Dozens of American billionaires have pulled out their checkbooks to support candidates engaged in a wide-open battle for the Democratic presidential nomination
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.
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