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.
, but they both have the same number of billionaire donors. Susan Pritzker, the spouse of Hyatt heir Nicholas Pritzker, II, has funded Warren’s campaign, while Bullock received a donation from hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin.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.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Democratic Candidates Vow To Rebuild Unions At Las Vegas Presidential ForumNineteen Democratic presidential hopefuls descended on Las Vegas Saturday and made their case directly to union workers for how they would fix an economic system that caters to the rich
Read more »
How Democratic Candidates Responded to the Two Mass ShootingsWhile politicians have condemned these shootings, little action has been taken under Trump’s leadership to reform gun control.
Read more »
Where Do the 2020 Democratic Candidates Stand on Gun Violence?Some of the very U.S. senators who voted in favor of gun reform are running for president in the 2020 Democratic primary. Here is a breakdown of what they plan to do.
Read more »
Where the 2020 Democratic Candidates Stand on ReparationsWhere the 2020 Democratic Candidates Stand on Reparations DemDebate
Read more »
Democratic primary voters may punish candidates critical of ObamaPerhaps the biggest news coming out of this week's CNN presidential debates was the seeming criticism of former President Barack Obama's policies while in office. It was a stunning turn because anyone looking at the polling data can see that Obama and many of his policies (such as the ACA) remain popular.
Read more »