Person

Alexander Soros

Born:

1985

Occupation:

Deputy Chair, Open Society Foundations

Father:

George Soros

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Alexander Soros is the son of finance billionaire and political mega-donor George Soros and deputy chair of the Open Society Foundations, his father’s left-of-center private grantmaking foundation. 15 He is also on the advisory board of Tau Investment. 26 $800,000 went to Seeds of Africa Foundation in 2017. 30 In this role, Alexander Soros helps to oversee a 2020 budget of $1.2 billion for the Open Society Foundations. Of this, approximately $400 million is spent globally and $261 million in spent in the United States. 31 The Open Society Foundations have existed since 1984, when George Soros first engaged in politically-oriented charitable work under the organization’s umbrella. It currently is among the world’s largest charitable organizations, and focuses on non-political human rights issues as well as explicitly left-of-center issues such as legalizing prostitution and abortion and supporting same-sex marriage and looser immigration laws. 43

According to FEC filings, Alexander Soros donated roughly $700,000 to Democratic Super PAC Biden Victory Fund. 49 George Soros survived the Holocaust in part because he was hidden from Nazi persecution; his father sent him to live with a man who pretended Soros was his Christian godson. 0){ let parent=divs[divs.length-1].parentNode; let footer=divs[divs.length-1]; delete divs[divs.length-1]; for (let i=2; i