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James Beeland Rogers Jr. is an American investor and financial commentator based in Singapore.
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).
Jim Rogers Net Worth
As of 2021, Jim Rogers net worth is $300 million. Market wizard Jim Rogers started trading with $600 and now has a reported net worth of $300 million. He shares the 8 trading rules that ensured his success.
Mr. Rogers is best known as the founder of the Soros Fund Management, as well as the Quantum Fund. These are both firms that he co-founded. In addition to this, he created the Rogers International Commodities Index, commonly referred to as RICI. He was clear that although he does not subscribe to any certain school of economic thought, his views are the most closely aligned with the Austrian School of economics.
Early life & Education
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, Rogers then acquired a second BA degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, as a member of Balliol College.
In April 2019, he received the honorary Ph.D. from the Pusan National University with a recognition of his books in which his positive messages on Korean unification and the bright future are presented
Business career
In 1964, Rogers joined Dominick & Dominick LLC on Wall Street, where he first learned about stocks and bonds. From 1966 to 1968, Rogers served as a draftee in the US Army for military service during the Vietnam War.
In 1970, Rogers joined investment bank Arnhold and S. Bleichroder, where he worked with George Soros.
In 1973, Soros and Rogers both left and founded the Quantum Fund. From 1973 to 1980, the portfolio gained 4200% while the S&P advanced about 47%. The Quantum Fund was one of the first truly global funds. In 1980, Rogers decided to “retire”, and spent some of his time traveling on a motorcycle around the world. Since then, he has been a guest professor of finance at the Columbia Business School.
In 1985, he explained that the Vienna Exchange has a high potential resulting in a bull market.
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In 1989 and 1990, Rogers was the moderator of WCBS’ The Dreyfus Roundtable and FNN’s The Profit Motive with Jim Rogers. From 1990 to 1992, he traveled through China again, as well as around the world, on motorcycle, over 100,000 miles (160,000 km) across six continents, which was picked up in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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He tells of his adventures and worldwide investments in Investment Biker, a bestselling book.
In 1998, Rogers founded the Rogers International Commodity Index. In 2007, the index and its three sub-indices were linked to exchange-traded notes under the banner ELEMENTS. The notes track the total return of the indices as an accessible way to invest in the index. Rogers is an outspoken advocate of agriculture investments.
Between January 1, 1999, and January 5, 2002, Rogers did another Guinness World Record journey through 116 countries, covering 245,000 kilometers with his wife, Paige Parker, in a custom-made Mercedes.
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The trip began in Iceland, which was about to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Leif Eriksson’s first trip to America. On January 5, 2002, they were back in New York City and their home on Riverside Drive. He wrote Adventure Capitalist following this around-the-world adventure. It is currently one of his bestselling books.
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