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Sheldon Adelson

Sheldon Adelson
Net worth | $20.5 billion |
Age | 79 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Las Vegas |
Source of wealth | Casinos |
Current industry | Casinos |
Did you know?
Adelson is a college dropout, but has received honorary degrees from five schools, including Harvard Business School and Columbia Business School.
Harold Simmons

Harold Simmons
Net worth | $9.3 billion |
Age | 81 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Dallas |
Source of wealth | Investing |
Current industry | Chemicals and metals |
Did you know?
Known as the “king of Superfund sites,” in several publications, Harold Simmons owns a ranch in Arkansas that is home to 35 bears and 100 elk. It is also stocked with 250 deer and 300 wild turkeys for hunting, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Bob Perry

Bob Perry
Net worth | $650 million |
Age | 79 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Houston |
Source of wealth | Homebuilding |
Current industry | Homebuilding |
Did you know?
Perry Homes has been involved in more than 100 lawsuits in the state of Texas since the early 1980s.
Fred Eychaner

Fred Eychaner
Net worth | $500 million |
Age | 65 |
Ideology | Democrat |
Residence | Chicago |
Source of wealth | Media and publishing |
Current industry | Media and publishing |
Did you know?
Eychaner graduated from Northwestern University’s prestigious Medill School of Journalism and worked as a sports reporter and city hall reporter before starting his printing business.
J. Joe Ricketts

J. Joe Ricketts
Net worth | $1 billion (as of 2009) |
Age | 70 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Little Jackson Hole, Wyo. |
Source of wealth | Online brokerage |
Current industry | Baseball, bison ranching, media |
Did you know?
Ricketts owns the world’s largest online bison retail store. High Plains Bison supplies meat to Chicago’s Wrigley Field, which he and his family own, along with the Cubs.
William S. Rose

William S. Rose
Net worth | Unknown |
Age | 61 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Knoxville, Tenn. |
Source of wealth | Attorney |
Current industry | Attorney |
Did you know?
Rose’s $634,000 home, located in a Knoxville suburb, is the principal office of Specialty Group, the shadowy company through which he contributed millions to FreedomWorks for America.
United Auto Workers

United Auto Workers
Net worth | N/A |
Age | 77 |
Ideology | Democrat |
Residence | Detroit |
Source of wealth | Membership dues and other sources |
Current industry | Labor union |
Did you know?
UAW not only represents auto workers but also workers in the aerospace, health care and gaming industries.
NEA (National Education Association)

NEA (National Education Association)
Net worth | N/A |
Age | 155 |
Ideology | Democrat |
Residence | Washington, D.C. |
Source of wealth | Membership dues and other sources |
Current industry | Teachers’ union |
Did you know?
The NEA is the nation’s largest union, with more than 14,000 affiliate organizations across the country.
Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg
Net worth | $22 billion |
Age | 70 |
Ideology | Independent |
Residence | New York City |
Source of wealth | Financial information |
Current industry | Politics |
Did you know?
Bloomberg refuses compensation for his service as mayor, instead accepting a nominal salary of $1 per year.
RGA

RGA
Net worth | N/A |
Age | 49 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Washington, D.C. |
Source of wealth | Political contributions |
Current industry | Politics |
Did you know?
The RGA’s method of financing gubernatorial campaigns was called “an elaborate money-laundering scheme, which is legal” by a representative from the good government group Common Cause.
James Simons

James Simons
Net worth | $11 billion |
Age | 74 |
Ideology | Democrat |
Residence | East Setauket, N.Y. |
Source of wealth | Investing |
Current industry | Investing |
Did you know?
Simons is an active philanthropist. In addition to chairing the nonprofit Math for America and supporting autism research, he funds a nature preserve and an organization that trains and supports rural health care workers in Nepal.
AFSCME

AFSCME
Net worth | N/A |
Age | 80 |
Ideology | Democrat |
Residence | Washington, D.C. |
Source of wealth | Membership dues and other sources |
Current industry | Labor union |
Did you know?
AFSCME’s president, Lee Saunders, is the labor union’s first African-American leader and a product of a union upbringing. Saunders’ father worked as a bus driver in Cleveland.
AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO
Net worth | N/A |
Age | 57 |
Ideology | Democrat |
Residence | Washington, D.C. |
Source of wealth | Membership dues and other sources |
Current industry | Labor union |
Did you know?
AFL, one of the first federations of labor unions, was founded 126 years ago. From the creation of CIO in 1935 to the AFL-CIO merger in 1955, the two union federations were rivals.
Robert Rowling

Robert Rowling
Net worth | $4.8 billion |
Age | 59 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Highland Park, Texas |
Source of wealth | Oil and gas |
Current industry | Various |
Did you know?
In a 2008 profile, the Dallas Morning News called Rowling’s empire “a grab bag” that includes hotels, fitness centers, oil and gas assets, financial and energy stock, real estate and “even a chain of Mexican dollar stores.”
American Federation of Teachers

American Federation of Teachers
Net worth | N/A |
Age | 96 |
Ideology | Democrat |
Residence | Washington, D.C. |
Source of wealth | Membership dues and other sources |
Current industry | Labor union |
Did you know?
AFT is the nation’s second largest teachers union after the National Education Association, another super donor.
Robert Mercer

