Your link says John Major instituted a fixed exchange rate regime and made pounds overpriced. Soros didn&#x27;t even break the news (a German official did), he just made the most profit shorting the pound. I wouldn&#x27;t call it &quot;breaking the pound&quot; unless you think the pound was priced about right and he made his profit manipulating the public opinion and thus moving the market.<p>BTW, I found the interview rather trite; he&#x27;s really full of it.