Billionaire and Republican megadonor Dick Uihlein poured nearly $49 million into the conservative Restoration PAC last quarter—which in turn made contributions to several pro-Donald Trump groups—making him one of the biggest backers of the former president’s campaign in the previous three months aside from billionaires Miriam Adelson and Elon Musk.
Republican megadonors Dick Uihlein and his wife Liz have been among Trump's biggest backers this ... [+]
According to filings made with the Federal Election Commission Tuesday, the Midwestern shipping magnate made contributions totalling $48.8 million to Restoration PAC last quarter (July-September).
Uihlein has made total donations of nearly $59 million to the Restoration PAC since the start of this year.
Filings show that during the third quarter Restoration PAC made contributions totalling nearly $20 million to various conservative and pro-Trump groups including Moms for Liberty Action, the anti-aborton Women Speak Out PAC and Turn Out For America, which supports Trump’s get-out-the-vote efforts.
The billionaire and his wife Liz Uihlein, promised to back Trump’s campaign earlier this year after previously backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ bid for the presidency.
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According to our estimates, both Dick and Liz Uihlein fortunes are worth $6 billion each. This ranks both of them at number 547 on Forbes’ real-time list of the world richest people.
218.7 million. That is the combined total contributions made by Trump-backers Uihlein, Musk and Adelson in the last quarter.