TOM STEYER

Billionaire funder of Democratic political candidates and causes

Major funder of radical environmentalism

See also: Center for American Progress:

CAP's Board of Directors

As of September 2016, CAP's Board of Directors consisted of the following individuals: Madeleine Albright, Carol Browner, Tom Daschle, Glenn Hutchins, Jonathan Lavine, John Podesta, Susan Sandler, Tom Steyer, Donald Sussman, Neera Tanden, Jose Villarreal, and Hansjörg Wyss.

Born in New York City in 1957, Tom Steyer holds a BA in economics and political science from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford University. In 1977 he volunteered for Mario Cuomo's unsuccessful campaign for mayor of New York, and six years later he worked on Democrat Walter Mondale's failed presidential bid. Steyer launched his career in finance in 1979 with Morgan Stanley, and then worked as a risk-arbitrage department associate for Goldman Sachs from 1983-85. In 1985 he moved from New York to California and became a partner at the private equity firm Hellman and Freidman. In March 1986 Steyer founded the San Francisco-based hedge fund Farallon Capital Management. That same year, he married Bay Area native Kathryn “Kat” Ann Taylor, with whom he subsequently created and funded OneCalifornia Bank (now known as One PacificCoast Bank), an Oakland-based institution that caters specifically to “underserved” small businesses, communities, and individuals.

Since 1990, Steyer has donated over $1.1 million to more than 40 separate Democratic political candidates including such notables as Barbara Boxer, Tom Daschle, Dianne Feinstein, Terry McAuliffe, Martin O’Malley, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Sestak, Jon Tester, and Mark Warner.[1] Steyer also raised money for the presidential campaigns of Democrats Bill Bradley in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004, and served as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 2004 and 2008.

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* Interesting ink pen pattern drawn on his hand in this pic*