George Soros
Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist
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| January 2025 | Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by United States President Joe Biden. |
| 2023 | Multiple Republican politicians, including Donald Trump, claimed Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg was 'bought and paid for' by Soros, despite no direct connection beyond Soros being one of many donors to a criminal justice reform group. |
| 2023 | Elon Musk compared George Soros to Marvel Comics villain Magneto, accusing him of wanting to 'erode the very fabric of civilization' and alleging the Soros organization aims to destroy western civilization. |
| December 2023 | George Soros was swatted during a period of harassment targeting political figures. |
| December 2023 | Israel's UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan accused Soros of supporting pro-Palestinian organizations, which Soros's son Alexander dismissed as 'distorted and dishonest right-wing attacks'. |
| February 2023 | George Soros publicly criticized Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of Islamophobia, cronyism, and authoritarianism. He specifically noted that Modi's rise was partly fueled by inciting violence against Muslims. |
| 2022 | During the Brazilian general election, presidential candidate Ciro Gomes claimed the Socialism and Liberty Party was funded by Soros, with campaign adverts subsequently ordered to be removed by the Superior Electoral Court. |
| 2022 | Soros becomes the largest donor in the United States, contributing $128.5 million to support the Democratic Party in the election cycle. |
| September 2022 | Soros made an additional $25 million donation to Bard College. |
| May 2022 | Soros commented on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, suggesting it might be the start of a 'third world war' and emphasizing the urgent need to defeat Putin while highlighting the broader global challenges being overshadowed by the conflict. |
| August 2021 | Soros donated $25 million to the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. |
| April 2021 | Soros pledged $500 million to the endowment of Bard College, one of the largest donations to higher education in the United States. |
| 2020 | Zignal Labs study found unsubstantiated claims of Soros's involvement were a dominant theme in misinformation during George Floyd protests, with negative Twitter messages about Soros increasing from 20,000 to 500,000 per day. |
| 2020 | Soros becomes the largest donor supporting George Gascón's campaign for Los Angeles County District Attorney, contributing $2.25 million to supporting superPACs. |
| 2020 | Soros donates at least $500,000 to Joe Biden's presidential campaign, becoming one of the campaign's largest donors. |
| 2020 | Soros gives $2 million to a PAC supporting Kim Foxx's campaign for Cook County State's Attorney. |
| October 2020 | During the Nagorno-Karabakh war, Ilham Aliyev further labeled Soros's activities as a 'destructive, colonial movement' and claimed Soros 'came to power in Armenia today, but failed'. |
| July 2020 | After Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev accused Soros of provoking the 2018 Armenian revolution and labeled the Armenian government as 'agents of the Soros Foundation'. |
| July 2020 | Soros's Foundations announced plans to give $220 million in grants for racial justice groups, criminal justice reform, and civic engagement. |
| July 2020 | Soros donated $100 million to Bard College to strengthen and expand its Center for Civic Engagement initiatives and leadership role in the Open Society University Network. |
| January 2020 | Soros announced a $1 billion endowment donation at the World Economic Forum, establishing the Open Society University Network in partnership with Bard College and the Central European University. |
| 2019 | The Central European University graduated its 16,000th student since its founding. |
| November 2019 | Attorney Joseph diGenova claimed on Fox News that Soros controls parts of the US State Department and FBI agents working with NGOs, which Soros's Open Society Foundations strongly denied. |
| October 2019 | Jacob Rees-Mogg accused Soros of being the 'funder-in-chief' of the Remain campaign, leading to accusations of antisemitism. |
| August 2019 | Cesar Sayoc Jr. was sentenced to 20 years in prison for mailing 16 pipe bombs to 13 victims, including George Soros, though none of the devices actually exploded. |
| July 2019 | Soros donates $5.1 million to Democracy PAC for the 2020 election cycle. |
| April 2019 | Awarded the Ridenhour Prize for Courage, which he used as an opportunity to critique Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and support Hungarian Spectrum publication. |
| January 2019 | At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Soros labeled Xi Jinping as the 'most dangerous opponent of open societies', criticizing China's technological advancement, authoritarian regime, and Social Credit System while urging the US to prevent Chinese tech companies like Huawei and ZTE from dominating the 5G market. |
| 2018 | Black Cube, an Israeli private intelligence agency, supported Viktor Orban's re-election campaign by obtaining taped conversations of individuals associated with Soros, who was actively opposing Orban. |
| 2018 | Named Financial Times Person of the Year, described as 'a standard bearer for liberal democracy'. |
| 2018 | Soros highlighted major challenges facing Europe, including immigration, austerity, and potential EU disintegration. He argued that Europe was facing an existential crisis due to rising populism, the refugee crisis, and growing tensions with the United States. |
| 2018 | In a New York Times interview, Soros's son Alex explained his father's philanthropic motivations, highlighting his commitment to protecting minority rights as a Jewish identity-driven mission. |
| 2018 | The New York Times reported that conspiracy theories about Soros had gone mainstream within the Republican Party. |
| 2018 | The Central European University's central campus was forced to relocate from Budapest to Vienna, Austria, due to actions by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and a controversial judicial decision. |
| November 2018 | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan denounced Soros, accusing him of financing terrorists and attempting to divide nations. |
| October 2018 | Conspiracy theories about Soros funding migrant caravans intensified, with then-President Donald Trump among those promoting the theory. |
| October 2018 | Conspiracy theories claimed Soros was responsible for the Central American immigrant caravans. |
| October 2018 | Soros donated $2 million to the Wikimedia Foundation via the Wikimedia Endowment program. |
| October 26 2018 | Cesar Sayoc Jr. was arrested in Aventura, Florida, for suspicion of mailing the pipe bombs targeting Soros and other Democrats and liberals. |
| October 22 2018 | A pipe bomb was placed in George Soros's mailbox at his home in Katonah, New York, as part of the broader United States mail bombing attempts. The caretaker discovered and removed the package, and the FBI subsequently photographed and exploded the device. |
| May 16 2018 | Announced the relocation of Open Society Foundations' office from Budapest to Berlin, citing an 'increasingly repressive' environment in Hungary. |
| March 2018 | Conspiracy theories began circulating that Soros was funding Central American migrant caravans heading toward the United States. |
| February 2018 | The Daily Telegraph published a front-page story accused of antisemitism for suggesting Soros was involved in a 'secret plot' to reverse Brexit. |
| 2017 | Conspiracy theories emerged claiming Soros was behind the Women's March. |
| 2017 | Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz filed a $10-million lawsuit against Soros, alleging interference in Guinea's mining contracts due to alleged animus toward Israel. |
| 2017 | Soros funds a $1.5 million ad campaign that helps Larry Krasner get elected as District Attorney of Philadelphia. |
| October 17 2017 | Soros transferred $18 billion to the Open Society Foundations. |
| July 2017 | Elected an Honorary Fellow of the British Academy (HonFBA). |
| July 2017 | A Hungarian billboard campaign backed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán vilified Soros, which was considered antisemitic by Jewish groups and cost approximately 21 million US dollars. |
| January 2017 | Faced the launch of 'Stop Operation Soros' (SOS) initiative in Macedonia, which sought to investigate and 'de-Soros-ize' the country. |
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