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Daily Mail
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Inside Alex Soros and Huma Abedin's summer wedding plans
Alex Soros, the son of billionaire George Soros, will soon wed his fiancée Huma Abedin as insiders have revealed details about their special day. The couple, who met in the fall of 2023, are set to tie the knot on June 14 in the Hamptons, an insider told Page Six. Some of their guests will be flown in by helicopter from Manhattan, New York to the lavish $14.5 million Soros family estate in Southampton, sources told the outlet. Their guest list is filled with many prominent political figures, including the Clinton family, as Abedin served as Hillary's former aide. Along with Hillary, Bill, Chelsea and her husband Marc Mezvinsky, Anna Wintour is also supposed to attend the nuptials, the insider dished. Abedin and Soros' wedding will also be covered in Vogue, they added. The Democratic insider, 48, and the younger Soros, 39, who chairs the board of his father's Open Society Foundations, got engaged in the summer of 2024. Shortly after their big day, they were spotted celebrating their love in Italy, Page Six previously reported. The couple confirmed their engagement on Instagram shortly after the outlet published their story, with Soros writing: 'this happened…we couldn't be happier, more grateful, or more in love.' Abedin was previously married to disgraced New York politician Anthony Weiner. They share a son named Jordan who had his bar mitzvah last week, insiders said. Weiner will not be attending his ex-wife's upcoming wedding, but he said he's 'thrilled' for the new couple, per sources. It will be the first marriage for Soros, who has been named as the heir to his father's $25 billion empire. Those close to the scion have long wondered if Soros would settle down and wave goodbye to his bachelor life, as he himself even claimed he 'had been mistaking lust for love' for many years before meeting his bride-to-be. 'I hadn't been in a relationship for a very long time — ten years or something like that — that had lasted for more than three months. And it's, like, the first time I realized I had been mistaking lust for love,' Soros told New York Magazine in April. A close friend of theirs told the outlet they 'compliment' each other well. 'Her [Abedin] superpower is making every room she is in kind of run better, smoothing out the rough edges, remembering something about everybody. And that complements Alex,' they revealed. Abedin has described her relationship with her husband-to-be 'a bit of a surreal experience.' 'It's a little bit of a surreal experience to be in a relationship with Alex. I had never imagined I would meet someone whose life so seamlessly blended with mine,' she gushed. 'To have this kind of peripatetic life in politics and public service, this constant state of preparing for the next election, preparing for the next campaign, preparing for the next conference — I don't have to explain anything to him and vice versa. 'It's not unusual for me to turn around at 4 a.m. and Alex is not there: He's on a call, dealing with some crisis,' she said, adding that it provides 'a certain kind of stability and comfort' in their relationship. The romance between the pair comes seven years after Huma divorced her former husband Weiner - who was engulfed in a number of high-profile scandals. Weiner was caught on multiple occasions sending explicit snaps to various women - even during his political campaigns. But he failed to learn from his missteps and was later sentenced to 21 months in prison after he began sexting a 15-year-old girl. Abedin, who had initially stood by him, eventually decided to pull the plug and the pair went their separate ways. She wrote about the harrowing experience in a 2021 memoir titled Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds. In it she revealed that she didn't lose her virginity until she was with Weiner at 32-years-old. 'I had my heart broken, dragged out, stomped on, humiliated. I lived with shame, in shame, for so long,' she told The Cut in a 2021 interview before the release of her memoir. 'In hindsight, I was in extreme trauma.' She was previously rumored to be dating Bradley Cooper for a short spell in 2022 - reportedly arriving at the Met Gala that year with The Hangover star before parting ways to keep their cover. The Soros heir, on his part, was known as a rich kid who threw lavish parties before shedding his playboy image. His ascent to the head of George's Open Society Foundations (OSF) was seen as something of a shock decision, particularly as it saw him usurp his older brother Jonathan in a corporate battle. Details of their highly anticipated wedding come just days after Soros shared a post expressing sympathies for the young Israeli diplomat couple who were shot dead by a pro-Palestinian activist Wednesday night in Washington D.C. Soros angered many when he posted his thoughts on the killing of Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli citizen, and Sarah Milgrim, an American, who were a young couple about to be engaged. They were shot dead while leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum by Elias Rodriguez, 31, who according to police yelled, 'Free, free Palestine' after he was arrested. Soros wrote Thursday: 'The murder of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky at the Capital Jewish Museum was evil in its most basic form. This brutal antisemitic act must be condemned in the strongest terms.' Many online expressed their fury at what appeared to be hypocrisy from one of the left's leading benefactors. 'Alex Soros unclear how funding rabid Jew-hating organizations and individuals could lead to the killing of Jews,' wrote Joanne Mason. Another X user wrote: 'You and your father fund the mayhem in America and elsewhere. SO, perhaps you should sit this one out.' 'Bro do you own a mirror,' added another. Soros' Open Society Foundation is alleged to give money to causes and groups sympathetic to Palestine and leftist organizations that hate the existence of Israel, according to Fox News.
