News of the donation comes after Ackman explained why he's promoting Kennedy's vaccine skepticism.
Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman donated to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign.
President Joe Biden's poll numbers and fundraising haul dwarf Kennedy's in the Democratic primary race.Billionaire hedge fund chief Bill Ackman donated $3,300 in the second quarter to Democrat and anti-vaccine presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign during the second quarter, according to a Federal Election Commission filing.
Ackman is one of several prominent business leaders who donated to Kennedy's campaign in the second quarter. The Purple Good Government PAC, a committee that's been largely funded by investor and Elon Musk ally David Sacks, donated $6,600 to the campaign. Veteran Wall Street executive Omeed Malik also donated $6,600 to the Kennedy campaign, the filing says. Malik isa fundraiser for Kennedy in the Hamptons this month. Brett Messing, a partner at Anthony Scaramucci's SkyBridge Capital, also donated the campaign, according to the filing.
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