Biography
Rogers was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Demopolis, Alabama.Dia start a business at the age of five years by selling peanuts. He also took the empty bottles left by spectators at a baseball stadium. He got his first job on Wall Street, at Dominick & Dominick, after graduating with a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1964. Rogers then got a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Balliol College, Oxford University in 1966.
In 1970, Rogers joined the firm Arnhold and S. Bleichroder. In 1973, Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros. Over the next 10 years, which is managed portfolios rose 4200% while the S & P rose 47%. Quantum Fund is a major international financial services company's first ever.
In 1980, Rogers decided to "retire", and spent most of his time to travel by motorcycle around the world. Since then, he has been a guest professor of finance subjects at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business.
In 1989 and 1990, Rogers was moderator of the seminar The Dreyfus Roundtable and FNN's The Profit Motive.Dari 1990 to 1992, he traveled throughout the world, including China, on a motorcycle, more than 100,000 miles (160 000 km) in six continent, and the action goes to Rogers Guinness Book of World Records. He told me about his adventures and worldwide investments in Investment Biker, a best-selling investment book. In 1998, Rogers founded the Rogers International Commodity Index. Rogers is an outspoken advocate of agricultural investment and, in addition to the Rogers Commodity Index, which is involved with two companies that Agrifirma based in Brazil, and Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership is based in Canada.
Between January 1, 1999 and January 5, 2002, Rogers and his wife, Paige Parker entered in the Guinness World Record for doing the trip around the world to 116 countries reaching 245 000 kilometers. The journey starts from Iceland and then end the trip in New York City. He wrote the book Adventure Capitalist adventures around the world. Current best-selling book.
After returning in 2002, Rogers became a regular guest on Cavuto Fox News that airs every Saturday. In 2005, Rogers wrote Hot Commodities How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market. In this book, Rogers quotes a financial analyst articles Yale School of Management, Geert Rouwenhorst, entitled Facts and Fantasies about Commodity Futures. Rogers argues this paper shows that commodities investment is one of the best investments from time to time, which is a concept that is somewhat contrary to conventional investment thinking.
In December 2007, Rogers sold the house in New York City valued at 16 million USD and moved to Singapore. The reason the move is to work on the investment potential in Asian markets. Rogers's first daughter is now being taught in Mandarin to prepare her for the future. He said to her: "If you were smart in 1807 you moved to London, if you were smart in 1907 you moved to New York City, and if you are smart in 2007, then you can move to Asia". In a CNBC interview with Maria Bartiromo broadcast on May 5, 2008, Rogers said that people in China are highly motivated and driven to advance in all types of environments, and he wanted his children are also motivated and encouraged. He also stated that this is an America that Asia and Europe first. He chose not to move to the cities in China such as Hong Kong or Shanghai because of the high level of environmental pollution causing health problems for her family's will, he chose Singapore. He also recommends investing in some smaller markets on the border of Asia such as Sri Lanka and Cambodia, and currently serves as advisor to Leopard Capital's Leopard Sri Lanka Fund. However, he did not fully believe the full potential of Asian markets, where he remained skeptical about the future of India. "India as we know it will not last another 30 or 40 years".
Rogers has two daughters from his wife Paige Parker.Hilton Augusta (nicknamed Happy) was born in 2003, and their two daughters in 2008 Beeland Anderson. His latest book, A Gift To My Children instructive in her daughter's life as well as investment advice suited to supporting the education of children. The book was released in 2009.
On 4 November 2010, at Balliol College Oxford University, he encourages students to seek career opportunities on Wall Street or the financial district in London. The place where the futures market that is supposed to start a career where there are commodities, raw materials, natural resources. Do not go to Harvard Business School. If you want to make a fortune and come back and donate large sums of money, can not get with an MBA.