A recent addition to President Obama’s list of campaign bundlers is the billionaire president of one of the largest private equity firms in the world.
Hamilton “Tony” James is president and chief operating officer of the Blackstone Group, an international private equity firm currently managing $50 billion in assets.
James recently pledged to raise at least $500,000 for Obama’s reelection campaign, which has waged a relentlessly negative attack on Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s career at Bain Capital, a private equity firm.
On the very day the campaign initiated its attack on private equity in May, the president raised more than two million dollars at a fundraising event that James hosted.
White House visitor logs indicate that James has made at least two trips to the White House since Obama took office.
In addition to his bundling activity, James has personally donated, along with his wife Amabel, at least $217,600 to Democratic candidates and committees since 2007, including more than $12,000 to Obama.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/billionaire-obama-bundler-profits-from-private-equity/
Hamilton “Tony” James is president and chief operating officer of the Blackstone Group, an international private equity firm currently managing $50 billion in assets.
James recently pledged to raise at least $500,000 for Obama’s reelection campaign, which has waged a relentlessly negative attack on Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s career at Bain Capital, a private equity firm.
On the very day the campaign initiated its attack on private equity in May, the president raised more than two million dollars at a fundraising event that James hosted.
White House visitor logs indicate that James has made at least two trips to the White House since Obama took office.
In addition to his bundling activity, James has personally donated, along with his wife Amabel, at least $217,600 to Democratic candidates and committees since 2007, including more than $12,000 to Obama.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/billionaire-obama-bundler-profits-from-private-equity/
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