BIDEN WH STAFF SO FAR:
➡️Venture capital executive (@RonaldKlain).
➡️Former pharmaceutical, insurance lobbyist (Steve Ricchetti).
➡️Top Dem recipient of Big Oil $ (@CedricRichmond).
➡️Co-founder of firm that represents pharma & private equity (@jomalleydillon).
MORE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PICKS:
➡️Co-founder of firm that represents big defense & tech companies (@ABlinken).
➡️Ex-consultant for data-miner @PalantirTech (Avril Haines).
➡️Senior VP (on leave) of firm that represented embattled Swiss-based mining giant Glencore (@LindaT_G).
BIDEN ECONOMIC TEAM PICKS:
➡️Managing director for massive NY financial firm (@BrianCDeese).
➡️ex-senior advisor for massive NY financial firm (@wallyadeyemo).
➡️CEO of DC think tank that has raised millions from Wall St, big banks, big tech & defense contractors (@neeratanden).
BIDEN's reported pick for Defense Secretary, retired Army General LLOYD J. AUSTIN III, is a member of a private equity fund that invests in defense contractors, & boasts its members’ “access, network & expertise” are an advantage in government contracting. documentcloud.org/documents/7333…
NEW BIDEN TRANSITION TEAM ADDITIONS
(all added quietly/without announcement after the initial team was unveiled):
➡️@GoldmanSachs VP (Monica Maher)
➡️@GoldmanSachs employee (Eric Goldstein)
➡️@BCG consultant (Mat Hernandez)
➡️@McKinsey alum (Josh Zoffer)
politico.com/newsletters/tr…
BIDEN WH APPOINTEES' BIG TECH TIES:
➡️ex-@Facebook Associate General Counsel (Jessica Hertz)
➡️ex-@Facebook board member (@JeffZients)
➡️consultant who represented @Uber in effort to exempt its drivers from being classified as full-time employees in California (@jakejsullivan)
NEW: TONY BLINKEN's personal financial disclosure statement shows that he has been paid to consult for:
➡️McKinsey
➡️Facebook
➡️Uber
➡️Microsoft
➡️LinkedIn
➡️Boeing
➡️Blackstone
➡️Lazard
➡️Royal Bank of Canada
➡️SoftBank
➡️AT&T
➡️FedEx
➡️Gilead
➡️Sotheby's beta.documentcloud.org/documents/2043…
BLINKEN's consulting was through WESTEXEC ADVISORS, which he co-founded.
@WEAdvisors paid him $1.2M, with another $250k-$500k coming.
His stake is worth $500k-$1M.
He also has a stake in a linked venture-capital fund (WestExec Ventures) worth $1M-$5M. wsj.com/articles/biden…
NEW REPORTED BIDEN NATSEC/DIPLO PICKS:
➡️VP at private equity firm Warburg Pincus (@jonfiner)
➡️counselor at @ASG, which has advised international firms, such as embattled Swiss mining giant @Glencore (@wendyrsherman)
Both are ex-top State Dept officials. politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
NEWLY NAMED BIDEN WH ADVISER ANITA DUNN is a partner in a firm that in recent years has worked for:
➡️airline advocacy group
➡️@ATT
➡️@DominionEnergy
➡️Carlos Ghosn (fugitive @Nissan executive)
➡️@MikeBloomberg super PAC
➡️NSO Group (Israeli spyware firm) soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?even…
Some of ANITA DUNN’s private sector work does not exactly align with progressive sensibilities: https://t.co/ri5TZcvlb8
NEW FILING: BIDEN's pick for top economist, CECILIA ROUSE, was paid $340k in directors fees by the investment management firm @TRowePrice, which saw its profits rise 43.7% in the 4th quarter & its assets grow to $1.5 trillion. beta.documentcloud.org/documents/2046…
NEW: BIDEN's @SBAgov pick, ISABEL GUZMAN, worked at the agency, then co-founded a consulting firm that advises businesses on how to win contracts shaped by the agency.
She says she will seek waivers to participate in decisions impacting the firm's clients
beta.documentcloud.org/documents/2046…
NEW: BIDEN's Surgeon General pick @vivek_murthy was paid to offer Covid operations advice to @CarnivalCruise ($400) & @Airbnb ($410k).
& he was paid for speeches by:
➡️@Cigna: $30k
➡️@Optum: $33k
➡️@omadahealth: $30k
➡️@SpectrumHealth: $38k
➡️@UBS: $45k beta.documentcloud.org/documents/2047…
NEW: BIDEN @CIA pick BILL BURNS was paid by:
➡️Macro Advisory; $150k: Burns didn't detail his work, but Macro helps cos. work in China & the Middle East.
➡️Makena Capital; $200k: "multigenerational capital" manager.
➡️@IntlPaperCo; $112k.
➡️@Allianz; $17k.
beta.documentcloud.org/documents/2047…
SPEAKING FEES: The entities that paid honoraria to SAMANTHA POWER (@JoeBiden's @USAID nominee) include:
➡️@UBS: $56k
➡️@salesforce: $40k
➡️@StanChart: $37k
➡️@KPMG_Ireland: $24k
➡️@globalriskfs: $12k
beta.documentcloud.org/documents/2047…
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