Daily Mail
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Billionaire Alex Soros shares post to condemn the killing of Israeli embassy staffers... then gets blasted for glaring contradiction
Billionaire megadonor Alex Soros is taking heat after expressing sympathies for a young Israeli diplomat couple who were shot dead by a pro-Palestinian activist. The son of longtime liberal sugar daddy George Soros, in 2023 his father handed over much of his fortune and the chairmanship of his Open Society Foundations. Soros angered many when he posted his thoughts on the killing of Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli citizen, and Sarah Milgrim, an American, who were a young couple about to be engaged. They were shot dead while leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday evening by Elias Rodriguez, 31, who according to police yelled, 'Free, free Palestine ' after he was arrested. Soros wrote Thursday: 'The murder of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky at the Capital Jewish Museum was evil in its most basic form. This brutal antisemitic act must be condemned in the strongest terms.' Many online expressed their fury at what appeared to be hypocrisy from one of the left's leading benefactors. 'Alex Soros unclear how funding rabid Jew-hating organizations and individuals could lead to the killing of Jews,' wrote Joanne Mason. Another X user wrote: 'You and your father fund the mayhem in America and elsewhere. SO, perhaps you should sit this one out.' 'Bro do you own a mirror,' added another. One more said: 'But you'll keep writing the checks to these anti Semitic scum. You did this.' Soros' Open Society Foundation is alleged to give money to causes and groups sympathetic to Palestine and leftist organizations that hate the existence of Israel, according to Fox News. When he took over OSF, Israel's minister of diaspora affairs and social equality Amichai Chikli said he was just like his father in his hatred of the Jewish state. 'It looks like the son is a replica of his father. We have no expectation that his son will be a big Zionist,' he said. His father has also been slammed by Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan. 'For years, Soros has backed and transferred money to organizations supporting BDS that want to isolate Israel,' he said. Alex has described himself as his father's 'loyal parasite' in a recent interview with New York Magazine, adding that for years now, he has been by his father's side learning from the best about how to influence politics. Insiders with deep ties to OSF told the magazine that they thought Jonathan was 'the one' who would, and should take over. One even compared Alex to Roman Roy, the infamous failson in the hit TV show 'Succession.' And now, with the second Trump era in full swing, Alex is coming off a failed election season spent hobnobbing with Democratic elites more determined than ever to use his father's fortune to severely limit the president's power. His vague plan appears to be spending big in the upcoming midterm elections to elect Democrats and erase GOP majorities in the House and Senate. Alex being thrust to center stage comes after years of conservative politicians using George Soros as their bogeyman to mobilize voters. Trump especially has ill feelings for Soros, as at least some of his wealth landed in the coffers of Alvin Bragg when he was running to be the Manhattan District Attorney in 2019. 'Alvin Bragg received in EXCESS OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS from the Radical Left Enemy of "TRUMP," George Soros,' Trump wrote on Truth Social just a week before he was indicted on the Stormy Daniels hush money case. Trump was then dragged into court for weeks during the heat of the 2024 campaign and was later convicted of all 34 felony counts against him. Of course, because Trump won re-election, he avoided all consequences from those convictions. When asked who he thinks should lead the Democrats, a party that doesn't seem to have a clear standard-bearer at the moment, Alex only reinforced that view with his answer. 'Who do I draw inspiration from when I listen to them speak? Josh Shapiro is great. AOC is great. You know, Raphael Warnock is great. You know, Gretchen Whitmer is great. I mean, I like Tim Walz. Chris Murphy. Brian Schatz. Like, these guys are great,' he said. And although he doesn't subscribe to the view that courts will ultimately be enough to sidetrack Trump's agenda, the Soros family donated at least $2 million to Susan Crawford, the Democrat who went on to win the Wisconsin Supreme Court race in early April. Crawford defeated Brad Schimel, who had the backing of Elon Musk and his various Super PACs which donated a combined $22 million. As Alex continues to mature in his leadership role at Open Society Foundations (OSF), he is overseeing the final stages of a vast restructuring of the organization that has been going on since 2017. OSF is down to 500 employees, when eight years ago there were about 1,700. The foundation has also closed or scaled back programs related to public health, early-childhood education, journalism and university scholarships. OSF says will continue it doling out grants to causes it deems worthy, but Alex is certainly more in favor of reorienting the group to focus more directly on political contributions.
