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词条 Jonathan Soros
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

      Early career    Soros Fund   JS Financial 

  3. Political advocacy

     Campaign reform  Other groups 

  4. Personal life

  5. Notes

  6. References

  7. Further reading

{{Infobox person
|name = Jonathan Soros
|birth_name = Jonathan Tivadar Soros
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|9|10}}
|birth_place =
|death_date =
|death_place =
|education = Wesleyan University {{small|(BA)}}
Harvard University {{small|(MPA, JD)}}
|occupation = Investment fund manager
|spouse = {{marriage|Jennifer Allan|1997}}
|parents = George Soros
Annaliese Witschak
|relatives = Alexander Soros (half-brother)
}}

Jonathan Tivadar Soros (born September 10, 1970) is the founder and chief executive officer of JS Capital Management LLC, a private investment firm.[1][2] Prior to that, Soros worked at Soros Fund Management in daily operations and was co-deputy chairman of the organization.

He has been a prominent donor to Democratic and progressive political causes.[2][3] He started the Friends of Democracy PAC, now merged into Every Voice, to push for campaign finance reform. He supports the elimination of the electoral college, and multiple matching of small donor donations to inspire citizen participation.

Early life and education

Soros' parents are Annaliese Witschak and business magnate George Soros,[5][4] who divorced in 1981. He is the brother of Andrea and Robert Soros and half-brother of Gregory and Alexander, from his father's second marriage to Susan Weber.[4]

He graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut in 1992.[5][6] He received a Master of Arts in public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.[7]

Career

Early career

Soros worked for a federal judge as a law clerk before joining Soros Fund Management.[8]

Soros Fund

Soros worked at Soros Fund Management beginning in 2002[12] and in 2004, he and his brother, Robert, became co-deputy chairmen of the organization[5] that managed $12.8 billion in funds at that time.[7] Their father stepped down at that time, but remained as chairman.[5]

He focused on operations[7] and was the organization's chief investment officer until he stepped down in 2011. His father said that Jonathan was "the principal architect of our transition to a healthy and stable investment operation" out of a turbulent financial period.[9] However, that year, the organization had incurred "significant losses" and had converted to a family office—managing the funds of George, his foundation, and Soros family members— and no longer operating as a hedge fund. In the process, its investors received $1 billion from the fund. Reuters states that the move was made to avoid a deadline to register at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment manager. Jonathan remained on the board of his father's foundation.[8]

JS Financial

Soros is the founder and chief executive officer of JS Capital Management LLC, a private investment firm,[1][2] located in midtown Manhattan near Central Park.[2] The second quarter 2015 filings showed that the U.S. assets in its portfolio were valued at $500 million, up from $394.76 million the previous quarter.[10]{{efn|In 2015, it invested in Yepme.com, run by VAS Data Services. According to the Registrar of Companies (RoC), it and TCS Capital invested {{INRConvert|30|c|lk=on}} in the online fashion retailer, largely mens wear.[11] It invested in HRG Group, and sold 1.18 million shares in the third quarter of 2016, which reduced its stake in the company by 60%. By the end of that quarter, it held 774,582 shares, valued at $12.16M.[12]}} In 2015, Bloomberg Politics identified him as one of the hedge fund titans.[25]

Political advocacy

Campaign reform

He advocates for the removal of the electoral college, which he says is undemocratic and unconstitutional. This is the position of the Every Voice political advocacy group and the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact that advocates for electoral votes to be given to each state based upon certified results of the popular vote.[13]

{{quote box|align=right|width=40%|text=Imagine for a moment that you hail from one of the most famous families in international finance. Your father is worth $20 billion. And on account of his largesse, your last name is as synonymous with Democratic politics as Roosevelt or Kennedy.

