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Meet the billionaires bankrolling Joe Biden's 2020 campaign

  • A total of 94 billionaires or their spouses have donated to former Vice President Joe Biden's presidential campaign, a Forbes analysis of federal campaign records shows.
  • The billionaires behind Netflix, SlimFast, Hyatt hotels, LinkedIn, and Star Wars all donated various amounts to Biden's election bid.
  • Estée Lauder heir Ronald Lauder may have given $200,000 to President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, but his wife Jo Carole Lauder donated to Biden's.
  • Some of Biden's billionaire donors gave only the maximum allowed to his campaign committee — $2,800 — and did not give large gifts to Super PACs like many of Trump's wealthy donors did.

Joe Biden might not be a billionaire like his opponent, but he sure is popular among members of the three comma club.

The former vice president raked in donations from 94 billionaires, including those behind Netflix, Hyatt hotels, DreamWorks studios, LinkedIn, a Forbes analysis of federal campaign records and the magazine's own Billionaires List found.

Unlike President Trump's billionaire backers, several of Biden's donors gave only the $2,800 maximum allowed per donor to a campaign committee and did not pump extra funds into Super PACs or advertising. However, over the course of his 13-month campaign, Biden has had a greater number of billionaires or their spouses donate directly to his campaign than the president, who has only landed 92 billionaire donors despite fundraising for his reelection since 2017.

Keep reading to learn more about some of Biden's most notable billionaire backers, listed in no particular order.

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