George Soros

George Soros (born August 12, 1930 in Budapest, Hungary as Soros György) is a Hungarian-born Jewish-American currency speculator and philanthropist. Currently, he is the chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Institute and is also former member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is known around the world for the role he played in Georgia's Rose Revolution. In the United States he is known for donating large sums of money in an attempt to defeat President George W. Bush's bid for reelection.

The Phoenix Group

On the weekend of April 16, 2005, Soros met with 70 likeminded millionaires and billionaires to discuss strategy for the creation of left-leaning thinktanks to compete with conservative institutions such as the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and the Leadership Institute. Former Bill Clinton Commerce Department official Rob Stein's Democracy Alliance will act as a clearinghouse and channel funds to organizations new and old, like David Brock's Media Matters for America and John Podesta's Center for American Progress.

Related Topics:
April 16 - 2005 - Heritage Foundation - American Enterprise Institute - Leadership Institute - Bill Clinton - Commerce Department - Rob Stein - Democracy Alliance - Media Matters for America - Center for American Progress

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Participants in the meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona have begun to refer to themselves as the Phoenix Group.http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/042005/soros.html

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