Meet the Mega Donors at Play in the 2024 Election

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Find out about the top three donors for each of the top four presidential candidates,—they’ve donated a combined total of more than $41 million so far.

  • Joe Biden: Laurene Powell Jobs, Casey Wasserman, Jeffrey Katzenberg
  • Donald Trump: Phil Ruffin, Charles Kushner, Robert “Woody” Johnson
  • Ron DeSantis: Robert Bigelow, Douglas Leone, Edward Debartolo Jr.
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Timothy Mellon, Gavin de Becker, Abby Rockefeller

The 2024 presidential election cycle is predicted to be the most expensive in U.S. history.

Former President Donald Trump holds a comfortable lead in total contribution receipts with $56.7 million, according to data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in the first week of November.

President Joe Biden, seeking a second term in the White House, placed second, with $44.7 million.

President Trump’s Republican rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, placed third, with $31.6 million.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who switched from the Democratic ticket to run as an independent, placed fourth with $15.1 million.

Joe Biden

With a 56 percent disapproval rating in the most recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, a victory in 2024 will be challenging for the current president. Here are some of his major donors.

Laurene Powell Jobs

Laurene Powell Jobs is the widow of tech entrepreneur Steve Jobs. On July 7, 2022, Ms. Powell Jobs accepted a Medal of Freedom from President Biden on behalf of her husband.

She is also a trustee of the Ford Foundation and the founder and president of Emerson Collective—a philanthropic organization helping people “from all communities” to “achieve their full potential.” The organization is the majority owner of The Atlantic magazine. She is also board chair of College Track, a nonprofit she founded in 1997 that helps students from underserved communities achieve their education goals.

Ms. Powell Jobs is the co-founder and board chair of the XQ Institute, “dedicated to rethinking the high school experience so that every student graduates ready to succeed in life.”

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, her net worth sits at about $10.3 billion.

FEC records show that Ms. Powell Jobs contributed $929,000 to the Biden Victory Fund as well as two contributions of $3,300 to the Biden for President PAC on Sept. 20.

Casey Wasserman

Casey Wasserman is the founder, CEO, and chairman of Wasserman, a sports marketing and talent management firm. He is also chairman of LA28, the organizing committee for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and president and CEO of the Wasserman Foundation, which supports education, service, health, arts, and culture, as well as global initiatives.

By Patricia Tolson

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