The first article seems current (walled off) and the second is from March 2009, talking about profits from 2008, so Soros wasn't 'retired' yet.  

Like Templeton/Mobius, Lynch, Buffet and many others, they seem to retire at regular intervals, but still a legal business even if meets no social purpose, or responsibility except maybe gaming.  


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