscence, political analysis and moral reflection to offer acompelling portrait of the world (and its markets) according toSoros. In an interview-style narrative with Byron Wien, ManagingDirector at Morgan Stanley, and with German journalist KrisztinaKoenen, Soros vividly describes the genesis of his brilliantfinancial career and shares his views on investing and globalfinance, politics and the emerging world order, and theresponsibility of power.
Speaking with remarkable candor, he traces his progress fromHolocaust survivor to philosophy student, unsuccessful tobaccosalesman to the world's most powerful and profitable trader andintroduces us to the people and events that helped shape hischaracter and his often controversial views.
In describing the investment theories and financial strategies thathave made him "a superstar among money managers" (The New YorkTimes), Soros tells the fascinating story of the phenomenallysuccessful Soros Fund Management and its $12 billion flagship,Quantum Fund. He also offers fresh insights into some of his mostsensational wins and losses, including a firsthand account of the$1 billion he made going up against the British pound and thefortune he lost speculating on the yen. Plus: Soros's take on thedevaluation of the peso and currency fluctuationsinternationally.
He tells of the personal and professional crises that more thanonce threatened to destroy him and of the personal resources hedrew upon to turn defeat into resounding victory. And he explainshis motivations for establishing the Soros Foundation and the OpenSociety Institute through which he worked to build open societiesin postcommunist countries in Eastern Europe and the former SovietUnion.
Finally, turning his attention to international politics, Sorosoffers keen insights into the current state of affairs in Russiaand the former communist bloc countries and analyzes the reasonsbehind and likely consequences of the West's failure to properlyintegrate them into the free world. He also explores the crisis ofthe ERM and analyzes the pros and cons of investing in a number ofemerging markets.
Find out what makes one of the greatest financial wizards of thisor any age tick. Soros on Soros is a must read for anyoneinterested in world finance and international policy.
"The outcome [of this book] is a summing up of my life's work. . .As I finish the book, I feel I have succeeded."-George Soros fromthe Preface
Critical praise for Soros on Soros
"If you have ever wanted to sit down for a candid conversation witha phenomenal financial success, George Soros's book provides theopportunity. You will meet a complex man and a first-ratemind."-Henry A. Kissinger
"The best expert on Soros is undoubtedly George Soros! After all,who is better equipped to tell us what he really thinks and how hethinks, a matter of some importance given the fact that he hastranslated a remarkable personal financial success into a trulygenerous and historically significant effort to promotepostcommunist democracy." -Zbigniew Brzezinski
"The best X-ray of the mind of the master yet." -Barton M.Biggs
"George Soros brings a lot more to the world of finance than theintuition and nerve of a born trader-and in Soros on Soros he's nolonger bashful about telling us about it. A philosopher at heart,George attributes his success at investing to a theory of theinteraction of reality and human perception. What really drives theman now, with a personal fortune beyond all personal need, is adifferent kind of strategic investing-investment to build inEastern Europe the kind of open societies he came to value in hisown life." -Paul A. Volcker
Financial guru George Soros is one of the most colorful andintriguing figures in the financial world today. Now in Soros onSoros, readers are given their most intimate and revealing look yetinto the life and mind of the one BusinessWeek dubbed, "The Man WhoMoves Markets."
Soros on Soros interweaves financial theory and personalreminiscence, political analysis and moral reflection to offer acompelling portrait of the world (and its markets) according toSoros. In an interview-style narrative with Byron Wien, ManagingDirector at Morgan Stanley, and with German journalist KrisztinaKoenen, Soros vividly describes the genesis of his brilliantfinancial career and shares his views on investing and globalfinance, politics and the emerging world order, and theresponsibility of power.
Speaking with remarkable candor, he traces his progress fromHolocaust survivor to philosophy student, unsuccessful tobaccosalesman to the world's most powerful and profitable trader andintroduces us to the people and events that helped shape hischaracter and his often controversial views.
In describing the investment theories and financial strategies thathave made him "a superstar among money managers" (The New YorkTimes), Soros tells the fascinating story of the phenomenallysuccessful Soros Fund Management and its $12 billion flagship,Quantum Fund. He also offers fresh insights into some of his mostsensational wins and losses, including a firsthand account of the$1 billion he made going up against the British pound and thefortune he lost speculating on the yen. Plus: Soros's take on thedevaluation of the peso and currency fluctuationsinternationally.
He tells of the personal and professional crises that more thanonce threatened to destroy him and of the personal resources hedrew upon to turn defeat into resounding victory. And he explainshis motivations for establishing the Soros Foundation and the OpenSociety Institute through which he worked to build open societiesin postcommunist countries in Eastern Europe and the former SovietUnion.
Finally, turning his attention to international politics, Sorosoffers keen insights into the current state of affairs in Russiaand the former communist bloc countries and analyzes the reasonsbehind and likely consequences of the West's failure to properlyintegrate them into the free world. He also explores the crisis ofthe ERM and analyzes the pros and cons of investing in a number ofemerging markets.
Find out what makes one of the greatest financial wizards of thisor any age tick. Soros on Soros is a must read for anyoneinterested in world finance and international policy.
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