The Soros’s Billions Can Unite the Climate Fight
By investing the family’s $25 billion war chest in sustainable agriculture, George’s heir, Alex, could not only help solve the climate crisis, he could improve the lives of rural GOP voters.
Alex Soros has a chance to do better than dad.
Photographer: Jason Alden/BloombergWhen investment magnate George Soros recently announced his plan to cede control of his philanthropic empire, his 37-year-old son Alex inherited a $25 billion war chest. Democrats cheered and Republicans sneered when the scion told the Wall Street Journal that he would be “more political” than his father in his leadership of family’s Open Society Foundations, which for decades has funded causes from abortion rights to voting access and climate change.
There’s no question that this young firebrand can wield enormous influence over American politics and advance world-saving endeavors. His father, after all, contributed to the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, broke the Bank of England, committed hundreds of millions to fight racial inequality, and ranks at the top of the largest donors to Democratic campaigns.