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Meet the Silicon Valley billionaires, founders, and investors backing Kamala Harris

<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Mark Cuban, Reid Hoffman, and Vinod Khosla are among the dozens of Silicon Valley leaders backing Kamala Harris.Borja B. Hojas/Getty Images, Drew Angerer/Getty Images, Taylor Hill/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>More than 100 powerful venture capitalists organized to pledge support for Kamala Harris.</li><li>The effort, named VCsForKamala, comes as other Silicon Valley leaders turn to Trump.</li></ul><p>As the once decidedly liberal Silicon Valley splinters this election, with figures like <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-reposted-deepfake-kamala-harris-violate-x-policy-2024">Elon Musk</a>, Marc Andreessen, and David Sacks publicly backing former President Donald Trump, a group of <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-leaders-support-harris-musk-andreessen-support-trump-2024-7">powerful venture capitalists</a> have combined forces to declare their support for Vice President Kamala Harris.</p><p>On Wednesday, more than 100 leaders in Silicon Valley pledged to vote and solicit donations for Harris on a new website, <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.vcsforkamala.org/">VCsForKamala.org</a>. According to one of the group's organizers, the original signatories represent a combined $150 billion in assets under management.</p><p>"We are pro-business, pro-American dream, pro-entrepreneurship, and pro-technological progress," reads a statement on the VCsForKamala's website. "We also believe in democracy as the backbone of our nation."</p><p>Harris, who was<a target="_blank" rel href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-biden-california-democrats-silicon-valley-tech-hollywood-2024-7"><u> born in Oakland,</u></a> has garnered support from dozens of leaders in her backyard supportive of her pro-business policies.</p><p>Here are some of the biggest names on the list.</p>
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