Clinton Owns Silicon Valley’s Vote Now That Bloomberg’s Out
Wired
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One of Them
That Silicon Valley elites would support Clinton has been a foregone conclusion throughout the 2016 race so far. Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, has funded two companiesThe Groundwork and Civis Analyticsthat are both working with the Clinton campaign. Laurene Powell Jobs, widow to Steve Jobs, has donated to Clintons campaign and plowed $25,000 into the Ready for Hillary Super PAC back in 2014. Also in Clintons corner are Facebooks Sheryl Sandberg, venture capitalist John Doerr, Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs, Box CEO Aaron Levie, Tesla founder Elon Musk, and others.
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/bloomberg-clinton-owns-silicon-valley-vote/
Eric Schmidts The Groundwork Failing Hillary Clinton
With Hillary Clintons polls collapsing, Google CEO Eric Schmidts project The Groundwork, which was supposed to lead Silicon Valleys effort to put Clinton into the White House, appears to be failing.
Schmidt, the Executive Chairman of Googles new parent company, Alphabet, was instrumental in forming the start-up that is the major technology vendor for Hillary Clintons presidential campaign. Schmidts net worth is estimated by Forbes to be more than $10 billion.
The Groundwork was the highest paid tech service company to the Clinton campaign, receiving $136,131 during the third quarter and $313,349 through the first 9 months of 2015. It was second in total earnings only to digital consultant Blue Wolf Group, according to available federal filings.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/15/eric-schmidts-the-groundwork-failing-hillary-clinton/