18 Facts About Paul Soros

Paul Soros was a Hungarian-born American mechanical engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist.

Paul Soros, often called "the invisible Soros", was the older brother of George Soros, a businessman and financier.

Paul Soros was born Pal Schwartz on June 5,1926, in Budapest, Hungary, to Tivadar Schwartz, a lawyer and author, and Erzsebet Szucs, the daughter of the owner of a fabric store.

Paul Soros's father had been captured by the Russians during World War I and held in a detention camp in Siberia.

Paul Soros was a native speaker of Esperanto, a constructed language.

Tivadar Paul Soros changed the family's surname from Schwartz to Paul Soros in 1936 to escape antisemitism and the expansion of Nazism in Europe.

Tivadar Paul Soros forged paperwork, giving the family alias as the Germans occupied Hungary in 1944.

However, the Soviets mistakenly believed that Paul Soros was a wanted SS officer and arrested him.

Paul Soros survived the war and emigrated to the United States in 1948.

Paul Soros arrived in Manhattan after defecting from Hungary, then under Communist control, while traveling in Switzerland with the Hungarian Olympic ski team.

Paul Soros arrived in New York City with very little money.

Paul Soros enrolled at Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, where he earned his master's degree, as he could not afford the higher priced Ivy League universities.

Paul Soros resided in a cheap apartment near Prospect Park as a student, but still struggled to pay for rent and food.

Paul Soros founded Paul Soros Associates, which designs and develops bulk handling and port facilities.

Paul Soros served as Chairman of the Fellowship, and his son, Jeffrey Soros, became president in 2010.

Paul Soros died at his Fifth Avenue home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on June 15,2013, at the age of 87.

Paul Soros had suffered from Parkinson's disease, diabetes, jaw cancer and tongue cancer during his later life.

Paul Soros was survived by his wife, Daisy Paul Soros, who, like her husband, was a Hungarian Jewish immigrant.