{{short description|American investor and philanthropist (born 1985)}} {{protection padlock|small=yes}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Alexander Soros | image = Alexander Soros on March 9 2012.jpg | caption = Soros in Manhattan in 2012 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|10|27}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | education = New York University (BA)<br>University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD) | occupation = {{hlist|Investor|Chairman|Philanthropist}} | title = Chair of the Open Society Foundations | spouse = Huma Abedin (m. 2025) | parents = George Soros<br>Susan Weber | relatives = Jonathan Soros (half-brother) }} '''Alexander Soros''' (born October 27, 1985<ref>{{cite web|last=Castro|first=Michelle|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Soros|title=Alexander Soros|work=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=September 28, 2023}}</ref>) is an American investor and philanthropist. One of the five children of billionaire George Soros, he chairs the Board of Directors of the Open Society Foundations<ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors - Open Society Foundations|url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/who-we-are/board-of-directors/alexander-soros|access-date=June 2, 2024|date=June 2, 2024}}</ref> and sits on the investment committee for Soros Fund Management. He was also named one of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders of 2018.
==Early life and education== Alexander Soros—one of two sons of Susan Weber Soros and billionaire George Soros—was raised with his younger brother, Gregory, in Katonah, New York.<ref name="family">{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Alex|title=Making Good on the Family Name |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/fashion/alexander-soros-tries-to-live-up-to-his-family-name.html|access-date=February 6, 2015 |work=The New York Times|date=July 18, 2012}}</ref> Alexander attended the King Low-Heywood Thomas school (now known as the King School), in Stamford, Connecticut,<ref name=family/> then graduated from New York University in 2009, and earned a PhD in history from the University of California, Berkeley in 2018.<ref name=family/><ref name= West /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alex Soros |url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/who-we-are/board-of-directors/alex-soros |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=www.opensocietyfoundations.org |language=en}}</ref>
On June 11, 2023, ''The Wall Street Journal'' reported that George Soros had handed control of his $25 billion Soros Open Society Foundation to his son Alexander.<ref name="wsj.com">{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/george-soros-heir-son-alexander-soros-e3c4ca13 | title=George Soros Hands Control to His 37-Year-Old Son: 'I'm More Political' | newspaper=The Wall Street Journal | date=June 11, 2023 | last1=Zuckerman | first1=Gregory }}</ref> Shortly after, the foundation announced layoffs of at least 40 percent of its international staff of then 800 and "significant changes" to its operating model.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Delouya |first=Samantha |date=2023-06-30 |title=George Soros' foundation lays off 40% of workforce after passing control over to his son |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/business/george-soros-foundation-layoffs-after-son-takeover/index.html |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=CNN Business |language=en}}</ref>
==Philanthropy== Soros manages the Soros Family Foundation and the Open Society Foundation, which distributes around US$1.5 billion a year to advance human rights and democratic governments.<ref name="wsj.com"/> Soros established himself as a philanthropist with his first major contribution to Bend the Arc in 2011.<ref name= West />
According to a 2011 profile in ''The Wall Street Journal'', Soros's focus is on "progressive causes."<ref name= West>{{Cite news |author=Melanie Grayce West |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904060604576573191027617806 |title=Younger Soros Tries to Learn From Father's Giving|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=September 16, 2011|access-date= September 16, 2011}}</ref> Since then, he has joined the board of directors of organizations including Global Witness (as an advisory board member), which campaigns against environmental and human rights abuses associated with the exploitation of natural resources. In March 2012, he donated $200,000 to the Jewish Council for Education and Research, the organization behind 2008's "Great Schlep" in support of then-candidate Barack Obama.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Josh Nathan-Kazis|url= http://forward.com/articles/155047/soros-next-generation-steps-up/ |title= Soros Next Generation Steps Up|work=The Jewish Daily Forward|date=April 23, 2012|access-date= April 23, 2012}}</ref>
===Alexander Soros Foundation=== In 2012, Soros established the Alexander Soros Foundation, which is dedicated to promoting social justice and human rights. Among the foundation's initial grantees are Bend the Arc, the National Domestic Workers Alliance, which represents the rights of 2.5 million domestic workers in the U.S., and Make the Road New York, a social justice organization for Latino and working class communities in the New York metropolitan area.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Heather Joslyn |url=http://philanthropy.com/blogs/the-giveaway/soros-philanthropy-the-next-generation/1679|title=Soros Philanthropy: the Next Generation |work=The Chronicle of Philanthropy|date=April 5, 2012}}</ref>
Alongside the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Foundations, the Alexander Soros Foundation funded the first U.S. national statistical study of domestic workers ("Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work," released November 26, 2012).<ref>{{Cite news|author=Steven Greenhouse|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/business/a-study-of-home-help-finds-low-worker-pay-and-few-benefits.html?emc=eta1|title=A Study of Home Help Finds Low Worker Pay|work=The New York Times|date=November 26, 2012 |access-date=November 29, 2012}}</ref>
