About Jim Rogers there is a lot of information in the internet and a lot of publications from the investor. Born in 1942 in Baltimore financier was not afraid to give radical forecasts, in sharp contrast to his gentle broadcast TV preacher. His first business Jimmy began five years – selling peanuts and collecting empty bottles left the stadium after the baseball games. It is like attacking submarines and sell them for scrap (success story – it is the late I. Pavlov), but there is something. Rogers got his first job in Uolstriit of Dominick & Dominick, after graduating from Yale in 1964. In 1970 joined at Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder and co-founded the Quantum Fund. Exactly, this is a fund associated with George Soros. Over the next 10 years the fund achieved returns of 4200%. For comparison, during the same ten year period S & P only increased by 47%. In 1980, Rogers decided to retire. Take two laps with engine in 1980 and 1990, and during the second traveled more than 160,000 km, passing through six continents, ensuring publication in the Guinness Book. Rogers is a champion of investment in land and owns shares in two funds investing in land zemedelka Agrifirma (based in Brazil) and Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership (based in Canada), and in 1998 established Rogers International Commodity Index. In December 2007, Rogers sold his home in New York for approximately $ 16 million and moved to Singapore. The reason – according to Jimmy is currently suitable for investments in emerging markets in Asia. “If you were smart in 1807 you would be moving to London in 1907 would move to New York and in 2007 – somewhere in Asia.” Note, these are words of 65 year-old!
In an interview with CNBC, aired on May 5, 2008, Rogers said that the Chinese people are extremely motivated and that he would like to live and his daughters otrastnat in just such a society already exist in the U.S. and Europe. Investment prefers smaller Asian economies such as Sri Lanka and Cambodia, but is skeptical about the future of India – as we know it will not survive another 30 or 40 years”
Rogers has two daughters – Happy (born 2003) and Baby Bee (born 2008). His latest book – A Gift To My Children (2009) – includes life and investment lessons for his daughters.