Sentences with phrase «by hedge fund executive»

Cambridge Analytica was financed by hedge fund executive Robert Mercer, a major Trump supporter.

Cambridge Analytica was financed by hedge fund executive Robert Mercer, a major Trump supporter.

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Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive and hedge fund manager, made the sales in May, according to the transaction report, which was released by the Treasury Department.

In June, activist hedge fund Marcato Capital Management won a bitter proxy contest that put three of its directors on the chicken - wing restaurant's board following which the company's chief executive Sally Smith said she would retire by the end of the year.

Cambridge Analytica — which was funded by Trump supporter and hedge fund executive Robert Mercer, and once had on its board the president's former senior adviser Stephen K. Bannon — has denied wrongdoing.

Much of the support from hedge funds for Cuomo is being organized by Joe Williams, executive director of Democrats for Education Reform, who include the founders of funds like Anchorage Capital Partners with $ 8 billion under management, Greenlight Capital with $ 6.8 billion, and Pershing Square Capital Management with $ 5.5 billion.

Hedge fund managers and executives have made nearly $ 40 million in contributions to political candidates and committees in New York since 2000, according to a paper from the Hedge Clippers, an online group backed by a coalition of labor unions and community organizations.

All of them are men, led by Republican shipping executive Richard Uihlein and Democratic former hedge fund manager Tom Steyer.

The Hedge Clippers report says that Cuomo's reelection campaign benefited from a loophole in New York campaign finance laws that allows wealthy donors, such as hedge fund executives, to exceed contribution limits by giving through multiple compaHedge Clippers report says that Cuomo's reelection campaign benefited from a loophole in New York campaign finance laws that allows wealthy donors, such as hedge fund executives, to exceed contribution limits by giving through multiple compahedge fund executives, to exceed contribution limits by giving through multiple companies.

In 2010, the New York legislature passed an executive budget proposal offered by Cuomo's predecessor, Democratic Gov. David Paterson, that was supposed to end the «carried interest» loophole — which allows hedge - fund and private - equity managers living in other states and working in New York to avoid paying state income taxes on investment profits.

Cambridge Analytica — which was funded by Trump supporter and hedge fund executive Robert Mercer, and once had on its board the president's former senior adviser Stephen K. Bannon — has denied wrongdoing.

Less than two months later, Nix met with hedge fund executive Robert Mercer, Neugebauer and Bannon in Palm Beach, Fla., on the sidelines of a conference hosted by the conservative group Club For Growth.

The champagne was flowing as hedge fund executive Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah hosted a reception during the Cannes Film Festival last May to promote «Clinton Cash,» a film by their political adviser Stephen K. Bannon and the production company they co-founded, Glittering Steel.

In recent years, billionaire pharmaceutical executives and hedge fund managers have made billions in profit by creating...

The resolution states that the pro-charter campaign is «funded and governed by hidden money provided by Wall Street executives and hedge fund managers.»

«New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, an independent expenditure political action committee created last month and funded largely by pro-charter hedge fund executives, is dedicated to preserving the current majority in the Senate.

That's the main question posed by Seth Klarman, chief executive of the Baupost Group, the $ 32 billion hedge - fund group, in his 2017 year - end letter to shareholders.

COLI was originally purchased on the lives of key employees and executives by a company to hedge against the financial cost of losing key employees to unexpected death, the risk of recruiting and training replacements of necessary or highly trained personnel, or to fund corporate obligations to redeem stock upon the death of an owner.

Cambridge Analytica — which was funded by Trump supporter and hedge fund executive Robert Mercer, and once had on its board the president's former senior adviser Stephen K. Bannon — has denied wrongdoing.

Cambridge Analytica - which was funded by Trump supporter and hedge fund executive Robert Mercer, and once had on its board the president's former senior adviser Stephen Bannon - has denied wrongdoing.

Cambridge Analytica is a subsidiary of Strategic Communications Laboratories, and was founded by US hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and Steve Bannon, the former political adviser to Trump who masterminded the 2016 election campaign, and former executive chair of Breitbart News.

Billionaire hedge fund legend and former Fortress executive Mike Novogratz believes the bitcoin price will «easily reach» $ 40,000 by 2018.

According to a recent article in Forbes, among the list of newly created hedge funds are Polychain, founded by Olaf Carlson - Wee, and MetaStable, founded by Lucas Ryan, Josh Seims and Naval Ravikant, the chief executive officer and co-founder of Angel List.

He's one of a number of business executive to be considered for the role by Trump's transition team, joining a list that includes Trump campaign finance manager Steven Mnuchin; David McCormick, the president of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates; and billionaire Wilbur Ross.