Soros Fund Management

Private investment firm

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November 2024 Closed its Hong Kong Office.
February 2024 Emerged as the largest creditor in Audacy's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, holding over $400 million of highest-ranking debt to be converted into equity.
November 2020 Disclosed holding 1% Class A shares in Palantir Technologies and began selling shares due to disagreement with the company's business practices.
April 2020 Provided series A funding of $13.2 million to Amply Power, a fleet charging solutions company, alongside other investors.
January 2020 George Soros announced a $1 billion commitment to launch the Open Society University Network at the World Economic Forum, focusing on climate change and authoritarian governments research.
August 2019 Increased its stake in Manolete Partners Plc to 11.67%.
June 2019 Led an investment of $250 million in Vice Media.
May 2019 Soros Fund Management built a 3% stake in Swiss asset manager GAM.
June 2018 The firm owned 15% of Justify, the horse that won the Triple Crown (Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby, and Belmont Stakes) through SF Bloodstock and SF Racing Group.
2017 Dawn Fitzpatrick replaced Ted Burdick as the chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management.
June 2017 Robert Soros stepped down from his roles as deputy chairman and president of Soros Fund Management, with David Milich assuming most of his responsibilities.
2016 Soros Fund Management donated over $10 million to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign through super PACs.
September 2016 Soros Fund Management advised a private investment fund that injected $305 million into SolarCity, facilitating Elon Musk's merger of SolarCity with Tesla.
2011 Partnered with Silver Lake Partners to create Silver Lake Kraftwerk, a fund focusing on investing in natural resource and energy companies.
2011 The firm was ranked sixth on Institutional Investor's Hedge Fund 100 list with $27.9 billion in assets under management.
July 2011 Announced plans to return nearly $1 billion to investors by the end of 2011 to avoid Dodd-Frank reporting requirements and focus on family investments.
July 2011 Chief Investment Officer Keith Anderson, co-founder of BlackRock, left the firm.
2010 The company was reported to have created $32 billion in profits since 1973, establishing itself as one of the top profit-making hedge funds in the industry.
2010 Soros Fund Management was reported to have achieved an impressive 20% annual rate of return over four decades, solidifying its reputation as a highly successful investment firm.

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