"A penniless survivor of the Nazi occupation of Hungary, George Soros is now one of the richest men in the world, and Robert Slater does an excellent job of helping us understand how Soros did it. . . . Slater distinguishes Soros from other great investors by explaining his mental processes . . . . He explains how Soros views markets as chaotic, not efficient, and very prone to boom-bust sequences. . . . Slater has written a fascinating volume."--Barron's

Preface Chapter 1 The World's Greatest Investor Chapter 2 A Boy and his ParentsChapter 3 The Cellars of BudapestChapter 4 Like Freud or EinsteinChapter 5 The Blind Leading the BlindChapter 6 Fascinated by ChaosChapter 7 Invest First and Investigate LaterChapter 8 Putting My Money Where My Mouth WasChapter 9 A Quantum LeapChapter 10 The Identity CrisisChapter 11 The Imperial CirclesChapter 12 Killing of a LifetimeChapter 13 Philosophical SpeculatorChapter 14 A Cheap Price for FreedomChapter 15 An Urge to Reveal OneselfChapter 16 The Big CrashChapter 17 It Takes Courage to Be a PigChapter 18 Taming the SnakeChapter 19 "The One-Way Bet"Chapter 20 Black WednesdayChapter 21 King of the Hedge FundsChapter 22 The GuruChapter 23 A Common Virus Known as HubrisChapter 24 I'm a Hungarian JewChapter 25 The St. Valentine's Day MassacreChapter 26 Mr. Soros Goes to WashingtonChapter 27 Richer Than 42 CountriesChapter 28 A Shift Toward AmericaChapter 29 Financial Woes and a Foretaste of PoliticsChapter 30 George Bush in Soros's CrosshairsChapter 31 Investor, Philanthropist, Philosopher, and 79 Years Old NotesIndex