…Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Feb. 19. Besides Petrobras, Soros also sold shares of planemaker Embraer SA and mobile carrier Tim Participacoes SA, eliminating its holdings in Brazilian companies, according to Estado. Soros gained a wide reputation for his investing prowess in 1992 by netting $1 billion with a bet that the U.K. would be forced to devalue the pound. With a net value of $28.4 billion, he's the 24th-richest person in the world…