Open secrets top organization Contributions: All Federal Contributions. A very interesting list. The top 20 most are labor unions all giving to Democrats. Very handy list to know for countering such things as, Koch Bros. Koch Bros. Koch Bros. Koch Bros. Koch Bros. Koch Bros. Koch Bros. Koch Bros. Koch Bros. Koch Bros. when seen in comments and articles and conversation and so on. Koch brothers rings in at number 36. But that is on the list or organizations, not individuals.
http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/toporgs.php
Who are the people who contribute independently? That is what I want to know. What do they look like. How can I recognize them. How can I know should by chance I run into one. You never know. You could meet one shopping, perhaps flying around. If you fly first class, they could be sitting right there next to you. These lists tell you who and how much, as far as they know, but they all fail to show you what they look like. It took for e-v-e-r to look up their photos. And some of them manage to stay very well hidden.
http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topindivs.php
Goodness, there is a lot of money out there being thrown around. I knew that already by the Democrat Convention being hosted in Denver. Most the activity was right here outside. The whole place overrun. I mentioned before at another place in that remote time continuous helicopter traffic directly overhead back and forth for days on end. Steady streams of limousines outside. Lines of limousines all over the place. An obnoxious ostentatious display of wealth. And I must mention, every single person I met was completely charming and nice to me directly. Graceful to me personally. I went clomping around with my shirt off and with my little camera before I had a Nikon, and every single person I met was beautiful without exception. And I mean it. There were disruptions, but I was not a party to any of those things. That was not my experience. Michelle Malkin had difficulty when recognized by a mean-spirited radio personality, and I was there in that crowd, but that was not my immediate experience. From my point of view the whole thing was fun, and it was nothing if not all about money. Lots and lots of money. Even Code Pink who dropped her pink toy battery-powered loud speaker that smashed open and spilled batteries right in front of me had me cracking up laughing at the silliness of it. I was there at the Mint levitation. I had to see that. Fail.
I knew it was too heavy, what with all those coins inside.
The list of organization contributors goes to 50. But the list of individuals goes to 100. I searched photos only for top 50 of those because I got tired of looking, and my browser history filled up, and the whole project a bit out of hand, and the amounts donated got smaller to under half a million. eh, still probably worth looking up their photos.
These people don't mess around. Generally they donate 100% one way or another. There are only a few that donate to both parties.
1) Tom Steyer 20, 451,300
Founder Farallon Capital Management manages 20 billion in capital for institution, primarily college endowments, and wealthy individuals
co-founder of OneCalifornia Bank -- Oakland-based community development bank
created TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy at Stanford University
partner and member of Executive Committee at Hellman & Friedman, a S.F. private equity firm
Disposed his carbon-polluting investments in 20012. Made tens of million from developing Australian Maules Creek coal mine.
Created TomKat Ranch, Pescadero, CA that underwrites healthy food programs and co-produces independent films
Helped found OneRoof to bring technology to rural India. Opened computer centers to connect poor residents of india with information revolution.
2) Michael Bloomberg 9,495,798
Founder 88% owner Bloomberg L.P. global financial data and media company.
3) Fred Eychaner $5,803,200
Chairman of Newsweb Corporation
4) Paul Singer $5,101,349
Founder and CEO of hedge fund Elliott Management Corporation and The Paul E. Singer Foundation.
5) Richard Uihlein $4,326,950
Uihlein worked in international sales for General Binding Corp, a company founded by his father, until 1980. That year, Uihlein and his wife founded Uline
45 more to go.
6) James Simons $3,347,100
Mathematician, hedge fund manager, expert in pattern recognition pioneer of financial signal processing. Founded Renaissance Technologies, private hedge fund.
7) Robert Mercer $3,228,600
Co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies
8) Bob Perry $3,120,800
Perry Homes (interested in Swift Vets, POWs for Truth, Economic Freedom Fund)
9) Jerrold Perenchino $2,173,600
Former chairman CEO Univision, Chartwell Partners
10) Thomas Jordan $2,117,703
Jordan Vinyard
11) Jon Stryker $1,883,009
Arcus Foundation
12) Seth Klarman $1,866.340
13) Virginia James $1,838.800
(also Virginia Manheimer and Virginia Gilder) Investor, Lambertville, NJ
14) Donald Sussman $1,657.800
Chairman Trust Asset Mgmet
Founder of Paloma Partners and New China Capital Mgmt
served on boards of Skidmore College, Center for American Progress, and Portland Museum of Art
Married to Chellie Pingree, Dem member of U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 1st district
15) Warren Stephens $1,648,300
Stephens Inc.
