Jim Rogers - Age, Family, Bio

Known for creating both the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI) and the Quantum Group of Hedge Funds, this investor and financial executive also published a 2005 book titled Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market.

Before Fame

After earning a history degree from Yale University, he worked briefly on Wall Street before studying economics, philosophy, and politics at Oxford University.

Trivia

He taught several finance courses at Columbia University's Business School.

Family Life

After marrying Paige Parker, a woman nearly thirty years his junior, he became a father to two daughters.

Associated With

He co-founded the Quantum Group with fellow Arnhold and S. Bleichroder investment bank employee George Soros.