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It was long thought that George’s 53-year-old son, Jonathan Soros — a Harvard Law–educated businessman with a background in finance — was the heir apparent to Open Society Foundations. Now the billionaire has hinted that the two had a falling out, telling theJournalthey “didn’t get on” and that Jonathan recognized it, too.
Jonathan is the youngest of three children from George’s first marriage, to Annaliese Witschak. Alex, the fourth Soros child overall, is the oldest that George shares with his second wife, Susan Weber.
Alex told theJournalthat he intends to continue his father’s legacy of supporting Democratic politicians and policies — and that he’s even “more political” than his dad.
“As much as I would love to get money out of politics, as long as the other side is doing it, we will have to do it, too,” Alex said.
Alex has been slightly more visible than his siblings in the public realm, with previous reports detailinghis busy social life, which included lavish parties in the Hamptons.
He previously toldThe New York Timeshe felt he was becoming a “caricature,” and in 2011, joined the Open Society board as a means of focusing more on philanthropy.
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George, who was born in Hungary and survived the Holocaust before founding a hedge fund in the 1970s, is oftena target of anti-semitic conspiracy theoriesdue to his support of Democratic policies.
His philanthropic organization began in 1979 and today consists of a network of foundations, partners, and projects in more than 120 countries. George has given more than $32 billion of his own wealth to the foundations since 1984.
According to theJournal, Alex took over at Open Society earlier this year.
source: people.com
