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Undated: The Mercer Family Foundation is a private grant-making foundation in the United States. As of 2013, it had $37 million in assets.[3] The foundation is run by Rebekah Mercer, the daughter of computer scientist and hedge fund manager Robert Mercer.[4][5]
Under Rebekah’s leadership, the family foundation invested about $70 million into conservative causes between 2009 and 2014.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Family_Foundation
Undated: Robert Leroy Mercer (born July 11, 1946)[2] is an American computer scientist, who was a developer in early artificial intelligence and co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund.[2][3][4]
Mercer played a key role in the Brexit campaign by donating data analytics services to Nigel Farage.[5] He is also a major funder of organizations supporting right-wing political causes in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mercer
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November 2: The Fear Factory: How Robert Mercer's hedge fund profits from Trump's hard-line immigration stance
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fear-factory-robert-mercers-hedge-fund-profits-trumps-hard-line-immigration-stance-090041709.html
November 6: Hedge fund manager Robert Mercer may be the most influential political donor of the Trump era. Though fellow hedge fund manager Tom Steyer and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson have given far more money, their investments were not as well targeted.
Mercer, who’s net worth is unknown, was Donald Trump’s biggest donor ahead of the 2016 election, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Along with his wife Diana, Mercer gave a total of $15.5 million, of which that vast majority went to a super PAC to support Trump called Make America Number 1.
https://qz.com/1451236/robert-mercer-trumps-biggest-donor-is-at-it-again-in-2018/
December 21: Billionaire megadonor Robert Mercer cuts back on support for GOP after being scrutinized for backing Trump
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/21/robert-mercer-scales-back-gop-support-after-scrutiny-for-backing-trump.html
December 21: Billionaire Robert Mercer has reportedly stepped back from his role as a prominent Republican fundraiser and donor amid scrutiny over his relationship with President Trump.
CNBC reports that close associates of Mercer and his family say that the billionaire's downsized political contributions this year followed after public scrutiny for his backing of Trump and his agenda.
"They've disappeared," one top GOP fundraiser told CNBC, referring to Mercer and his daughter, Rebekah Mercer, another prominent GOP fundraiser. "I think they just don't like being in the spotlight."
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/422523-billionaire-mercer-family-stepping-back-gop-donations-over
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