Jim Rogers is an American business magnate who chairs Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc
Jim Rogers
@Businessman, Timeline and Childhood
Oct 19, 1942
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: October 19, 1942
- Nationality: American
- Famous: Businessman, Oxford University, Business People
- Spouses: Paige Parker
- Known as: James Beeland Rogers Jr.
- Childrens: Beeland Anderson, Hilton Augusta (nicknamed Happy)
- Universities:
- Oxford University
- Balliol College
- Oxford
Jim Rogers born at
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Birth Place
He has been married thrice. His first marriage was to Lois Biener in 1966. The couple divorced after three years. His second marriage to Jennifer Skolnick in 1974 was also short-lived.
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Personal Life
He is currently married to Paige Parker, a much younger woman. The couple has two children.
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Personal Life
Jim Rogers was born in Maryland and spent his childhood in Alabama. His father, James Beeland Rogers was a plant manager at a chemical factory.
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Childhood & Early Life
Young Jim displayed a knack for business early on—his first endeavor included selling peanuts and picking up empty bottles left behind by fans at baseball games.
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Childhood & Early Life
After his schooling he went to Yale University from where he graduated with a degree in history in 1964. He then went to Balliol College, Oxford University to pursue a second BA degree. He earned his degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1966.
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Childhood & Early Life
He joined the investment bank Arnhold and S. Bleichroder in 1970. Here he met George Soros with whom he would later enter into business ventures.
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Career
Both the men left the bank in 1973 to found the investment fund, Quantum Fund.Over the next few years their business prospered. It was one of the few hedge funds in the country at that time and was highly successful.
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Career
Rogers was very passionate about the investment market and through his tireless efforts he made Quantum Fund one of the first truly International Funds. He decided to retire in 1980, at the age of 37, to pursue his other passions. He began to manage his own money and started investing in commodities and stocks all over the world.
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He loved riding motorcycles and spent time traveling around the world. During his trips abroad, he learnt a lot about how the stock markets function in different countries and was able to invest his portfolios in a wise manner.
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His worldly knowledge about stocks and success in the investment business earned him credibility as an economist. He served as the moderator of WCBS’ ‘The Dreyfus Roundtable’ and FNN’s ‘The Profit Motive with Jim Rogers’ in 1989 and 1990.
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Career
He co-founded the Quantum Group of Funds, a privately owned hedge funds based in Netherlands with fellow businessman George Soros. The fund was very successful and paid back Rogers enough money to pursue his other passions.
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Major Works