US elections: Forbes revealed the list of billionaires who support Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

Less than a month until United States elections where you will facen Donald Trump and Kamala HarrisForbes shared a list of billionaires who support each of the candidates. In his view, 76 billionaires support Harris while 49 support Trump. Another characteristic is that although there are few businessmen who publicly support one or the other candidate, the majority decided to stay out of the electoral contest.

One by one: some of the billionaires who do not express themselves in favor of any candidate

• Jeff Bezos: The Amazon founder and world’s fourth-richest man wrote that Trump “showed tremendous grace and bravery under fire” following the assassination attempt at a July 13 campaign rally. However, he did not support him financially, even though he publicly spoke out in favor of Trump during his presidency. He celebrated Biden’s election in 2020 with an Instagram post noting that the Democratic victory indicated that “unity, empathy and decency are not characteristics of a bygone era.”
• Warren Buffett: In 2020, the Berkshire Hathaway CEO said he is a Democrat and hit back at Trump for an income tax joke he made in 2016. Buffett, the world’s sixth-richest person, also remained neutral this cycle.
• Mark Zuckerberg: according to Trump’s statement to the magazine New York Magazine, Zuckerberg told him he can’t “vote for a Democrat in this election” after the assassination attempt. But a Meta spokesperson said that the third richest person on the planet does not support anyone in this race and did not tell anyone how he plans to vote. In 2020, Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan donated $419 million to democratic organizations supporting voting during the pandemic. The Meta CEO and Facebook co-founder called Trump’s reaction to the assassination attempt ‘great’ in an interview in July.
• Bill Gates: Although his ex-wife French Gates is among Harris’s strongest supporters (her $13 million donation to Democratic groups would put her among the top individual donors this cycle), the Microsoft co-founder has not officially endorsed any candidate. But he seemed to lean toward Harris in an interview in July, when he said, “It’s great to have someone younger, who can think about issues like AI and how we shape it in the right way.”
• Jamie Dimon: Trump shared a fake message on social media touting Dimon’s endorsement, but the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, did not endorse any candidate, according to his spokesperson. Still, some see clues in his statements. He spoke openly about the elections, even signing an editorial in the Washington Post in which he urges voters to “elect a president who is dedicated to the ideals that define and unite us.”
• Ray Dalio: The founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, told the CNBC that this is the “most consequential” election, but that he will not support Harris or Trump, since he wants a more moderate candidate.
• Sergey Brin: The Google co-founder and eighth-richest person in the world said after the 2016 election that he found Trump “deeply offensive” as an immigrant, according to an internal video leaked in 2018, but he did not make any sentiments public during this cycle.

Elections in the US: which billionaires support Kamala Harris

Until August, Forbes identified 28 businessmen who donated one million dollars to Democratic groups:

The following 36 billionaires gave between $50,000 and $999,999 in donations to pro-Harris groups through August, according to analysis by Forbes from data from the United States Electoral Chamber:

• David Blitzer (Blackstone)

• David Bonderman (TPG)

• Edythe Broad (Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation)

• Tory Burch (Tory Burch)

• Rick Caruso (Los Angeles real estate)

• James Chambers (Cox Enterprises)

• Robert Clark (Clayco)

• Barry Diller (IAC)

• Dagmar Dolby (Dolby Laboratories)

• Charles Ergen (DISH)

• John Fish (Suffolk Construction)

• Gordon Getty (Getty Oil)

• James Goodnight (SAS)

• Jonathan Gray (Blackstone)

• Thomas Hagen (Erie Indemnity)

• Reed Hastings (Netflix)

• Elizabeth Johnson (Fidelity Investments)

• Michael Krasny (Computer discount deposit)

• Chris Larsen (Ripple)

• Marc Lasry (Avenue Capital Group)

• Theodore Leonsis (Washington Capitals, Mystics and Wizards)

• Daniel Och (Och-Ziff Capital Management)

• Mark Pincus (Zynga)

• Laurene Powell Jobs (Apple)

• Katharine Rayner (Cox Enterprises)

• Stewart Resnick and Lynda Resnick (Wonderful Company)