New York Post
05-05-2025
- Business
- New York Post
Lefty groups behind ‘grassroots' May Day protests in US propped up by billionaires and dark-money network: ‘Hypocrisy … is glaring'
Dozens of lefty groups behind the country's supposedly 'grassroots' May Day protests have been largely bankrolled by two billionaires and a dark-money network of progressive nonprofits. More than $500 million from Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss' organizations, hedge-fund tycoon George Soros' Open Society Foundations and the dark-money Arabella network flowed to the progressive groups between fiscal years 2016 and 2023, according to an analysis shared with The Post. The funding wasn't intended for the May Day protests per se, but it has been propping up many of the self-styled 'grassroots' progressive activist groups over time. Advertisement 'The hypocrisy of the May Day protests is glaring,' said Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of Americans for Public Trust, to The Post. 'These organizations project the illusion of being driven by everyday Americans, but in reality they're being bankrolled by some of the biggest dark-money megadonors in politics.' Starting Thursday, on May Day, organizers put together more than 1,000 protests across the country to demonstrate against President Trump, activity that spilled into the weekend. Advertisement 4 Many of the organizations behind this year's US May Day protests have engaged in similar demonstrations since President Trump took office. James Keivom Although the day is not generally a significant phenomenon in the US, in some countries, it is a holiday to mark International Workers' Day and spring festivities. Oftentimes, labor movements overseas use it to protest for certain causes. The '50501' movement — or '50 protests, 50 states, 1' effort, an anti-Trump organization that formed in January — is widely credited for trying to move that international energy into the US by orchestrating the widespread stateside protests last week. US organizers framed the demonstrations as a fight against 'Trump and his billionaire profiteers' — despite records showing that prominent plutocrats were funding many of the participating activist groups. Advertisement Many of the protests were also directed at tech baron Elon Musk, who is poised to dramatically reduce his cost-cutting role in the Trump administration by the month's end. 'Trump and his billionaire profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom – on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself,' the '50501' movement said on its website ahead of the demonstrations. 'We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes – public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, prosperity over free market politics.' About three dozen of the participating groups have raked in about $293.6 million from Wyss' groups, $47 million from the Arabella network and $194.2 million from Soros' Open Society Foundations, according to an assessment reviewed and checked by The Post. Advertisement 4 Billionaire George Soros' Open Society Foundations had shelled out cash to many of the groups that participated in the protests. Bloomberg via Getty Images Some of the most prominent left-wing activist groups in the anti-Trump demonstrations last week were the Sunrise Movement, Indivisible and Planned Parenthood. Tax filings and other records show that the Sunrise Movement took in $2,070,000 from funders in the so-called Arabella network, and Indivisible got $107,000 from the Arabella network, $6.5 million from Wyss groups and $7.6 million from Soros' Open Society Foundations, while Planned Parenthood Federation of America accrued $1.6 million from the Arabella network, almost $6 million from Wyss' groups and $19.7 million from Soros' group. 'The Open Society Foundations did not fund or coordinate the May Day protests,' a rep for the Open Society Foundations told The Post. 'We support a wide range of organizations committed to justice and democratic participation, but how they choose to engage in political moments is up to them.' An Arabella representative said, 'Arabella Advisors has no connection to the May Day protests. 'We are a nonpartisan professional services firm that provides operational and administrative support to philanthropists and nonprofit organizations.' The Arabella network data includes IRS Form 990 information for the Sixteen Thirty Fund, North Fund, New Venture Fund and Hopewell Fund — nonprofit groups that the Washington, DC-based Arabella Advisors services with operational and administrative support. Advertisement 4 Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss' groups have also given millions of dollars to the lefty groups that held the protests. Wyss' groups include activities from the eponymous Wyss Foundation — his charitable group — and the Berger Action Fund, his advocacy arm. Because of his Swiss citizenship, Wyss, 89, is precluded from donating to US political candidates. But he has emerged as a top backer of lefty causes in America nonetheless by pumping cash into dark-money groups. Dark money in these cases refers to political spending that is not subject to financial disclosure requirements, which helps shield donor identities. Advertisement Wyss made his fortune from the medical-device-maker company Synthes, which he sold more than a decade ago to Johnson & Johnson. One of the largest groups to partake in protests that benefited from Wyss was Families Over Billionaires, the trade name for the massive liberal dark-money Sixteen Thirty Fund, which received more than $278 million from his organizations, records show. 4 Protesters railed against billionaires like President Trump and Elon Musk. Getty Images Advertisement A Wyss representative did not return a Post request for comment. The May Day demonstrations across the US were the latest in anti-Trump protests that have taken place since his 2024 election victory, which have been orchestrated by groups that have, in part, received billionaire cash.
