Now, between Trump’s inaugural committee, an allied super PAC and a 501(c)4 group set up to boost the incoming administration politically — and which is not required to disclose its donors — Trump allies could rake in as much as $250 million dollars, according to Ballard.
Much of that money is coming from the biggest names in the tech, auto, banking, health care and fossil fuel industries. The world’s five biggest tech firms each gave at least $1 million, either directly or through their chief executives. So did the CEOs of Uber and OpenAI. The auto giants Toyota, Ford and General Motors each forked over $1 million, as did the behemoth drugmaker Pfizer, the telehealth company Hims & Hers and the tax service Intuit. Robinhood, the stock trading app, contributed $2 million.
In a sign of how much these companies want their donations known, their spokespeople quickly confirmed the news to POLITICO, while reps for Chevron and Bank of America said they had also contributed, but declined to say how much.