Robert Mercer
Net worth | Net worth unknown. Made $125 million in 2011. |
Age | 65 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | East Setauket, N.Y. |
Source of wealth | Investing |
Current industry | Investing |
Did you know?
In July 2010, Mercer made a $1 million donation to the New York State Conservative Party to fund an ad campaign opposing construction of the controversial Ground Zero mosque.
Steve and Amber Mostyn

Steve and Amber Mostyn
Net worth | Unknown |
Age | Steve, 41; Amber, unknown |
Ideology | Democrat |
Residence | Houston |
Source of wealth | Insurance litigation |
Current industry | Insurance litigation |
Did you know?
At Steve and Amber Mostyns’ 2006 lakeside wedding ceremony, ushers wore bright orange Hawaiian shirts. At the reception, guests visited a buffet-style mashed potato bar.
George Soros

George Soros
Net worth | $19 billion |
Age | 82 |
Ideology | Democrat |
Residence | Katonah, N.Y. |
Source of wealth | Investing |
Current industry | Investing |
Did you know?
Soros is known as “the man who broke the bank of England” for betting against the British pound sterling and netting approximately $1 billion when the currency crashed in September 1992.
William Koch

William Koch
Net worth | $4 billion |
Age | 72 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Palm Beach, Fla. |
Source of wealth | Energy |
Current industry | Energy |
Did you know?
In 2010, Koch spent $3.1 million on a fake Colorado ghost town that had served as a local tourist attraction and the set for old Westerns, including “True Grit” staring John Wayne. He had the buildings moved to his personal ranch.
Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel
Net worth | $1.5 billion |
Age | 44 |
Ideology | Republican-leaning Libertarian |
Residence | San Francisco |
Source of wealth | PayPal co-founder |
Current industry | Investing |
Did you know?
Thiel is the creator of the “20 Under 20” program, which gives would-be college students $100,000 each to start their own businesses instead of going to college. He has also donated $1.25 million to the Seasteading Institute, which wants to create undersea colonies that would function as experiments in Libertarian government.
SEIU

SEIU
Net worth | N/A |
Age | 90 |
Ideology | Democrats |
Residence | Washington, D.C. |
Source of wealth | Membership dues and other sources |
Current industry | Labor union |
Did you know?
SEIU claims to be “the fastest growing union in North America” with a membership of 2.1 million workers primarily in the service sector, including healthcare, food service, security and janitorial jobs.
Joe Craft

Joe Craft
Net worth | $1.4 billion |
Age | 62 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Tulsa, Okla. |
Source of wealth | Coal |
Current industry | Coal |
Did you know?
Craft’s company, Alliance Resource Partners, operates 11 mining complexes in five states. Alliance produced more than 30 million tons of coal in 2011.
John Childs

John Childs
Net worth | $1.2 billion in 2006 |
Age | 70 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Vero Beach, Fla. |
Source of wealth | Investing |
Current industry | Investing |
Did you know?
As president of Wetlands Americas Trust, Childs fundraises for Ducks Unlimited, a Florida-based wetland and waterfowl conservation charity.
United Association

United Association
Net worth | N/A |
Age | 123 |
Ideology | Democrat |
Residence | Annapolis, Md. |
Source of wealth | Membership dues and other sources |
Current industry | Labor union |
Did you know?
The United Association’s full name is the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry.
A. Jerrold “Jerry” Perenchio

A. Jerrold “Jerry” Perenchio
Net worth | $2.4 billion |
Age | 81 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Bel Air, Calif. |
Source of wealth | Entertainment |
Current industry | Investing |
Did you know?
The former owner of Univision once represented Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor. He lives in the mansion used for establishing shots in the “Beverly Hillbillies.”
William Doré

William Doré
Net worth | $700 million* |
Age | 70 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Lake Charles, La. |
Source of wealth | Offshore diving and construction |
Current industry | Energy |
Did you know?
Doré wanted to become a teacher and coach, but after making good money selling insurance in college, he decided he wanted a higher standard of living. He began offshore diving, a notoriously dangerous and lucrative line of work.
* William J. Doré made $700 million in 2006 in the sale of Global Industries.
Harlan Crow

Harlan Crow
Net worth | Estimated hundreds of millions |
Age | 62 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Dallas |
Source of wealth | Real Estate |
Current industry | Real Estate |
Did you know?
In the sprawling private garden of his home — one of the most expensive in Dallas — Crow collects statues of dictators, including Lenin, Mao, Stalin and other lesser known despots and assassins.
Cooperative of American Physicians

Cooperative of American Physicians
Net worth | N/A |
Age | 37 |
Ideology | Bipartisan |
Residence | Los Angeles |
Source of wealth | Insurance |
Current industry | Insurance |
Did you know?
Six states — including California, the Cooperative of American Physicians’s primary area of service — account for 51.4 percent of medical malpractice payouts.
Foster Friess

Foster Friess
Net worth | $500 million |
Age | 72 |
Ideology | Republican |
Residence | Jackson, Wyo. |
Source of wealth | Investing |
Current industry | Investing |
Did you know?
Friess drew criticism for his comment on contraceptives to MSNBC: “You know, back in my days, they’d use Bayer aspirin for contraceptives. The gals put it between their knees, and it wasn’t that costly.”