Here Are J.D. Vance’s Biggest Billionaire Donors
Forbes Daily Briefing
Forbes
4.4 • 18 Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2024
⏱️ 5 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The richest donors to his 2022 Senate bid included stalwart Republican megadonors and Silicon Valley billionaires. Some have yet to put their weight behind the Republican ticket.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Here is your Forbes Daily Briefing for Monday, July 22nd. |
| 0:05.0 | Today on Forbes, here are J.D. Vance's biggest billionaire donors. |
| 0:10.0 | Donald Trump's running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, has always had a dual appeal. |
| 0:16.0 | He comes from the Russ Belt, the impoverished southwest corner of Ohio he details in Hillbilly Elegy, |
| 0:22.0 | but he has excelled in the centers of America's elite at Yale |
| 0:25.7 | Law School and the VC firms of Silicon Valley. |
| 0:29.6 | He drew on that appeal as a Senate candidate in 2022. He brought in donations from |
| 0:34.0 | staples of the Republican donor base including Elizabeth Uline and Kelly Loeffler. |
| 0:38.4 | But he also pulled in large sums from tech billionaires like Roku's Anthony Wood and Oculus's Palmer Lucky. |
| 0:45.0 | His partner at the top of the Republican ticket doesn't need much help fundraising. |
| 0:49.0 | Trump is pulling ahead in the money race and recently received one of the largest one-time |
| 0:53.5 | donations in American history. But he still won't turn down extra cash and some of the |
| 0:58.6 | biggest billionaire backers of Vance's 2022 Senate run have not yet given to Trump. |
| 1:04.0 | One of those backers is hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer, |
| 1:07.0 | who met with Trump recently, but apparently told the former president |
| 1:10.0 | he preferred a different VP candidate. |
| 1:12.0 | Luckily not all these billionaires feel the same. |
| 1:15.0 | Real estate developer Richard Kurtz |
| 1:17.0 | told Forbes that Vance was a quote, |
| 1:19.0 | perfect pick and said he recommended him to Trump earlier this year. |
| 1:24.0 | The potential Vip himself might also take some credit for bringing the world's richest man fully |
| 1:28.5 | into the maggophold. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Forbes, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Forbes and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.