Jim Rogers
American writer
James Beeland Rogers Jr. (born October 19, 1942) is an American investor and financial commentator based in Singapore. He is the chairman of Beeland Interests, Inc. He was the co-founder of the Quantum Fund and Soros Fund Management. He was also the creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI).
Rogers does not consider himself a member of any school of economic thought, but has acknowledged that his views best fit the label of the Austrian School of economics.
Early life
Rogers was born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in Demopolis, Alabama. In 1964, Rogers graduated with a bachelor's degree, cum laude, in history from Yale University. He got his first job on Wall Street, at Dominick & Dominick. In 1966, he acquired a second BA degree in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford, as a member of Balliol College.
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