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George Soros wants to invest in or buy an auto dealership group just like Warren Buffett did last year

Billionaire financier George Soros wants to invest in or buy a large automotive dealership group, potentially following in the footsteps of Warren Buffett, Automotive News reported

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DETROIT — Billionaire financier George Soros wants to invest in or buy a large automotive dealership group, potentially following in the footsteps of Warren Buffett, Automotive News reported.

Two representatives of Soros Fund management, which Mr. Soros chairs, attended the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in San Francisco over the weekend to research the industry and find potential investing opportunities, the industry trade publication said, citing four sources familiar with the situation.

A deal by Mr. Soros would follow a similar move last year by Mr. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which announced the purchase of the Van Tuyl Group auto dealership. Mr. Soros is interested in the car business as a way to diversify his fund’s holdings and cash flow opportunities, and buying a large dealership group was one option.

Soros Fund is in talks with an undisclosed number of dealership groups and has proposed “different transactions to different people,” the publication said, citing one of the sources.

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© Thomson Reuters 2015

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