New York (EFE) , who defines himself as “more political” than his father.
Alex -as everyone knows him- defines himself as a center-left thinker who is very aware of the wealth he possesses, but it is no coincidence that the first interview he gives is to the Wall Street Journal, the newspaper representing the US financial establishment.
Alex Soros and US progressive causes.
If his father has been the scourge of the right in recent years -and particularly of Donald Trump or Elon Musk, more recently-, it is foreseeable that Alex will be even more so, since he has advanced that although he and his father think alike, he feels more committed to the causes most loved by progressivism in the US: abortion, gender equality, the right to vote and racial discrimination.
“Our side has to get better at being more patriotic and inclusive,” he told the newspaper.
The foundation that he has chaired up to now, the Open Society Foundation, has also shown interest in a greater commitment to Latin America, and has increased its annual investment in the continent from 12 to 60 million, with a marked interest in supporting the peace agreement. In colombia.
Another difference with his father is his Jewish identity: if for George Soros it was almost accidental – and his foundation did not distinguish itself by supporting Jewish causes – Alex celebrates the Jewish holidays and has visited Israel on several occasions. His university doctoral thesis was entitled: “The Jewish Dionysus: Heine, Nietzsche, and the Politics of Literature.”
American football and parties
Seven years ago, the tabloid The New York Post, a spokesman for right-wing populism, dedicated a long, unkind article to Alex Soros, describing him as something like an unredeemed party animal who spent his summers on the exclusive beaches of the Hamptons, a summer destination for the big New York fortunes.
The newspaper said that he liked to surround himself with basketball stars, musical celebrities or ephemeral “influencers” of a season, and that this environment attracted him after having spent a relatively discreet childhood in Katonah County (upstate New York). in which there was no lack of opulent details such as a llama farm or a movie theater for family consumption.
As the years passed, Álex withdrew from the frivolous world of parties and focused more and more on his father’s foundation. It was perhaps that twist that made George Soros look at his profile to the detriment of what until recently sounded like the future heir, who was Alex’s half-brother, Jonathan, born from the founder’s first marriage.
Alex Soros has complained on more than one occasion that his father was an absent figure during his childhood and adolescence -he said that his head was on Wall Street even though he was physically with his children-, but the relationship between them began to improve just after the divorce of his parents.
So much so that George has been leaning more and more on Alex, while he has left behind his “party” profile; currently, and beyond philosophy and politics, there is only one frivolity that is allowed: American football, and more precisely the New York Jets team of which he is a confessed fan.