New York Post
25-04-2025
- Business
- New York Post
Alex Soros trashed as ‘impossible' and ‘wrong person to lead' dad George's foundation in magazine profile
A New York Magazine profile on Alex Soros, son of George Soros, who has been chosen to take up his father's leadership mantle, doesn't paint the heir in a positive light. 'The real story is that every single person who knows the family knows that Alex was exactly the wrong person to lead the foundation,' the New York Magazine profile on Alex Soros, published Tuesday, reads, quoting an anonymous source 'with deep OSF ties.' Advertisement George Soros started what the Open Society Foundations (OSF) website calls his 'philanthropic network' in the mid-1980s. It eventually became OSF, which has been led by George Soros for decades. In June 2023, he passed the leadership torch to his son, Alex. 'In private he is brooding and cerebral and has a propensity for candor and bursts of hot-temperedness,' the New York Magazine piece, authored by Simon van Zuylen-Wood, says of Alex Soros, who is chair of the board of directors at OSF. 'His halting, Peter Thiel–like baritone is full of ahs and ums, and his sentences can sound like records skipping, as if he were unable to easily put into language what is clear in his mind. This slightly tortured persona has invited comparisons with his elder half-brother Jonathan, who sprang from Harvard Law School and a federal clerkship to work alongside his father in finance and philanthropy.' Van Zuylen-Wood writes that people, including OSF's first president, Aryeh Neier, thought that Jonathan Soros, a co-founder and partner of the investment firm, One Madison Group, would be his father's successor. Advertisement 5 A New York Magazine feature claims that Alex Soros is not fit to take over his father's foundation. via REUTERS 5 A Soros insider cites compared Alex to the Prodigal Son in the Gospel of Luke, 'rewarded with his father's love despite his wayward years,' Simon van Zuylen-Wood, the author of the profile, says. FilmMagic 'When Soros insiders try to explain the family dynamic, they draw on the standard texts of empire and heredity,' van Zuylen-Wood says. ''Roman is Alex,' says a former OSF senior official, referring to Roman Roy, the sardonic failson in Succession. 'Smart but f**king impossible and not particularly interested in the details.' Another Soros insider cites not HBO but the Gospel of Luke, casting Alex in the role of the Prodigal Son, who is rewarded with his father's love despite his wayward years.' During the 2024 presidential campaign, Alex Soros held a fundraiser at his New York City apartment for vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, and posted photos of the event on X. Advertisement The New York Magazine piece says that Alex Soros 'created a PR headache by posting photos from the event on social media, as is his custom after meeting heads of state and elected officials. (As a former OSF higher-up says, Alex likes to collect 'shiny objects.').' The piece points out that Alex Soros' X account is filled with photos of powerful Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and world leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, the late Pope Francis, and Ukrainian Head of Presidential Administration Andriy Yermak. 5 The profile says Soros' social media 'created a PR headache.' Jared Siskin/PMC 5 Soros' X account has photos of powerful Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris. Facebook / Alexander Soros Advertisement 5 Joe Biden presented Alex Soros, son of award recipient George Soros, billionaire and founder of Soros Fund Management LLC, with the Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in January. Bloomberg via Getty Images Previous reporting from Fox News highlighting a Media Research Center study on Alex Soros, found that he politicized mass shootings, praised Biden's 'disastrous' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, supports abolishing the Electoral College, embraced disparaging claims against conservative Supreme Court Justices and supports decriminalizing 'sex work.' Since the 2018 elections, Alex Soros has given more than $5 million to federal political coffers, and records show that his largest contribution was $2 million to the Schumer-aligned Senate Majority PAC during that time. With billions to spend, the New York Magazine profile questions the 39-year-old's ability to be an effective leader. 'Exactly how to push back against the [Trump] madness he leaves unclear,' van Zuylen-Wood wrote. 'Nor does he offer any coherent agenda for the Democrats, whose roiling, inconclusive debates can seem personified by Alex himself. He was a regular presence at the Biden White House, one-half of an odd power couple, yet few in the broader political universe have a grasp of how he thinks about the world and plans to spend the wealth at his disposal. 'That money could help determine the fate not only of a rudderless Democratic Party but of a country that every day is disappearing legal residents and immigrants, shaking down universities, defying court orders, and otherwise taking aim at the very open society his father's global philanthropy exists to uphold.' Fox News Digital reached out to the Open Society Foundations for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Alex Soros trashed as difficult, 'wrong person to lead' megadonor foundation in NY Mag profile
