hungerry to england. he moved to new york in 1956 and became a u.s. citizen in '61. at the age of 39, he started what would become a quantum fund which he would use to attack currencies across the globe. he later would be blamed for the financial collapses in thailand, malaysia, indonesia and japan and russia. who could forget that he was the man who broke the bank of england in 1992. shorting the british sterling betting heavily that the currency would collapse despite government assurances to the contrary. >> today has been a dif cut and tush leapt day. massive speculative flows continue to disrupt the functioning of trade. >> the money i made, on this transaction estimated at $1 billion. along with currencies, he also collapses regimes. with the open society fund. which was founded in 1979.