US-based tech executives have made significant political donations during the 2020 Presidential election.
The vast majority of that money went to getting President Donald Trump out of office and helping Democrats take control of the Senate, CNBC reported. This means majority of the contributors aims to strengthen Joe Biden’s presidential effort.
List of donations
Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz — $24 million
Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson and his wife, Erica Lawson — $7 million
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt $6 million
Netflix’s Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin — $5 million
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman $14 million
Vinod Khosla — $2 million
Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital over $3 million
Jessica Livingston, co-founder of start-up incubator Y Combinator — $5 million
Peter Thiel — $2 million
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie Ballmer — $7 million
Irwin Jacobs, co-founder and former CEO of Qualcomm his wife, Joan — $7 million
Kenneth Duda, co-founder of networking company Arista — $4 million
Marc Merrill, co-founder of Riot Games — $1 million
