Rogers Jim, Parker Paige (w3371)
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- Description: Born on 19 October 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, investor James Beeland Rogers Jr. co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in 1973 and retired at age 37. Between 1990 and 1992, he rode a motorcycle through 52 countries across six continents, covering more than 160,000 km (100,000 miles) in 22 months - a journey listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and recounted in his bestselling book Investment Biker (1994). Between 1 January 1999 and 5 January 2002, Rogers and his wife Paige Parker completed a second Guinness-recognised circumnavigation, travelling through 116 countries and covering 245,000 km (152,000 miles) in a custom-made Mercedes, departing from and returning to New York. This second journey is recounted in Adventure Capitalist (2003)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Indiana Jones of Finance (Rogers)
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Car or similar, Mezzi a motore, Moyen motorisé
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://www.jimrogers.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552215
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Rogers, Jim. Investment Biker: Around the World with Jim Rogers. New York: Random House, 1994. Rogers, Jim. Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip. New York: Random House, 2003.
