The George Soros Succession
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
One son was preparing to take over George Soros’s multi-billion-dollar empire. Then, there was a falling out, and a new heir-apparent was chosen.
Who is Alex Soros? And, as he takes over for one of the most influential figures in American politics, what can we expect from him?
Guest: Gregory Zuckerman, special writer at the Wall Street Journal
Host: Emily Peck
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| 0:00.0 | Just a heads up, there's some swearing in this episode. |
| 0:03.6 | Alright, here's the show. |
| 0:05.6 | It doesn't even make any sense! |
| 0:12.0 | I'm the oldest boy! |
| 0:15.8 | Does this scenario sound familiar? |
| 0:18.2 | The children of a billionaire battle it out for control of his empire and for his love |
| 0:23.0 | and attention. |
| 0:24.4 | The stakes? |
| 0:25.4 | Massive influence over US democracy. |
| 0:31.0 | Well that's a plot of HBO's popular drama succession, of course. |
| 0:35.7 | And it's also sort of what happened in the real world recently. |
| 0:39.4 | Earlier this month, 92-year-old George Soros announced that one of his sons would step in |
| 0:44.0 | to run George's foundation and his super-pack. |
| 0:47.1 | The Soros' heir apparent is 37-year-old Alex Soros, and it should be noted, he is not |
| 0:52.8 | the eldest boy, to borrow Kendall Roy's term from the show. |
| 0:56.9 | So I called up Gregory Zegerman to see what he thought about this. |
| 1:00.8 | He recently interviewed Alex Soros for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 1:03.9 | It's been on my radar screen for a while because I cover Wall Street. |
| 1:07.7 | I write about big players like George Soros. |
| 1:10.8 | I've been wondering for a long time where is the empire going, he's 92 years old. |
| 1:17.2 | And Alex is a bit of a surprise as a choice. |
| 1:21.5 | A surprise choice because according to Gregory, many people, both inside and outside the |
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