• John Sall (SAS)

• Paul Sciarra (Pinterest)

• George Soros (Soros Fund Management)

• Jonathan Tisch and Laurie Tisch (Loews Corporation)

• Todd Wagner (Broadcast.com)

• Christy Walton (Walmart)

• Elaine Wynn (Wynn Resorts)

• Dirk Ziff (Ziff Davis)

According to Bloomberg data, these four other billionaires donated to Harris’ election funds or to groups that support her election:

• Melinda French Gates (Microsoft)

• Joe Gebbia (Airbnb)

• Hamilton James (Blackstone)

• Margot Perot (widow of Ross Perot)

The following six billionaires signed an open letter on September 6 supporting Harris:

• Mark Cuban (“Shark Tank” investor)

• José E. Feliciano (Clearlake Capital)

• Magic Johnson (NBA star and investor)

• Sean Parker (Facebook)

• Penny Pritzker (Hyatt hotels)

• Hamdi Ulukaya (Chobani)

Added to these figures are the artists Bruce Springsteen (endorsed Harris on October 3) and Taylor Swift (who ruled in favor of Harris on September 10).

Elections in the US: which billionaires support Donald Trump

In August, Forbes identified 26 billionaires who donated at least $1 million to Republican efforts:

• Miriam Adelson (Las Vegas Sands Corp.)

• Don Ahern (Las Vegas construction)

• Andrew Beal (Beal Bank)

• George Bishop (GeoSouthern Energy oil driller)

• Timothy Dunn (Crownquest oil driller)

• Antonio Thank you (first Tesla investor)

• Diane Hendricks (ABC Supply construction)

• Robert “Woody” Johnson (New York Jets)

• Richard Kurtz (real estate)

• Douglas Leone (Sequoia Capital)

• Jimmy John Liautaud (Jimmy John’s foods)

• Jeff Sprecher (husband of former Senator Kelly Loeffler)

• Bernard Marcus (HomeDepot)

• Linda McMahon (WWE)

• Timothy Mellon (heir to the old Mellon family)

• Geoffrey Palmer (Los Angeles real estate)

• Roger Penske (Penske Automotive Group)

• J. Joe Ricketts (Chicago Cubs)

• Phil Ruffin (Treasure Island Las Vegas)

• Kenny Troutt (horse racing)

• Elizabeth Uihlein and Richard Uihlein (Uline containers)

• Kelcy Warren (Energy Transfer pipeline)

• Steve Wynn (Wynn Resorts).

• Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss (founding twins of the Gemini crypto exchange)

Another 16 billionaires gave between $50,000 and $999,999 to groups supporting Trump:

• John Catsimatidis (Gristedes)

• Gary Chouest (Edison Chouest Offshore)

• Ray Davis (Texas Rangers)

• Darwin Deason (Affiliated Computer Services)

• Tilman Fertitta (Houston Rockets)

• Harold Hamm (Continental Resources)

• Palmer Luckey (Oculus VR)

• John Paulson (Paulson & Co.)

• Edward Roski, Jr. (Majestic Realty)

• Stephen Schwarzman (Blackstone)

• Thomas Siebel (Siebel Systems)

• Paul Singer (Elliott Management)

• Warren Stephens (Stephens Inc.)

• Terry Taylor (car dealers)

• Stephen Winn (RealPage)

• William Wrigley, Jr. (Wrigley).

Added to them Musk (CEO of Tesla and SpaceX), who appeared alongside Trump at a campaign event last Saturday and whose America PAC is offering $47 for referrals from swing state voters who sign a petition to “pledge to support” the First and the Second Amendment.

Other well-known Trump supporters like the hedge fund founder Bill Ackman (Pershing Square Capital Management), which endorsed Trump in July but apparently did not donate to his campaign, Marc Andreesen (Andreessen Horowitz), Jeff Hildebrand (Hilcorp), Isaac Perlmutter (Marvel Entertainment), Thomas Peterffy (Interactive Brokers) and Gary Rollins (Rollins Inc.), according to media reports and analysis of Bloomberg from last month’s public election records.