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Political billionaires

Billionaires moving government money

Ranked by the total they move through government — what federal contracts pay their holdings, what those holdings spend on lobbying, and what they give through PACs and in person. Company figures are all cycles except lobbying, which is the 2025 LDA cycle.

Published inclusion rule

Listed when net worth is at least $1B from a named source and at least one channel has evidence: $100M federal contracts, $1M lobbying, $1M personal giving, or one benefit with two outlets.

  1. 01Elon Musk
    Elon Musk
    Net worth $920B · Forbes · incomplete FEC data
    Contracts $14B · Lobbying $7.4M · PAC $745K · Personal $33M
    $14B
    moved
  2. 02Larry Ellison
    Larry Ellison
    Net worth $192B · Forbes
    Contracts $6.5B · Lobbying $12M · PAC $60K · Personal $38M
    $6.6B
    moved
  3. 03Peter Thiel
    Peter Thiel
    Net worth $27B · Forbes · incomplete FEC data
    Contracts $5.9B · Lobbying $6.3M · PAC $5K · Personal $43M
    $6.0B
    moved
  4. 04Timothy Mellon
    Timothy Mellon
    Net worth $1.0B · Fortune · incomplete FEC data
    Personal $156M
    $156M
    moved
  5. 05
    Richard Uihlein
    Net worth $7.9B · Forbes · incomplete FEC data
    Personal $108M
    $108M
    moved
  6. 06Ken Griffin
    Ken Griffin
    Net worth $52B · Forbes · incomplete FEC data
    Personal $77M
    $77M
    moved
  7. 07Paul Singer
    Paul Singer
    Net worth $6.7B · Forbes · incomplete FEC data
    Personal $45M
    $45M
    moved
  8. 08
    Jeff Yass
    Net worth $67B · Forbes · incomplete FEC data
    Personal $39M
    $39M
    moved
  9. 09Stephen Schwarzman
    Stephen Schwarzman
    Net worth $42B · Forbes · incomplete FEC data
    Personal $24M
    $24M
    moved
  10. 10Miriam Adelson
    Miriam Adelson
    Net worth $35B · Forbes · incomplete FEC data
    Lobbying $873K · Personal $15M
    $16M
    moved
  11. 11Michael Bloomberg
    Michael Bloomberg
    Net worth $109B · Forbes · incomplete FEC data
    Personal $16M
    $16M
    moved
  12. 12Jim Walton
    Jim Walton
    Net worth $131B · Forbes · incomplete FEC data
    Personal $13M
    $13M
    moved
  13. 13Michael Moritz
    Michael Moritz
    Net worth $7.7B · Forbes · incomplete FEC data
    Personal $8.8M
    $8.8M
    moved
  14. 14Reed Hastings
    Reed Hastings
    Net worth $4.3B · Forbes · incomplete FEC data
    Personal $8.7M
    $8.7M
    moved
  15. 15
    Deborah Simon
    Net worth $1.5B · Forbes (family) · incomplete FEC data
    Personal $8.5M
    $8.5M
    moved
  16. 16
    Harlan Crow
    Net worth $3.0B · Forbes · incomplete FEC data
    Personal $50K
    $50K
    moved