George Soros
...ation in 1944. After the war Soros decided that he would move to London. There he took on several odd jobs but also managed to enroll in the London School of Economics. Even though it was hard for him to find a job because of his poor grades, he ended up working for the London Investment Bank. In 1956 he applied for a US visa to become an arbitrage trader in the US which was first rejected but ending up being granted. He moved to New York where he became very successful as a money manager. Soros does not believe in the rational markets theory. Instead he believes that investors influence each other and move in herds. That’s what he hoped to figure out, the move of the herds. He is also responsible for creating the fund known today as Quantum today which has had extremely profitable years. His international speculation has made him unique. After gaining a lot of wealth, in 1979 Soros did something unexpected, he started an organization that provides funds to help black students attend the University of Cape To...