These tech investors are spending big on either side of California recall effort
3 years, 4 months ago

These tech investors are spending big on either side of California recall effort

LA Times  

Many wealthy Silicon Valley investors and executives have used their money to oppose the effort to unseat Gavin Newsom as California’s governor; a few have backed it. Douglas Leone and Patricia Perkins-Leone — $149,800 Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital Leone joined Sequoia Capital, one of the industry’s top venture capital firms, in 1988 and has been there ever since. David and Jacqueline Sacks — $140,000 After making his first fortune working alongside college friend and mentor Peter Thiel at PayPal, David Sacks started and led multiple software companies before co-founding his own venture capital fund, Craft Ventures, in 2017. Opposing the Recall Reed Hastings — $3,000,000 Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is the biggest individual donor in the California recall election. Ron Conway — $200,000 Conway, a Silicon Valley investing legend who carved out early stakes in Google, PayPal, Napster, Facebook, Airbnb and other tech giants, convened 75 of his fellow industry heavyweights to denounce the recall effort this year and has been one of the most active and outspoken advocates for keeping Newsom in office.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg donates $100 million to help US election offices

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