George Soros, founder of Soros Fund Management LLC, attends the Azim Premji University Public Lecture Series in Bangalore, India, on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Billionaire investor Soros said Europe's sovereign-debt woes are "more serious" than the financial crisis of 2008 and that the world faces the prospect of a "vicious circle" of deflation. Photographer: Namas Bhojani/Bloomberg via Getty Images