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Jeffery Katzenberg, a Hollywood mogul with gravitas in fundraising circles from a decade or two in the trenches.
SILICON VALLEY April 25, 2023
Sure, there is a presidential election to think about… but in the meantime, the biggest race in American politics is for the job of Biden’s national finance chair. And the second biggest? His finance director.
Larry EllisonLarry Ellison has been described over the years as a “thinking-with-his-heart” donor.
SILICON VALLEY April 18, 2023
Silicon Valley’s $100 billion man wants Tim Scott, the affable and inspirational South Carolina senator, to be the next president. If only it were that easy.
Jeff Bezos’s pursuit of the Commanders NFL franchise seems to have ended.
SILICON VALLEY April 12, 2023
(For now.) Will he set his sights on the Seahawks?
Jeff Bezos, in his putative pursuit of the Commanders, has essentially thrown away the typical playbook for purchasing a sports team.
SILICON VALLEY April 11, 2023
Scoops from the internal rumblings in and around the three comma club: the latest details about Bezos’s Commanders interest, the tech G.O.P. bundling wars, and the silence of FTX’s CC-2, Ryan Salame.


There is an anxiety in NFL circles that Jeff Bezos has been keeping quiet before decisively pouncing on the Commanders at the last minute.
MEDIA April 4, 2023
Is Jeff Bezos really sitting out the chance to land the most coveted job in Washington? Or has he found a way to circumvent the public campaign process for the Commanders entirely?
Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale hasn’t formally committed to raising money for Ron DeSantis’s putative presidential run, but a forthcoming event likely signals his intentions.
SILICON VALLEY March 28, 2023
Joe Lonsdale, the outspoken Palantir co-founder and V.C., is rolling out the green carpet for Ron DeSantis at a splashy event next month. Will the rest of the Silicon Valley G.O.P. billionaires follow suit?
At a high level, Reid Hoffman doesn’t view the Florida governor as an existential threat to democracy, unlike Trump, and believes he may even have the ability to successfully govern.
SILICON VALLEY March 21, 2023
New details on the subpoenas and next cards to flip in the FTX campaign-finance case. Plus, why Reid Hoffman might be offering some unlikely assistance to DeSantis.
As the public bickered over what would constitute a bailout for SVB, Ron Conway, a political mega-connector, felt he was uniquely positioned to help foam the runway.
SILICON VALLEY March 14, 2023
Was the insidery uber-angel the factor—with his last-minute call to Kamala, intimate dinners with Obama, and furtive emails to Andreessen—in getting the White House to truly perceive the horrors of an SVB collapse?


Prosecutors may see the case against Sam Bankman-Fried as Bernie Madoff 2.0, but S.B.F.’s got good lawyers.
SILICON VALLEY March 7, 2023
A close reading of the latest developments and looming mysteries: Can S.B.F. flip on a politician? Is Ryan Salame the next FTX insider to plead guilty? What will happen to the parents, Barbara and Joe, and to the brother, G.B.F? And will the case even make it to trial?
aHigh-ranking FTX executives Ryan Salame and Nishad Singh appear central to an alleged straw-donor scheme quarterbacked by S.B.F.
SILICON VALLEY February 28, 2023
FTX executives Nishad Singh, who on Tuesday pleaded guilty to campaign-finance charges, and Ryan Salame were simultaneously players and pawns in S.B.F.’s political influence machine in Washington.
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