Alexander Soros

Alexander Soros
Alexander Soros in New York City, spring 2012
Born	Alexander G. Soros New York, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	Jewish
Alma mater	New York University University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D)
Occupation	Philanthropist
Board member of	Open Society Foundations Jewish Funds for Justice Global Witness
Relatives	George Soros (Father) Susan Weber (Mother)

Alexander G. Soros (born 1985)^[1] is an American philanthropist.

Early life and career

He is the son of hedge fund manager and philanthropist George Soros and Susan Weber Soros, the founder and director of the Bard Graduate Center (BGC) for studies in the Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture affiliated with Bard College.

He graduated from New York University in 2009. In 2010, while pursuing a doctorate at the University of California, he became the foremost student political donor in the election cycle of 2010.^[2]

Philanthropy

He established himself as a philanthropist with his first major contribution to the Jewish Funds for Justice.^[3]

According to a 2011 Wall Street Journal profile, Soros' focus is on "progressive causes that might not have widespread support."^[3] 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; the Open Society Foundations, which works to establish government accountability and democratic processes internationally; and Bend the Arc (which was formed by the merger of the Progressive Jewish Alliance and Jewish Funds for Justice in 2012).^[4]

Soros continues to donate to political causes as well. In March of 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.^[5]

In 2012 he 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, which builds the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice.^[6]

External links

• The Alexander Soros Foundation
• Make the Road New York
• National Domestic Workers Alliance

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