Seeking your generosity, candidates come to you, hat in hand. Your concerns, they tell you, will be their concerns—so long as you contribute at their next fundraiser. And then, in your early 40s, you decide that this whole system is messed up. That it is you, and people like you, the rarest of the one percenters, who have warped our politics.|author=—David Freedlander [2]}}

In July 2012, Soros started and funded Friends of Democracy PAC (now merged into Every Voice), a hybrid political action committee and super PAC designed to push for campaign finance reform that would mandate a public financing system for all federal elections. Soros' organization was described as an "anti-super PAC super PAC" by The Washington Post. Founded with Ilyse Hogue,{{efn|In 2016, Hogue has been identified as a contender to head the Democratic National Committee. Soros said that "she has a clear sense of what she's after in terms of progressive outcomes" and noted the importance of the party having clear objectives in the years following the 2016 presidential election, which may see the removal of existing liberal legislation that "could take years, decades to rebuild."[14]}} formerly with Media Matters for America and MoveOn.org, and David Donnelly, executive director of the Public Campaign Action Fund, the goal of the organization is to elect candidates that support campaign reform, including public matching funds for elections.[15]

Its strategy is to identify 10 to 15 districts where incumbent senators or congressmen have not supported "citizen-led" elections, and use multiple forms of media—like television ads, direct mail, phone calls, internet ads—to communicate the lawmaker's position on campaign funding.[2][16][17] For instance, Soros, the organization's largest contributor,[18] helped fund the 2012 election of Cecilia Tkaczyk, who supports changes to funding for state elections by implementing a system of public financing. She won by a small margin, in a district that historically elected Republicans.[19]

By 2014, he gave $2 million over a few years to support initiatives and candidates,[2] and a total of $3.7 million was spent by Soros for Democratic candidates by October of that year.[20] Seven of the eight candidates that the PAC chose to back were elected in 2014.[2][38] He is a member of Democracy Alliance, an organization that funds Democratic campaigns.[21] The American Prospect said of him, "Jonathan Soros has emerged in recent years as a savvy donor and operative, much more hands-on than his father, George, the billionaire investor and Democratic donor."[22]

He backed two state legislative initiatives in 2016 to reform campaign financing, one on the state of Washington and the other in South Dakota. Washington Initiative 1464 would have provided $150 for each voter to contributor towards a candidate of their choice and limited contributions by government contractors and lobbyists. It did not pass. However, South Dakota's Government Accountability and Anti-Corruption Act was successful.[23]

Other groups

Soros has worked with MoveOn.org and other political advocacy groups. He is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and a member of the board of directors of the New America Foundation and the Open Society Foundations.[24] He is a donor to the Democracy Alliance.[25]

He supports the New York Leadership for Accountable Government, formed about 2012.[26] By March 2013, he supported small donor democracy, in which small-dollar campaign contributions are multiple-matched to increase participation by citizens and donor diversity.[45]{{efn|He spoke at a small donor democracy event hosted by Committee for Economic Development (CED), League of Women Voters, Americans for Campaign Reform, NY LEAD, and the Brennan Center for Justice that month.[27]}}

He contributed to Hillary Clinton[28] and Martin O'Malley's presidential campaigns in 2015.[29] In 2016, he donated $1 million to the Planned Parenthood Super PAC, which supported the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.[30]

Personal life

Soros married Jennifer Allan, who was a social worker when they met in 1997. The two first met while working for the 1992 Clinton-Gore presidential campaign.[31] Beginning in 2000, the couple lived in a townhouse in the West Village of Manhattan.[32]

