California Top Federal Political Campaign Donors in the 2011-2012 Election Cycle
According to FEC data, in the 2011-2012 election cycle, among all individual political campaign donors in California who donated to federal candidates, political parties, PACs and 527 organizations, KATZENBERG, JEFFREY was the highest campaign donor, donating a total of $3.27M. ELLISON, LAWRENCE was the second highest political campaign donor, donating a total of $3.01M; and THIEL, PETER was the third highest political campaign donor, donating a total of $2.71M.
The chart below shows the top 10 highest individual political campaign donors, and the table below shows the top 100.
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| Name | Amount ($) |
|---|---|
| KATZENBERG, JEFFREY | 3264500 |
| ELLISON, LAWRENCE | 3010000 |
| THIEL, PETER | 2713000 |
| JACOBS, IRWIN MARK | 2036900 |
| THIEL, PETER A. | 2000000 |
| MUNGER, JR., CHARLES | 1916000 |
| PERENCHIO, JERRY | 1510500 |
| AHMED, KAREEM | 1340800 |
| SABAN, HAIM | 1274600 |
| SPIELBERG, STEVEN | 1213200 |
| KHOSLA, VINOD | 1121300 |
| PINCUS, MARK | 1092800 |
| HOFFMAN, REID GARRETT | 1081600 |
| MOSKOWITZ, IRVING | 1003500 |
| MAHER, WILLIAM | 1001575 |
| FREEMAN, MORGAN | 1001000 |
| SILBERSTEIN, STEPHEN M. | 905100 |
| ARNOTT, ROBERT | 817400 |
| EARHART, ANNE | 776500 |
| CHEN, SHAW | 770754 |
| MARCUS, GEORGE M. | 765300 |
| SHENKER, SCOTT | 663250 |
| JORDAN, WAYNE D. | 633700 |
| PERENCHIO, A. JERROLD | 615000 |
| LEE, CHONG-MOON | 540800 |
| PALMER, GEOFF | 506500 |
| DESJARDINS, DAVID | 502800 |
| STRAUS, SANDOR | 500300 |
| SIEBEL LIVING TRUST, THOMAS M. | 500000 |
| BROAD, ELI | 482800 |
| EARHART, ANNE G | 457500 |
| HARSH, GRIFF | 450000 |
| RUFER, CHRIS | 431525 |
| LAW, JOHN C. | 415600 |
| CHEN, NAIN LAI | 350000 |
| BARKER, BOB | 348400 |
| BING, STEPHEN L | 332400 |
| SHENKER, SCOTT MR. | 330000 |
| BLUM, RICHARD C | 325000 |
| WAITT, THEODORE | 325000 |
| WILLIAMS, EVAN | 324467 |
| KIESCHNICK, MICHAEL | 323500 |
| GOLDMAN, JOHN D. | 315800 |
| CHAZEN, STEPHEN | 313900 |
| GOLDMAN, MARCIA L. | 294300 |
| HORMEL, JAMES C. | 288300 |
| GROFF, SUSAN | 282200 |
| KIMMEL, SIDNEY | 280000 |
| CARSEY, MARCIA | 271900 |
| WILSON, DAVID | 271600 |
| HARRELL-HORN, CINDY | 262100 |
| ARNOTT, ROBERT D | 257500 |
| BARKER, BOB MR. | 252500 |
| KOZA, JOHN R | 241200 |
| MUMFORD, JOHN MR | 239900 |
| KLEIN, ROBERT N II | 234700 |
| DESJARDINS, DAVID L | 232800 |
| LEACH, HOWARD | 231500 |
| JOHNSON, CHARLES B | 228300 |
| JACOBS, IRWIN M | 227500 |
| EARHART, ANNE GETTY | 227300 |
| HESS, LAWRENCE | 226150 |
| MCGRATH, KATHLEEN | 225300 |
| WINOGRAD, TERRY | 222000 |
| BING, STEPHEN | 218700 |
| BOHNETT, DAVID | 216500 |
| RANDLETT, WADE | 212793 |
| WESTERGREN, TIMOTHY | 210500 |
| KING, MICHAEL | 209062 |
| BYRNE, EDWARD BLAKE | 208165 |
| DOLBY, DAGMAR | 208000 |
| LOWY, PETER | 205800 |
| DOORNINK, MARTHA | 205200 |
| BOYCE, DICK W | 205000 |
| BUELL, SUSIE T. | 200000 |
| EDWARDS, DOUG | 199450 |
| LORD, CHRISTOPHER | 199000 |
| ENGELHARD, CURTIS S | 198100 |
| MORRIS, DONALD | 196282 |
| SCHWAB, CHARLES | 195733 |
| LOVELACE, JAMES B | 194600 |
| ZYGIELBAUM, PAUL S | 186450 |
| MINER, NICOLA | 185330 |
| ROBERTSON, SANFORD R. | 185100 |
| BANISTER, SCOTT | 184525 |
| ZUBERI, IMAAD | 184188 |
| DOORNINK, RON | 182500 |
| TAYLOR, J. HOLLEY | 179000 |
| GOLDMAN, LISA M | 178050 |
| SCHWAB, CHARLES R MR | 174000 |
| WINOGRAD, CAROL | 169850 |
| ANDREESSEN, MARC | 167800 |
| YORKIN, PEG | 165775 |
| MACFARLANE, SETH | 165000 |
| CHAZEN, STEPHEN I. MR. | 163500 |
| HESS, SUSAN | 163500 |
| COTCHETT, JOSEPH W | 159750 |
| SCHWAB, HELEN | 159533 |
| AVERY, JUDITH | 158788 |
| AVERSANO, WENDY | 158100 |