16) Jonathan Soros $1,641,500
Soros Fund Management
17) Amy Goldman $1,582,920
Sol Goldman Investments
18) Anne Earhart $1,501,400
Investor
19) John W. Childs $1,482,400
JW Childs Assoc
20) Ronald Firman $1,474,921
?
Retired
21) John Ricketts $1,473,621
TD Ameritrade
22) Kenneth Griffin $1,449,800
Citadel Invest Group/Aragon Global Mgt
23) George Soros $1,431,300
Soros Fund Management
24) Angelo Tsakopolos $1,364,900
Akt Development
25) Paul Egerman $1,139,800
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26) Sean Fieler $1,121,724
Equinnos Partners, Chiaroscuro Group
27) Herbert Sandler $1,085,300
Herb & Marion Sandler/sandler Foundation
Golden West Financial Corp
World Savings Bank
28) Wayne Jordan 1,065,500
Jordan Real Estate Investment/Akonadi Fdtn
? (not sure about this one)
29) Michael Murphy $1,044,600
Marmik Oil
?
30) David Boies $1,025,400
Boies, Schiller & Flexner
31) Sean Parker $1,003,200
Entrepreneur
32) Carolyn J. Oliver $1,000,000
Physician
33) George Marcus $997,200
Marcus & Millchap
34) Vincent McMahon $986850
World Wrestling Entertainment
35) Bernard Schwartz $975,479
Loral Space & Communications
36) Cary S. Katz $860,800
College Loan Corp
37) Jerry L Hayden $849,355
Retired
?
38) Stephen Silberstein $769,400
Retired
?
39) Susie Buell $764,00
Retired
40) Reinier Beeuwkes $764,600
?
Retired
41) John L Nau $761,040
Silver Eagle Distributors
42) Marc Benioff $734,100
Salesforce.com
43) Robert D. Arnott $734,100
Research Affiliates
44) Mark Heising $874,550
Medley Partners
45) William Little $664,600
George Little Mgmt
46) Laurie Michaels $643,00
Psychologist
47) John D. Goldman $639,00
Pace School
48) Lee Fikes $61300
Bonanza Oil
49) Barbara Stiefel $489,050
Retired
50) Henry P. Van Ameringen $571,600
Retired
6 comments:
Dollar donations are hard to judge. I want to know their personal views on Hamas, ISIS, etc., so that morality can enter the picture.
Great post Chip. No coincidence that you have so many media types, investors, or people who do business with the Government.
You didn't post who they contribute too, but my suspicion is that its at least 60/40 Democrat, and 100-0 in favor of open borders and amnesty.
You didn't post who they contribute too, but my suspicion is that its at least 60/40 Democrat, and 100-0 in favor of open borders and amnesty.
I'll wager that the Republican ratio is just as high. Don't forget that they are onboard for jacking up the numbers of H-1B visas, despite record levels of unemployment and a manufactured "crisis" and "shortage" of STEM workers. Even Darrell Issa has sold out on that one, much to my chagrin.
Democrats are blue, Republicans are red, two are gray.
Who they contribute to is quite interesting. But way too complex for a post.
Some are single issue donors. One Democrat supported Wendy Davis, and one Republican from Florida whose photo I could not find contributed with another specifically to support a friend for office.
Muckity.com is interesting. They offer a search feature for names. Enter a name and a network map appears with the subject in the center and lines going out to individuals and to organizations they contribute. Some maps are quite complex, indicating they have their fingers in a lot of things. And that is why the stated amounts are suspect.
I thought that guy Mark Heising was a historian. Aren't historians supposed to be above ... Suspicion bias? Maybe he looks like a guy named Brokehiser, who is a historian.
I've got to read this thoroughly later and research some of the people on it.
For now: I am puzzled by the difference between what Steyer has given versus that given by the Koch brothers. Steyer has given much more, by magnitudes exceeding 7:1. Yet all we hear is how influential the Koch brothers are?
Next: Given Steyer's businesses & affiliations, how is he pristine while Romney was a devil?
I notice a few faces missing (some that use subterfuges to conceal the funding source which would be illegal otherwise) and notice that most of these people seem to appear in grand settings, premiers, etc. ... they like fawning attention. Money buys that, as well as favoritism down the road. I wonder if the attention isn't more important to these scions than the causes they support. Note: Steyer takes credit for selling off polluting assets, not closing them or converting to less polluting efforts....e.g., net effect on the environment is Zero. What kind of hero is that?
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