California Billionaires and Tech Giants Align on Wealth Tax Opposition, New Liverpool Acqu
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Brin is not the only billionaire financing efforts to defeat the proposed wealth tax in California, which is home to more billionaires than any other US state. Ripple Labs co-founder Chris Larsen, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, and venture capitalist Ron Conway have also spent against the ballot initiative.
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Financial TimesCalifornia billionaires add millions to bolster fight against wealth tax Tech owner Chris Larsen and venture capitalist John Doerr step up efforts to kill proposed 5% levy on the rich
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Healthcare workers and other supporters with the Billionaire Tax Now coalition hold placards during a media briefing in Los Angeles on Monday, April 27, 2026. The initiative would levy a one-time 5% tax on California billionaires. (AFP) AFP via Getty Images
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Common DreamsIf passed, revenue from the 5% billionaire wealth tax would be used to offset federal Medicaid cuts and bolster the state's education system. The proposal will be on California's November ballot as Proposition 40, and the two billionaire-backed initiatives are Propositions 41 and 42.
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A consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has reached a definitive agreement to buy a minority stake in Liverpool, the Premier League club’s owners Fenway Sports Group said Friday.
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Washington Times BusinessLIVERPOOL, England — A consortium containing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is buying a minority stake in Premier League club Liverpool, the English soccer giant said on Friday.
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“As we considered this opportunity, it became clear that Amit and the consortium shared our long-term philosophy and appreciation for what makes Liverpool special,” FSG president Mike Gordon said in a statement.
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Washington Times Business“As we considered this opportunity, it became clear that Amit and the consortium shared our long-term philosophy and appreciation for what makes Liverpool special,” FSG president Mike Gordon said in the statement.
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01 Financial Times The billionaire threatening to upend Wall Street Mark Walter’s much-copied strategy of leveraging insurers to build an empire has drawn regulatory scrutiny
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02 New York Post Business Far-left progressives are trying to rally up support for California’s controversial one-time 5% tax on billionaires that’s up on the November ballot — but famed businessman Mark Cuban on Saturday delivered a brutal assessment to one of the tax’s biggest supporters.
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03 Fortune Thrive Capital founder Joshua Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger stunned the sports world this week with a deal to buy the Los Angeles Lakers for a record $12.5 billion.
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04 Common Dreams 5 #000000 #FFFFFF Google co-founder Sergey Brin, one of the richest men in the world, has spent more than $100 million backing a group seeking to stop a popular California ballot initiative that would impose a one-time tax on the wealth of the state's billionaires.
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05 Washington Times Business Club owner Fenway Sports Group (FSG) said in a statement it entered into a “definitive agreement” for the sale to 1892 Holdings.
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06 RealClearMarkets The American Sports Plutocracy Conspiracy Derek Thompson, Derek Thompson American sports laws amount to a kind of out-in-the-open conspiracy to help a lucky few billionaires get much, much richer
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