Here Are Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Richest Donors

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🗓️ 16 July 2024

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RFK Jr. inherited just a small slice of his family’s fortune, which helps explain why other rich people—including many Republicans—are bankrolling a Kennedy.

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0:00.0	Here is your Forbes Daily Briefing for Tuesday, July 16th.
0:05.0	Today on Forbes, here are Robert F.
0:08.0	Kennedy Jr.'s richest donors.
0:12.0	Who is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the 2024 presidential race?
0:15.0	Is he a spoiler poised to hand the election to Trump?
0:18.0	Is he an appealing alternative to Biden?
0:21.0	Is he an antidote to two-party rule?
0:23.0	R.F.K. Jr. the independent presidential candidate is many things to many people.
0:28.0	No surprise then that his richest donors are a diverse group.
0:33.0	His richest donors are worth a combined $37 billion.
0:38.0	These tycoons include once dependable Democrats,
0:41.0	political newcomers, and some of Trump's biggest backers.
0:45.0	Together, they've seated RFK Junior's long shot bid with $39 million,
0:50.4	funding a Super Bowl ad and underwriting a frantic effort to get RFK Jr, who is JFK's nephew,
0:57.0	on the ballot in all 50 states.
0:59.0	It would take a lot more money to actually return a Kennedy to the White House, but $39 million could nonetheless be enough to affect whether Biden or Trump ends up there.
1:09.0	At number one on R.F.K. Jr.'s richest donors list is nearly $1 billion and who has given
1:17.3	$25 million in donations to groups supporting Kennedy.
1:21.5	The Melons and Kennedy's, American dynasties associated with opposite political parties,
1:27.5	summered together on Cape Cod in the 1960s.
1:31.2	More than a half century later, Timothy Mellon, who grew his family's banking inheritance in the railroad industry,
1:38.0	is the biggest supporter of RFK Jr's candidacy.
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