It’s still early in the 2020 election season, but the country’s billionaires are already backing their favorites: Pete Buttigieg leads the pack with donations from 23 billionaires.
than many of the other candidates. Nonetheless, he’s drawing support from some of America’s wealthiest people: Warren Buffett and Eric Schmidt plus real estate moguls Neil Bluhm and Herb Simon.The former governor of Colorado has amassed donations from a diverse group of billionaires in several states including Walmart heiress Christy Walton, Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri and Hyatt Hotels heiress Jean “Gigi” Pritzker.
his campaign, he’s still pulled in donations from the likes of private equity investor Sam Zell and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s wife, Judy.The Montana governor received donations from hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin and Rebecca Pohlad of the Pohlad family.Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is the only billionaire contributor to Tulsi Gabbard and Andrew Yang’s campaigns, while Marianne Williamson’s sole billionaire backer is Rebecca Pohlad of the Pohlad family.
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