The Hungarian-born billionaire has spent $4 billion on causes from fighting disease to fostering democracy, but his latest passion is politics--and he has pledged at least $15 million to defeat President Bush. He also blasts Bush foreign policy in a new book, The Bubble of American Supremacy, and is taking his message to college campuses. TIME's Karen Tumulty talked with him.
WHY IS A MULTIBILLIONAIRE HANGING AROUND ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES? In my book, I argue that it's not enough to reject the Bush Administration's policies in the election, but we also have to rethink America's role in the world. It concerns...