'Wedding of liberal royalty': Alex Soros marries Hillary Clinton's ex-aide Huma Abedin
Alex Soros gets married to Huma Abedin, former aide of Hillary Clinton.
Alex Soros, the son of Democratic party's patron George Soros, tied the knots with Huma Abedin, a political aide of Hilary Clinton, in what the New York Times described as the "wedding of the liberal royalty" in the Hamptons this weekend.
The guest list included
Hillary Clinton
, her husband and former president Bill Clintonl former Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff; Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader; former Speaker Nancy Pelosi; celebrities like Nicky Hilton Rothschild; cultural figures like the Vogue editor Anna Wintour; longtime Clinton friends like the San Francisco power broker Susie Tompkins Buell; and foreign dignitaries like the prime minister of Albania, Edi Rama.
"I'm looking forward to being a witness to their marriage; to the celebration that we all are going to be part of; to seeing so many longtime friends gathered in one place to really enjoy being part of Huma and Alex's start of their married life. And I think we all could use some fun, so I'm looking forward to all of it," Hillary Clinton told Vogue of the wedding in an article published Saturday.
Who is Alex Soros?
39-year-old Alex Soros is the chairman of the Open Society Foundations, founded by his father George Soros.
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Raised in Katonah, New York, he graduated from New York University in 2009 and earned a PhD in history from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2018. In June 2023, he was named the heir to his father's fortune and took over leadership of OSF and Soros Fund Management.
Who is Huma Abedin?
48-year-old Abedin is a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton and was often referred to as her "second daughter". Abedin was previously married to disgraced former New York Democratic Rep.
Anthony Weiner.
Born in the United States and raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, by Muslim parents who ran the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Abedin returned to the U.S. at 18 to attend George Washington University. At 19, she began working as an intern for Hillary Clinton, then First Lady, and over two decades rose to become a key aide, serving as vice-chair of Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
Abedin's marriage to Weiner broke down when Weiner was convicted in 2017 for sending explicit messages to a minor, for which he served 21 months in prison. Abedin filed for divorce the same year and shares a son, Jordan, with Weiner.
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