==== ASF awards ==== * In July 2012, the Alexander Soros Foundation presented its inaugural ASF Award for Environmental and Human Rights Activism to Liberian activist Silas Siakor.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Wade C.L. Williams |url=http://www.frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3659:-working-for-the-environment-liberias-silas-siakor-wins-prestigious-alexander-soros-award-for-human-rights-talks-about-dangers-involved-in-his-line-of-duty&catid=65:people-a-innovation&Itemid=146|title=Working for Environment: Liberia's Silas Siakor Wins Human Rights Award|work=FrontPage Africa|date=July 20, 2012|access-date= July 23, 2012}}</ref> * In 2013, the prize went to Chut Wutty, the Cambodian activist who died defending the Prey Lang forest.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hodal |first1=Kate|title=Cambodia: Chut Wutty's legacy creates an opportunity for land justice |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/oct/02/cambodia-chut-wutty-land|access-date=February 6, 2015|work=The Guardian|date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> * In 2014, the prize was awarded posthumously to Edwin Chota, Jorge Ríos Pérez, Leoncio Quincima Meléndez and Francisco Pinedo, a group of indigenous leaders from Peru who were murdered because of their work trying to end illegal logging in their community in Peru's rainforest.<ref>{{cite news|title=In Peru, a Fight Over Land Rights|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/28/opinion/in-peru-a-fight-over-land-rights.html|access-date=February 6, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=November 27, 2014}}</ref> * In 2015, the prize went to Alphonse Muhindo Valivambene and Bantu Lukambo for their dedication to defending Virunga National Park against corrupt interests attempting to open the park to illegal oil drilling and poaching. * In 2016, the prize went to Paul Pavol, a villager from Papua New Guinea who is speaking out against the appropriation of rainforest in his home district of Pomio by Malaysian logging conglomerate Rimbunan Hijau. * In 2017, Antônia Melo da Silva, a longtime Brazilian environmental activist, received the Alexander Soros Foundation Award for Environmental and Human Rights Activism for her inspiring role leading campaigns to stop the construction of the Belo Monte Dam and other infrastructure projects in the Amazon rainforest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/antonia-melo-recognised-her-tireless-work-fighting-brazil-deforestation/|title=Antonia Melo recognised for her tireless work fighting Brazil deforestation |publisher=Global Witness|date=October 11, 2017|access-date=May 16, 2019 |language=}}</ref>
==Investment career== Soros is the only family member sitting on the investment committee for Soros Fund Management, the vehicle which ''The Wall Street Journal'' says is managing the $25bn for the family and the charitable foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65874494/|title=George Soros hands reins of $25bn empire to son Alex|publisher=Lucy Hooker|date=June 12, 2023|access-date=May 30, 2024|language=en}}</ref>
==Other activities== Soros is credited as a producer of several movies, including ''Trial by Fire'' and ''The Kleptocrats''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5641707/|title=Alex Soros|publisher=IMDb|access-date=June 30, 2021}}</ref> Soros is a visiting assistant professor of political studies at Bard College, where he has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexander Soros |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/details/?id=4535 |access-date=July 4, 2023 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, Soros is a member of the board of trustees at Bard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexander Soros |url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/who-we-are/board-of-directors/alexander-soros |access-date=July 4, 2023 |website=www.opensocietyfoundations.org |language=en}}</ref>
In 2026, Soros has pledged to funnel $30 billion to fight antisemitism and also combat anti-Muslim hate by funding various justice organizations in the United States.<ref>https://forward.com/news/825160/alex-soros-open-society-antisemitism-grants/</ref>
== Publications== In 2014, Soros contributed an essay to the book ''God, Faith and Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pullella|first1=Philip|title=Holocaust survivors' descendants help keep memory alive in new book |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/books-holocaust-idUSL6N0TS3WC20141209|access-date=February 6, 2015|work=Reuters|date=December 9, 2014}}</ref>
Soros's writing has appeared in ''The Guardian'', Politico, ''The Miami Herald'', ''The Sun-Sentinel'', and ''The Forward''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/who-we-are/global-board/member/alexander-soros|title=Open Society Foundations: Who Are We|access-date=April 15, 2021|archive-date=November 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130204526/https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/who-we-are/global-board/member/alexander-soros|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Personal life== Soros lives in Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zuylen-Wood |first=Simon van |date=2025-04-22 |title=The New Soros |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/alex-soros-george-soros-foundation-democrats-trump-politics.html |access-date=2025-06-15 |website=Intelligencer |language=en}}</ref> He had been dating Huma Abedin since at least May 2024, when they appeared together at the Met Gala.<ref name="Manhattan1">{{cite news |author=Eileen Reslen |date=May 7, 2024 |title=Huma Abedin spotted leaving boyfriend Alex Soros’ NYC apartment morning after making Met Gala debut together |url=https://pagesix.com/2024/05/07/celebrity-news/huma-abedin-leaves-boyfriend-alex-soros-nyc-apartment-morning-after-met-gala-debut/ |access-date=May 31, 2024 |newspaper=Page Six}}</ref><ref name="wsj.com" /> He married Abedin on June 14, 2025, after an eleven-month engagement.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schleifer |first=Theodore |last2=Reber |first2=Jacob |date=2025-06-15 |title=Huma Abedin and Alex Soros Wedding Draws Clintons and Kamala Harris to the Hamptons |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/huma-abedin-alex-soros-wedding-hillary-clinton-kamala-harris.html |access-date=2025-06-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Suter |first=Tara |date=July 10, 2024 |title=Huma Abedin, Alex Soros engaged |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4765056-huma-abedin-alex-soros-engaged/ |access-date=July 10, 2024 |work=The Hill}}</ref> Guests in attendance at the wedding included various Democratic political leaders,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schleifer |first=Theodore |last2=Reber |first2=Jacob |date=2025-06-15 |title=Huma Abedin and Alex Soros Wedding Draws Clintons and Kamala Harris to the Hamptons |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/huma-abedin-alex-soros-wedding-hillary-clinton-kamala-harris.html |access-date=2025-06-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Hollywood celebrities and other high-profile individuals such as Anna Wintour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=See All the Celebrities Who Attended Huma Abedin and Alex Soros' Glamorous Wedding |url=https://people.com/celebrity-guests-huma-abedin-and-alex-soros-wedding-11751851 |access-date=2025-06-15 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.alexandersorosfoundation.org/ Alexander Soros Foundation] * [https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/people/alexander-soros Open Society Foundation: Alexander Soros]
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