Paul Graham · Oct 30, 2024 Endorsed Kamala Harris over Trump, calling Trump 'a crook'
Graham gave a lukewarm endorsement of Kamala Harris over Donald Trump, stating 'Harris is a typical politician. But Trump is a crook. You can't have that sort of person as president.' He cited Trump's refusal to concede the 2020 election as 'banana republic stuff.'
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Reid Hoffman · $10.0M Oct 1, 2024 Donated over $10 million to pro-Harris Future Forward PAC
Reid Hoffman donated more than $10 million to Future Forward USA PAC supporting Kamala Harris's presidential campaign. He has given more than $55 million to Democrats over the past four years and nearly $9 million to the Wisconsin Democratic Party since 2020.
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Bill Gates · $50.0M Oct 1, 2024 Donated $50 million to Future Forward PAC supporting Kamala Harris
Bill Gates donated $50 million to Future Forward, a nonprofit Democratic-aligned PAC supporting Kamala Harris's presidential campaign. The donation was intended to remain private but was reported by the New York Times. Gates had previously stated in 2019 that he chose not to participate in large political donations, making this a notable departure.
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Sheryl Sandberg · Jul 22, 2024 Endorsed Kamala Harris for president, calling her 'strongest candidate to lead our country forward'
In July 2024, Sandberg publicly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, praising her as 'an accomplished leader, a fierce advocate of abortion rights, and the strongest candidate to lead our country forward.'
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Ron Conway · $500K Jul 1, 2024 Donated ~$500,000 to Harris campaign funds and joined VCs for Kamala
Ron Conway donated approximately $500,000 to at least two funds tied to Kamala Harris's 2024 campaign. Signed the VCsforKamala pledge alongside other venture leaders. Long-time prominent Democratic donor.
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Vinod Khosla · $520K Jun 1, 2024 Donated over $500,000 to Harris and Biden campaigns, hosted Biden fundraiser
Vinod Khosla donated $413K to Harris Action Fund (June 2024), $100K more (June 2023), plus multiple donations to Biden. Hosted Biden for fundraising dinner at his Portola Valley home. Publicly criticized Trump saying 'hard for me to support someone with no values, lies, cheats, rapes, demeans women, hates immigrants like me'.
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Susan Wojcicki · $81K Sep 23, 2016 Endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in 2016, donated $81,265
Wojcicki was among 40 business executives who publicly endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in September 2016. She contributed $81,265 in political donations during the 2016 election cycle.
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Meg Whitman · Aug 1, 2016 Endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, compared Trump to Hitler and Mussolini
In August 2016, Republican Whitman endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, calling Trump an 'astonishing display of political opportunism' and comparing him to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. She called on Republicans to 'put country first before party' and stated voting for Trump 'out of party loyalty alone would be to endorse a candidacy that I believe has exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia and racial division.' She also supported the campaign financially.
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