Goldman Employees Join Bain as Top Donors to Romney Group

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Source: Business Week

Employees of Goldman Sachs Group (GS) (GS) Inc., the biggest source of donations directly to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, are also the top givers to the joint fundraising committee he has set up with the Republican Party.

Goldman employees contributed $902,310 to Romney Victory, according to a computer-assisted analysis of Federal Election Commission reports. Overall, Romney Victory has raised more than $140 million since being established on April 5. Employees of Boston-based Bain Capital LLC, the private-equity firm co- founded by Romney, were its second biggest contributors, giving $820,400.

Employees of Elliott Management Corp., a New York-based hedge fund, were third with $808,150 in donations to Romney Victory, which raises money for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and state and local party committees. Paul Singer, the president and founder of Elliott Management, has also given $1 million to the pro-Romney super political action committee Restore Our Future.

The super-PAC, which operates independently of Romney’s presidential campaign, raised a record $20 million in June, spokeswoman Brittany Gross confirmed today.



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1. of course they did. They don't want to end the gravy train that has destroyed the middle class. n/t