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Jeffrey Katzenberg. Flexing the financial
muscle of Hollywood, Katzenberg has bun-
dled more than 2.3 million for the presi-
dent’s 2012 re-election campaign… so far.
Worth more than $800 million personally,
according to Forbes Magazine, Katzenberg
sits on numerous boards and philanthropic
organizations. His
causes include: the
AIDS Project in Los
Angeles, Parkinson’s
disease research and
Boston University.
Katzenberg’s career
includes 10 years as a
producer at Para-
mount Pictures and
10 years with Walt
Disney Studios. He
How do You Spell
co-founded Dream-
Clout? “B U N D L E
works and continues
R”
Suzi LeVine
to head Dreamworks
Obama’s more well
Animation. Among
known bundlers include:
the many hits he has
Wendell Pierce, Harvey Weinstein, Deepak steered to success are: Sister Act, The Lion
Chopra, Anna Wintour and Eva Longoria. King, Kung Fu Panda, Shrek and Star Trek
Most bundlers, however are not household the Motion Picture
names, but rather corporate leaders such as:
Comcast VP David Cohen; Jay Snyder,
The Microsoft Connection
owner of HBJ Investments LLC; and
After speaking to an audience of around
Wayne Jordan of the Oakland-based compa-
ny Jordan Real Estate. Former New Jersey 1,000 Tuesday evening, the president’s
Gov. Jon Corzine raked in $897,000 for schedule takes him to Seattle, for more
Obama’s reelection campaign, until the fundraisers, this time at the homes of two
company he led, MF Global, collapsed in a supporters.
If you had to take a wild guess on the
$40 billion freefall.
Nationally, as well as in California, identity of those hosts, you might want to
Obama’s biggest bundler is movie mogul, look at his top Washington bundlers. Head-
A graduate of Lake Oswego High School,
in one of Portland’s wealthiest – and
Whitest – suburbs, Bean won a golf schol-
arship to the University of Oregon, where
he majored in politics. The Ducks fan, and
longtime gay rights advocate, also helped
the Human Rights Campaign purchase its
Washington DC building.
Attending the wedding of
Massachusetts Sen. Barney
Frank and his partner Jim
Ready, Bean danced with
Nancy Pelosi. He has the
YouTube video to prove it,
but without a personal invi-
tation you can’t see it. The
video is listed as private.
ing that list is Suzi LeVine, a former What’s more, she’s not the only big-time
Microsoft Corp. employee who has raised bundler at the Microsoft Corp. John Frank,
$574,000 for Obama. LeVine reveals in her Microsoft’s Deputy General Counsel, also
blog, that she recently quit her job to con- raised $83,000 for Obama.
Attorney Michael Parham who works for
centrate on being a mom and work on the
Obama campaign. Last November, after RealNetworks, a digital media firm is
hosting Sacramento Mayor –and former another key Seattle-based bundler. So are
Lou and Carol Frillman,
NBA
star—Kevin
who identify themselves on
Johnson at her home,
their blog as “We stand for
LeVine said John-
Hope and Change.”
son’s brand of leader-
“…we are getting up
ship was exactly what
tomorrow and going to
Seattle needs.
work in each and every way
“What I was espe-
possible,” reads an open let-
cially excited about is
ter to a Tea Party supporter.
that he shares the
“We are going to work, and
belief that, at the core
work, and work, until, on
of that community’s
election eve of November
success, is quality and
2012, we stand exhausted
high-expectation-
knowing we could not have
filled education,” she
Michael Parham
done one more thing. That
wrote. “He shared
each thing we could have
how, what they’re
done, we did.”
doing in education in
To see more campaign finance data visit
Sacramento, is on track to wipe out the
achievement gap and set the whole commu- opensecrets.org and the Federal Elections
nity on a path for economic and quality-of- Commission website.
life growth.”
A Brown University graduate, LeVine
Top Five States:
worked at the travel firm Expedia before
All Campaign Contributions
going to Microsoft to lead its communica-
California $58 million
tions, education team. She has said that her
Texas
$38 million
passion is technology education, and she
New York $36 million
co-founded the advisory board for the Uni-
Illinois
$35 million
versity of Washington’s I-Labs program that
Florida
$27
million
studies early education. LeVine is active in
the Jewish community and has used her
connections to stump for Obama in Florida.
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