Ralph Nader has released his list of 20 billionaires who he says can break the duopoly of American politics if they ran for president. I get what hes saying and there are some truly impressive people here, many with strong progressive visions... but how would foisting someone like Bill Conway or Jerry Kohlberg on the American people be an improvement over ANYBODY in the right wing today? Arguably, the best president in history, Abe Lincoln, didnt have a pot to piss in yet he managed to do okay. Should we be using someones ability to create and disperse wealth as our gauge of qualification for high office? Woudnt it be best if we judged our leaders not by the color of their money, but by the content of their character? (all due respect to MLK) Just askin. And by the way Ralph, thanks again for Florida 2000. Dont do us any favors. 1. Thomas Steyer – former Hedge Fund entrepreneur, and a determined, environmental advocate especially on climate change. 2. Ray Dalio – heads the country’s largest hedge fund and is an engaged philanthropist. 3. Oprah Winfrey – founder of the Oprah Winfrey Show, advocate, actress and philanthropist. 4. Jerome Kohlberg – co-founder of KKR – large leveraged buyout firm, contributes to education and has funded campaign finance reform. 5. Barry Diller – media, cable business, believes in the public airwaves as a public trust. 6. John Arnold – former energy trader, now promoting the Giving Library connecting philanthropists with nonprofits, among many other projects. 7. Ted Turner – cable television business, philanthropy includes $1 billion to the United Nations and other major donations to environmental, peace and population control programs that he advocates. 8. Thomas Siebel – software company creator, heads several companies in software, real estate and agriculture, and creator of the annual educational Siebel Scholars program. 9. Chase Coleman – successful money manager and creates venture capital firms. 10. Marc Andreessen – supports Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and advances all-investing-partner philanthropic commitments. 11. David Rubenstein – former, energetic White House assistant to President Carter and co-founder of a successful venture capital firm – the Carlyle Group – expanding philanthropist and convener. 12. Steve Case – former CEO and chairman of AOL and exuberant philanthropist for innovative projects. 13. Sheryl Sandberg – COO of Facebook, author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead and a co-founder of the Lean In Foundation which supports women in reaching their career goals. 14. Bill Gross – leading bond mutual fund manager, supports, among other organizations, Doctors Without Borders. 15. William Conway – co-founder of Carlyle Group – whose priority philanthropic mission is to generate job producing activities. 16. Stanley Druckenmiller – investment firm manager, now giving to medical research, education and the fight against poverty. 17. Abigail Johnson – President of Fidelity Investments, trustee of the Fidelity Foundation which has provided over $200 million to nonprofits in the United States and Canada. 18. Tom Golisano – former independent candidate for Governor of New York, founder and Chairman of the Board of Paychex. 19. Bill Gates, III – co-founder of Microsoft, now more of a philanthropist with emphasis on prevention of infectious diseases and education. 20. George Kaiser – chairman of BOK Financial Corporation, and advocate for renewable energy and tax reform.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:07:41 +0000
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