Oct 16, 2020 · Only one is backing Trump. - Protocol. election 2020. Politics. Here are the top political donors from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. Only one is backing Trump. They've given $16 million this cycle. They're mainly white men. And none is the CEO of any of the companies.
Aug 18, 2019 · The donations by Amazon executives were made before the antitrust probe announcement, and before the July hearing was scheduled. Amazon executives have other reasons to support him.
Jul 14, 2020 · Update, July 14: Amazon employees from 33 countries donated $8.5 million through the company’s campaign to match donations and support organizations focused on combating systemic racism.With the company’s match, that means Amazon will donate an additional $17 million to the 12 organizations and their local affiliates, which the Black …
Amazon.com Affiliates. Contributions to 527s are not included in the Individuals, PACs, Soft (Indivs), or Soft (Orgs) columns, so the sum of these columns may not equal the Total column. The numbers on this page are based on contributions of $200 or more from PACs and individuals to federal candidates and from PAC, individual and soft money ...
and other Big Tech companies are throwing their money behind former Vice President Joe Biden's presidential campaign , part of a historic trend of fundraising support to Democratic candidates over the past several decades, experts say.
According to CRP, the internet sector has contributed $26.8 million to Democrats in the 2020 election cycle, up from $24 million in the 2016 election cycle and $9.2 million in the 2012 cycle.
Amazon. The retail and technology giant announced on June 3 that it plans to donate a total of $10 million to 11 organizations, including the ACLU, Equal Justice Initiative, and the NAACP.
The legacy American brand Coca-Cola released a statement on Twitter on June 3, announcing that it would be donating to 100 Black Men “as a part of the effort to end systemic racism and bring true equality to all.”. The statement did not include how much money the company plans to donate.
Glossier CEO Emily Weiss also announced that it will give an additional $500,000 in the form of grants to Black-owned beauty businesses, with more details on that initiative later this month.
A billionaire himself, Steyer has contributed $47.6 million of his own money to his campaign, which means that he’s gotten only about $2 million from other donors, including three Fishers, all heirs to the Gap fortune. A month before Steyer declared his candidacy, his wife, Kat Taylor, donated to Jay Inslee’s campaign.
A retired Army lieutenant colonel and Hyatt heiress, Pritzker supported Trump in 2016 and contributed over $250,000 to committees associated with his campaign in the months leading up to the general election. A transgender woman, Pritzker has since spoken out against Trump’s transgender military ban.
By the close of the latest fundraising period, on September 30, 2019, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg and Cory Booker each counted at least 40 billionaires or spouses of billionaires among their backers. Call it the billionaire horse race, as candidates travel the country collecting funds from the richest people in America.
Notable backers: Len and Emily Blavatnik, Neil Bluhm, Judy Dimon (wife of Jamie Dimon), Meg Whitman. Bluhm, a Chicago real estate and gambling tycoon, hosted a Biden fundraiser at his home in September. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders “don’t represent the Democratic Party” that he supports, the billionaire said at the time, ...
Yang welcomed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to the Yang Gang on his own platform after he made a contribution in March, tweeting, “More people join the #YangGang all the time.”
Notable backer: Marta Thoma Hall (wife of David Hall) Federal filings show that the billionaire basher received a negligible $470 from Marta Thoma Hall, the wife of billionaire Velodyne founder David Hall. After Forbes notified the Sanders’ camp of the contribution, the campaign said he won’t be keeping the money.