Who is Jim Rogers?

Jim Rogers is a well-known commodity investors, and co-founder–together with George Soros–of the Quantum Fund, according to MidasLetter.com. He is an ardent critic of the Federal Reserve Bank, and a supporter of the controversial idea that instability in the Middle East is beneficial for the commodity markets.

Jim Rogers was raised in Alabama, and he studied business and economics at Yale University and Oxford, as reported by the Financial Times. His success in commodities trading allowed him to retire at the young age of 37, at which time he began traveling the world on his motorcycle, according to USA Today.