Sentences with phrase «fund magnate»

It's about «hedge - fund magnate [played by Richard Gere]... desperately trying to complete the sale of his trading empire to a major bank before the depths of his fraud are revealed».

They were unable to do so, hampered by agreements with SCL, said a source familiar with the situation, and their idea for a company eventually became Cambridge Analytica, a joint venture between SCL and Robert Mercer, an American hedge fund magnate and Trump patron.

In late 2013, Wylie, as an SCL employee, met then — Breitbart News leader Steve Bannon who in turn introduced him to hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer.

He has attained almost mythic stature in the new big - money world of presidential politics — a reclusive computer programmer, a hedge fund magnate and the biggest individual super-PAC donor so far of this campaign cycle.

Galvanized in part by the Republicans» 2012 White House loss, the middle daughter of billionaire hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer has rattled the status quo by directing her family's resources into an array of investments on the right.

In addition, one of Cambridge's main financiers is hedge fund magnate Robert L. Mercer, whose daughter Rebekah is one of the most influential donors in Trump's orbit, according to people with knowledge of Mercer's investment.

Both companies are linked to tech - driven billionaires who backed Mr. Trump's campaign: Cambridge is chiefly owned by Robert Mercer, the computer scientist and hedge fund magnate, while Palantir was co-founded in 2003 by Mr. Thiel, who was an initial investor in Facebook.

Ms. Mercer, a daughter of the hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer, has been on the museum's board since 2013.

Hedge fund magnate John Paulson — who reportedly made $ 5 billion personally last year — reacted recently to Occupy Wall Street protesters by talking about how much the top 1 % of New York City families pay in income taxes.

The film stars Richard Gere stars as «a troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an...

Gere plays a hedge - fund magnate in over his head, desperately trying to complete the sale of his trading empire before the depths of his fraud are revealed.

For instance, DFER's federal political action committee took a donation in 2015 from hedge fund magnate Daniel Loeb, who also gave $ 100,000 in June to the StudentsFirstNY campaign group.

Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy noted that hedge fund magnate and charter school supporter Daniel Loeb gave $ 50,000 to the IDC's campaign efforts last year.

One of Cambridge's main financiers is hedge fund magnate Robert L. Mercer, whose daughter Rebekah is an influential conservative donor.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, who faces Republican challenger James O'Connor at the polls tomorrow, got late infusions totaling $ 65,000 from two well - known donors to Republicans — former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and local hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer, who usually funds conservative candidates and causes.

Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone got late infusions totaling $ 65,000 from two well - known donors to Republicans — former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and local hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer, who usually funds conservative candidates and causes.

Cambridge Analytica is chiefly owned by Robert Mercer, a computer scientist and hedge fund magnate.

Both companies are linked to tech - driven billionaires who backed Mr. Trump's campaign: Cambridge is chiefly owned by Robert Mercer, the computer scientist and hedge fund magnate, while Palantir was co-founded in 2003 by Mr. Thiel, who was an initial investor in Facebook.

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

It's hard to say what this Super PAC's motivation is, although it does have a New York connection through one of its donors, Long Island hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer.

Hedge fund magnate Paul Tudor Jones has reportedly pulled the plug on his oldest fund due to high costs relative to size.

That includes hedge fund magnate Paul Tudor Jones II, who was reported to have exited Greenwich last year in favor of a residence in Palm Beach, Fla..

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

And they have shown a taste for more bare - knuckled and populist politics than most of Mr. Mercer's fellow hedge fund magnates.

Not exact matches

Indeed, on Wednesday, EverFi will announce that it has raised $ 190 million in new funding from a host of magnates to help bring schooling into the digital age.

Stroll was hugely criticised in the 2017 pre-season for his part in the lottery of birth that allowed his junior campaigns to be fully funded by his fashion magnate father.

To protect themselves from each other's lawmakers they compete to fund grateful lawmakers of their own; politicians are like magical soldiers for these warring magnates, not unlike a child's trading card game.

Think about it, why would NYC real estate magnates and developers fund the upstate hick Senators?

Lhota's challengers are expected to include supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis, who polled at 9 percent, Manhattan Media CEO Tom Allon, at 5 percent, former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Jr., who polled at 3 percent and Doe Fund founder George McDonald, who came in last with 2 percent.

Three of the Republican candidates, former MTA Chair Joe Lhota, supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis and Doe Fund founder George McDonald, did not attend the forum, citing scheduling conflicts.

Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam Ochsorn were the largest individual Republican donors in 2016, after jumping headfirst into Republican funding over the past decade.

The Republican mayoral candidates, former MTA Chairman Joe Lhota, Doe Fund founder George McDonald and grocery store magnate John Catsimatidis, blasted the judge's decision on Monday.

Lhota's Republican challengers are expected to include supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis, Manhattan Media CEO Tom Allon, Doe Fund founder George McDonald and, potentially, former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Jr..

The three - story, 53,000 - square - foot building was constructed at 335 Montgomery St. with a $ 200,000 grant from steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie — one of nearly 1,700 libraries that he funded in the United States.

The Wellcome Trust, established in 1936 from the estate of pharmaceutical magnate Henry Wellcome, is an independent charity that funds biomedical research.

Greenpeace has also written to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, questioning whether Soon and a foundation funded by energy magnate Charles Koch may have violated rules against having tax - exempt organizations use donations to influence legislation.

This study is part of an ongoing series of studies into the costs and benefits of natural gas funded by the George Mitchell Foundation; Mitchell (now deceased) was the petroleum engineer and gas magnate who first popularized hydraulically fracturing shale to release natural gas but also donated some of his fortune to sustainability research.

Greenpeace activists confronted Bast at Heritage after the event, asking him to reveal whether Chicago magnate Barre Seid funded the multimillion - dollar climate - denial initiative.

Who's really surprised that schools are the next gold - mine for drooling hedge - funders and tech magnates?

This is, indeed, a «war on teacher tenure» that, funded by this «latest batch of tech tycoons... follows in the footsteps of a long line of older magnates, from the Carnegies and Rockefellers to Walmart's Waltons, who have also funneled their fortunes into education - reform projects built on private - sector management strategies.»

The Sanders candidates are opposed by attorney Nick Melvoin and teacher Kelly Gonez, who support charter schools and whose candidacies have been backed by millions of dollars from groups funded by (among others) Walmart heir Alice Walton, Netflix founder Reed Hastings and real estate magnate Eli Broad.

In the 1890s, the newspaper magnate and philanthropist John Passmore Edwards funded not only the addition of a Lecture Hall and Library to the rear of the Gallery where the Clore Studio now stands, but also the building of an adjacent Technical College, which became known as Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts.

It was introduced in two separate committees, or «task forces,» by IER, an energy group funded by the oil magnate Koch brothers, as well as Ebell's CEI and conservative group Americans for Prosperity.

The school governor who challenged the screening of Al Gore's climate change documentary in secondary schools was funded by a Scottish quarrying magnate who established a controversial lobbying group to attack environmentalists» claims about global warming.

Mercer was reportedly the third biggest donor to conservative outside - spending groups this election cycle, behind casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and hedge fund manager Paul Singer, and The Washington Post named him one of the «top 10 most influential billionaires in politics,» alongside Rupert Murdoch, the Koch brothers and President - elect Trump.

Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam Ochsorn were the largest individual Republican donors in 2016, after jumping headfirst into Republican funding over the past decade.