Daisy Soros

Daisy Margaret Soros (née Schlenger; September 7, 1929) is an American philanthropist and supporter of the arts. She is the chairperson of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a fellowship program that supports two years of graduate studies for 30 new Americans each year. She was married to the late Paul Soros, founder of Soros Associates and older brother of financier George Soros. Early life and education Daisy Margaret Schlenger was born in Bratislava (in modern-day Slovakia) on September 7, 1929, but was raised in Austria and Hungary. Her parents were Paul (in Hungarian Pál) Schlenger and Piroska Erzsebet "Piri" Schlenger (née Stein).