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Sacksfest ’24 & Melinda’s Split Decision

The latest details on Silicon Valley’s Trump fundraiser, the return of Palmer Luckey, and Marissa Mayer’s guest list. Plus: Gates insiders on why Melinda left the Foundation.

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The Trump event is a valedictory moment for Sacks—now the leader nonpareil of the growing right-wing presence in Silicon Valley politics. Photo: Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images
Theodore Schleifer
May 15, 2024

The once-unthinkable Trump campaign fundraiser in San Francisco now has a date. On June 6, the investor and inveterate podcaster David Sacks will open Broadcliff, his palatial Pacific Heights home on the neighborhood’s iconic street, to the ex-president, along with a smattering of tech leaders, plenty of whom have become decidedly more Trump-friendly since Biden (or President Lina Khan, in their view) took office.