Notes

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References

1. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/soros-son-fighting-fire-fire-billionaire-battle-2016/story?id=23184870|title=Soros Son: Fighting Fire With Fire in Billionaire Battle for 2016|website=ABC News|date=April 3, 2014|accessdate=December 21, 2016|first1=Brian |last1=Ross|author2=Matthew Mosk|author3=Megan Chuchmach}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news|last1=Freedlander|first1=David|title=The PAC to End All PACs|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/03/jonathan-soros-the-pac-to-end-all-pacs-105123.html#.VT6kJ2Yhwt8|accessdate=27 April 2015|publisher=Politico|date=March 27, 2014}}
3. ^{{cite news|last1=Baker|first1=Peter|title=Obama Chides Republican Field, Saying CNBC Is No Putin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/11/02/obama-chides-republican-field-saying-cnbc-is-no-putin/|accessdate=5 November 2015|publisher=New York Times|date=November 2, 2015}}
4. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/27/world/george-soros-fast-facts/|title=George Soros Fast Facts|website=CNN|date=July 25, 2015|accessdate=December 21, 2016}}
5. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2004/10/06/soros-passing-torch-to-2-sons/|title=Soros Passing Torch To 2 Sons|date=6 October 2004|work=New York Post|accessdate=22 January 2016}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.courant.com/2007-11-18/news/0711170507_1_veterans-liberal-arts-scholarships|title=At Wesleyan, A Plan To Draw More Veterans|work=Hartford Courant|accessdate=22 January 2016|quote=The amount of the gift by Frank Sica, a 1973 graduate of the university, and Jonathan Soros, son of billionaire philanthropist George Soros and a 1992 Wesleyan graduate, was not disclosed, though it was described in a university press release as "substantial."}}
7. ^1 2 {{cite news|last1=Atlas|first1=Riva|title=2 Soros Sons Get More Control of the Business|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/06/business/06place.html|accessdate=27 April 2015|publisher=New York Times|date=October 6, 2004}}
8. ^1 {{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sorosfamily-hedge-idUSBRE82T19C20120401|title=Exclusive: Soros' son strikes out on his own|agency=Reuters|author1=Jennifer Ablan|author2=Matthew Goldstein|location=New York |date=April 1, 2012|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}
9. ^1 {{cite news|title=Soros Family Office Names a New Chief Investment Officer |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/soros-family-office-names-a-new-chief-investment-officer/?_r=0|accessdate=December 29, 2016|website=The New York Times|date=September 19, 2011}}
10. ^1 2 {{cite news | url=http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2015/08/21/analyzing-jonathan-soross-js-capital-management-equity-holdings-in-q2-2015/|title=Analyzing Jonathan Soros’s JS Capital Management Equity Holdings In Q2 2015|website=Jewish Business News|date=August 21, 2015|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}
11. ^{{cite news | url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3551195661.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117180009/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3551195661.html| dead-url=yes| archive-date=November 17, 2018|title=Online Retailer Yepme Receives Close to Rs80 Crore in Fresh Funds|newspaper=Mint |location=India|date=January 9, 2015|accessdate=December 21, 2016|via=HighBeam Research. Was published by HT Syndication with Mint's permission.}}
12. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.chesterindependent.com/2016/12/22/sec-watch-reporter-hrg-group-inc-hrg-shareholder-js-capital-management-llc-has-decreased-position/|title=SEC Watch Reporter: Hrg Group INC (HRG) Shareholder Js Capital Management LLC Has Decreased Position|date=December 22, 2016|accessdate=December 29, 2016|author=Ellis Scott|website=Chester Independent}}
13. ^{{cite magazine | url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-268791356.html|title=What's Wrong with the NPV? Eight States Have Passed Legislation to Effectively Eliminate the Electoral College in Favor of a National Popular Vote (NPV) for President, but Why Is That Bad?|magazine=The New American|date=September 19, 2011 | last=Wolverton |first=Joe |accessdate=December 21, 2016|via=HIghBeam Research|subscription=yes }}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
14. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ilyse-hogue-dnc_us_582c8863e4b058ce7aa86623|title=Keith Ellison May Have A Radical Challenger For DNC Chair — Who Backed Hillary Clinton|author=Mollie Reilly, Deputy Politics Editor|website=The Huffington Post|date=November 17, 2016|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}
15. ^{{cite news|last1=Eggen|first1=Dan|title=Son of liberal financier George Soros launches anti-super PAC super PAC|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/son-of-liberal-financier-george-soros-launches-anti-super-pac-super-pac/2012/07/12/gJQABQlufW_story.html|accessdate=27 April 2015|publisher=Washington Post|date=July 12, 2012}}
16. ^{{cite news|url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/the-super-pac-that-aims-to-end-super-pacs/|title=The Super PAC That Aims to End Super PACs|author=Michael D. Shear|website=The New York Times|date=July 17, 2012|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}
17. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/nyregion/cuomo-plan-to-finance-campaigns-faces-hurdle.html|title=Ad Campaign Seeks to Increase Chances of Cuomo’s Campaign Finance Plan|author=Thomas Kaplan|website=The New York Times|date=February 23, 2014|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}
18. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/nyregion/outside-donors-focus-more-attention-on-new-york-state-senate-races.html|title=Outside Donors Focus More Attention on New York State Senate Races|author=Thomas Kaplan|website=The New York Times|date=October 30, 2014|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}
19. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/19/nyregion/cecilia-tkaczyk-democrat-ekes-out-win-in-republican-senate-district.html|title=Democrat Ekes Out Senate Win|author=Thomas Kaplan|website=The New York Times|date=January 19, 2013|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}
20. ^{{cite news | url=http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2014/10/14/george-soros-son-raising-funds-to-unseat-kansas-republican-senator-pat-roberts/|title=George Soros’ Son Raising Funds To Unseat Kansas Republican Senator Pat Roberts|website=Jewish Business News|date=October 14, 2014|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}
21. ^{{cite magazine|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-385688892.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118010209/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-385688892.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=November 18, 2018|title=Roberts Campaign: New Orman Campaign Video 'A Sham'|agency=States News Service|date=October 13, 2014 |via=HighBeam Research|accessdate=December 30, 2016 }}
22. ^1 {{cite magazine|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-376391907.html|title=Democratic Sugar-Daddy Dossier|magazine=The American Prospect|date=July 1, 2014 | author=Andy Kroll|via=HighBeam Research|accessdate=December 30, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
23. ^{{cite news|url=http://kuow.org/post/anti-corruption-measure-big-money-couldn-t-pass|title=The anti-corruption measure that big money couldn’t pass|author=John Ryan|website=KUOW|date=November 29, 2016|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}
24. ^{{cite web|title=Jonathan Soros Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow|url=http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/people/fellows/jonathan-soros|publisher=Roosevelt Institute|accessdate=April 27, 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413054243/http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/people/fellows/jonathan-soros|archivedate=April 13, 2015|df=}}
25. ^{{cite news|author=Kenneth Vogel|title=The left's secret club plans for 2014, 2016|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/democrats-democracy-alliance-liberal-donors-105972.html|accessdate=April 27, 2015|publisher=Politico|date=April 24, 2014}}
26. ^{{cite news | url=http://forward.com/news/155047/george-soros-next-generation-steps-up/ |title=George Soros Next Generation Steps Up|author=Josh Nathan-Kazis|website=Forward|date=April 23, 2012|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}
27. ^1 {{cite news | url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-327209248.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118080235/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-327209248.html | dead-url=yes | archive-date=November 18, 2018 | title=New Ced Report: Promoting Small Donor Democracy: The Value of Public Matching Programs in NYC|agency=States News Service|date=March 8, 2013|via=HighBeam Research|subscription=yes}}
28. ^1 {{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-17/clinton-donations-from-hedge-fund-titans-top-republicansl | title=Hedge Fund Titans Choosing Hillary Clinton Over Top Republicans|author1=Saijel Kishan|author2=Rebecca Spalding|website=Bloomberg Politics|date=July 17, 2015|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}
29. ^{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/trackers/2015-10-16/o-malley-raised-1-3m-in-3q-has-806k-cash-fecl | title=Martin O’Malley Raised $1.3 Million in Q3, Has $806K Cash: FEC|author=Greg Giroux|website=Bloomberg Politics|date=October 15, 2015|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}
30. ^{{cite news|author=Dave Levinthal|title=Inside Hillary Clinton's Big Money Cavalry|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/inside-hillary-clinton-s-big-money-cavalry-n552081|accessdate=December 29, 2016|website=NBC News|date=April 7, 2016}}
31. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/17/style/jonathan-soros-and-jennifer-allan.html|title=Jonathan Soros and Jennifer Allan|date=17 August 1997|work=The New York Times|accessdate=22 January 2016}}
32. ^{{cite news | url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-138060125.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116054045/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-138060125.html| dead-url=yes| archive-date=November 16, 2018|title=Jon Stewart Inks $4 Million Deal. (Property) - Soros Takes Townhouse Off Market|newspaper=The New York Observer|date=October 31, 2005|accessdate=December 30, 2016 | via=HighBeam Research | subscription=yes}}

Further reading

  • {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/opinion/30soros.html|title=Vote Early, Count Often (op-ed)|website=The New York Times|date=October 30, 2007|author=Jonathan Soros}}
  • {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/opinion/l04primaries.html|title=Voting? Forget the Who. It’s the How (op-ed)|website=The New York Times|date=November 4, 2007|author=Jonathan Soros}}
  • {{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/12/opinions/soros-ending-campaign-dollars-corruption/|title=American people want their democracy back (op-ed)|date=November 12, 2015|author=Jonathan Soros|website=CNN}}
  • {{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/28/opinions/letter-to-a-koch-brother-opinion-soros/|title=Jonathan Soros to Charles Koch: You're wrong on government's role (op-ed)|date=March 28, 2016|author=Jonathan Soros|website=CNN}}
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