A New York Magazine profile on Alex Soros, son of George Soros, who has been chosen to take up his father's leadership mantle, doesn't paint the heir in a positive light. "The real story is that every single person who knows the family knows that Alex was exactly the wrong person to lead the foundation," the New York Magazine profile on Alex Soros, published Tuesday, reads, quoting an anonymous source "with deep OSF ties." George Soros started what the Open Society Foundations (OSF) website calls his "philanthropic network" in the mid-1980s. It eventually became OSF, which has been led by George Soros for decades. In June 2023, he passed the leadership torch to his son, Alex. Alex Soros Fumes At Left-wing Climate Group Over 'Palestine' Obsession: 'What The Hell' "In private he is brooding and cerebral and has a propensity for candor and bursts of hot-temperedness," the New York Magazine piece, authored by Simon van Zuylen-Wood, says of Alex Soros, who is chair of the board of directors at OSF. "His halting, Peter Thiel–like baritone is full of ahs and ums, and his sentences can sound like records skipping, as if he were unable to easily put into language what is clear in his mind. This slightly tortured persona has invited comparisons with his elder half-brother Jonathan, who sprang from Harvard Law School and a federal clerkship to work alongside his father in finance and philanthropy." Read On The Fox News App Van Zuylen-Wood writes that people, including OSF's first president, Aryeh Neier, thought that Jonathan Soros, a co-founder and partner of the investment firm, One Madison Group, would be his father's successor. "When Soros insiders try to explain the family dynamic, they draw on the standard texts of empire and heredity," van Zuylen-Wood says. "'Roman is Alex,' says a former OSF senior official, referring to Roman Roy, the sardonic failson in Succession. 'Smart but f**king impossible and not particularly interested in the details.' Another Soros insider cites not HBO but the Gospel of Luke, casting Alex in the role of the Prodigal Son, who is rewarded with his father's love despite his wayward years." During the 2024 presidential campaign, Alex Soros held a fundraiser at his New York City apartment for vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, and posted photos of the event on X. The New York Magazine piece says that Alex Soros "created a PR headache by posting photos from the event on social media, as is his custom after meeting heads of state and elected officials. (As a former OSF higher-up says, Alex likes to collect "shiny objects.")." The piece points out that Alex Soros' X account is filled with photos of powerful Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and world leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, the late Pope Francis, and Ukrainian Head of Presidential Administration Andriy Yermak. Alex Soros And Huma Abedin Hold Star-studded Engagement Party At Anna Wintour's Home: Photos Previous reporting from Fox News highlighting a Media Research Center study on Alex Soros, found that he politicized mass shootings, praised Biden's "disastrous" 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, supports abolishing the Electoral College, embraced disparaging claims against conservative Supreme Court Justices and supports decriminalizing "sex work." Since the 2018 elections, Alex Soros has given more than $5 million to federal political coffers, and records show that his largest contribution was $2 million to the Schumer-aligned Senate Majority PAC during that time. With billions to spend, the New York Magazine profile questions the 39-year-old's ability to be an effective leader. "Exactly how to push back against the [Trump] madness he leaves unclear," van Zuylen-Wood wrote. "Nor does he offer any coherent agenda for the Democrats, whose roiling, inconclusive debates can seem personified by Alex himself. He was a regular presence at the Biden White House, one-half of an odd power couple, yet few in the broader political universe have a grasp of how he thinks about the world and plans to spend the wealth at his disposal. "That money could help determine the fate not only of a rudderless Democratic Party but of a country that every day is disappearing legal residents and immigrants, shaking down universities, defying court orders, and otherwise taking aim at the very open society his father's global philanthropy exists to uphold." Fox News Digital reached out to the Open Society Foundations for comment, but did not immediately receive a article source: Alex Soros trashed as difficult, 'wrong person to lead' megadonor foundation in NY Mag profile
