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| Net worth | Location(s) | Field | (Aims and attitude of) political activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plutocrat(s) | (millions) | (main first) | ||
| Koch brothers | $100,000 | USA | oil, finance | |
| Charles: $48,000 | USA | oil, finance, chemicals | anti: CIA, creationism, FBI, Obamacare, overincarceration, PATRIOT Act (~$20 million), regulation, Social Security, state schools, tax, unions pro: abortion, global warming denial, Libertarian, privatization, Republican (2012: ~$100 million), same-sex marriage, self, Tea Party Complex arrangement of think-tanks and funding groups, >$400 million in 2012, ~$1 billion on 2016 USA elections | |
| David: $48,000 | USA | oil, finance, chemicals | ||
| Frederick: $4,000 | USA, UK | art collection | ||
| William: $1,300 | USA | oil, finance | self-interest, pro-Republican, anti-wind-farm | |
| Bill Gates | $86,000 | USA | computing: Microsoft | self-interest, monopolism, pro-same-sex-marriage |
| Jeff Bezos | $76,000 | USA | e-commerce: Amazon | pro-gay-marriage, owns the Washington Post |
| Michael Bloomberg | $47,000 | USA | finance | anti-gun (~$50 million), anti-tobacco (~$1 billion), global warming mitigation, self-interest |
| Bernard Arnault | $46,000 | France | luxury goods | Media ownership: Le Parisien (Aujourd'hui en France), Les Echos |
| Liliane Bettencourt +family | $41,000 | France | cosmetics: L'Oreal | alleged illegal political donations to Sarkozy, media involvement |
| Sheldon Adelson | $32,000 | USA, Macao, China | casinos | anti: cannabis, internet gambling, Iran, tax, unions pro: non-internet gambling, Israel, Republican (2016: $25 million for Trump and $40 million for congress), self |
| George Soros | $25,000 | USA, Hungary | finance | anti: apartheid, authoritarianism, George W. Bush, Israeli policy, Valdimir Putin, Donald Trump, USSR pro: cannabis legalization, Hillary Clinton (2016: ~$10 million), Democrat (2004: >$25 million), EU, Georgian "Rose Revolution", nationalist separatism, social liberalism, voluntary euthanasia Notable for interference in foreign countries, complex arrangements |
| Robert Mercer | billions, well hidden | USA, UK | finance, computing | anti: environmentalism, EU, regulation, tax, unions pro: Breitbart News (2011: $11 million), Ted Cruz (2016: $11 million), death penalty, Donald Trump (2016: $25 million), self |
| James Simons | $18,000 | USA | finance | donated $7 million to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign |
| Serge Dassault | $18,000 | France | aerospace, software, media | bribery, elected senator and mayor, member of UMP/LR anti: gay marriage, tax, unions, welfare Media ownership: Le Figaro, Le Particulier |
| François Pinault | $17,000 | France | luxury goods | Media ownership: Le Point, L'Agefi |
| Patrick Drahi | $13,000 | France, Israel, Switzerland | telecoms, media | Media ownership: Libération, L'Express, Stratégies, i24NEWS |
| Rupert Murdoch | $13,000 | USA, UK, Australia | media | anti: EU, regulation, tax, unions pro: copyright, immigration, Israel, Australian republicanism, self Media ownership — many newspapers, TV channels, including: Australia: Sky News, The Australian, many regional newspapers UK: Sky News, The Sun, The Times USA: Fox News, New York Post, Wall Street Journal |
| Xavier Niel | $8,600 | France | telecoms | Media ownership: Le Monde (with Pierre Bergé and Matthieu Pigasse) |
| Silvio Berlusconi | $7,000 | Italy | media, soccer, politics | bribery, self-interest, anti-tax; former prime minister of Italy, media ownership — many TV channels |
| Sumner Redstone | $5,400 | USA | media | Media ownership: CBS, Channel 5 (UK) |
| Barclay brothers | $5,300 | UK | real estate, hotels | Media ownership: Daily Telegraph, The Spectator |
| Donald Trump | $3,500 | USA | construction, branding, reality TV | self-interest, donations to both Democrats and Republicans, successful presidential campaign |
| Peter Thiel | $2,700 | USA | finance, computing | anti-tax, anti-media (ruined Gawker by funding others' liigation against it), pro-Republican, pro-Trump, pro-Libertarian, self-interest |
| Thomas Steyer | $1,600 | USA | finance, renewable energy | anti: Keystone XL pipeline, tax loopholes (California's Proposition 39: >$30 million) pro: Democrats(2016: ~$90 million, 2014: ~$60 million), environmentalism |
| Richard Desmond | $1,400 | UK | media | pro-UKIP (2014-5: £1.3 million), pro-Brexit Media ownership: Daily Express, Daily Star, OK!, New!, Star |
| Jonathan Harmsworth (Viscount Rothermere) | $1,200 | UK | media, real estate: Zoopla | Media ownership: Daily Mail (UK, known to often mention house prices), Metro (UK), MailOnline (UK), Elite Daily (USA), Mail Today (India), Irish Daily Mail |
| Alexander & Evgeny Lebedev | $1,100 | Russia, UK | finance | Media ownership: Novaya Gazeta, London Evening Standard, The Independent |
| Palmer Luckey | $730 | USA | computing | pro-Trump, anti-Clinton; funded trolling and shilling online |
| Arron Banks | £100 | UK | insurance, finance | donor to Conservative party and UKIP (2014: £1 million, $11 million since), Brexit (at least $5 million) |
| Bill Maher | $30 | USA | comedy | anti: corporate welfare, Islam, religion, war pro: cannabis, death penalty, Democrat (2012: $1 million), environmentalism, gambling, PETA, profiling, prostitution, single-payer healthcare |
