LittleSis: Leslie Alexander

Leslie Alexander is a true self-made billionaire. He dropped out of Brooklyn Law School at age 21 after his father died and headed to Wall Street to help provide for his mother. He found he was pretty good at investing, and after finishing his law degree he went back to trading bonds -- this time for himself. In 1993, he shelled out $85 million to buy the Houston Rockets. Good timing: Hakeem Olajuwon led the team to NBA titles in the next two seasons. In 2017 Tilman Fertitta agreed to purchase the Houston Rockets for a record $2.2 billion. Alexander first landed on the Forbes 400 in 2006 thanks to his stake in student loan securitizer First Marblehead, though the Rockets proved to be his best investment. In June 2016 First Marblehead was acquired by FP Resources for $5.05 per share, less than 1% of its 2006 peak price. Outside of business, Alexander is an animal lover; he funds a horse sanctuary in Middleburg,Virginia named after his mother, Evelyn.

Donor	Common Recipients
Maurice Tempelsman	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Tim Mahoney, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, George John Mitchell, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account
Howard P Milstein	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Sedgwick William Green, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee
Alice Chaiten Baker	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, George W Bush, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account
Peter G Peterson	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Paul Tsongas, Holding Onto Oregon's Priorities
John A Merrigan	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, George John Mitchell, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Gary Peters, Richard Blumenthal
A Jerrold Perenchio	John Cornyn, John Kerry, John McCain, Ron Wyden, George John Mitchell, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Jeff Denham
Andrew Athy Jr	Chris Dodd, Raymond Eugene Green, John Kerry, Robert Wexler, Ron Wyden, Peter R Deutsch, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Gary Peters, Paul Tsongas
Lisa Kountoupes	Earl Blumenauer, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Gary Peters, Richard Blumenthal, Wyden for Oregon
Harry M Reasoner	Chris Dodd, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Michael Peter Skelly, Bill White
James H. Simons	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Sedgwick William Green, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Gary Peters, Richard Blumenthal
Nicholas Pritzker II	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee
George Soros	John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Gary Peters, Richard Blumenthal
Richard Mithoff	John Cornyn, Raymond Eugene Green, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Michael Peter Skelly, Bill White
Leonard Abess	Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, Peter R Deutsch, George John Mitchell, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Roger F Kahn
Stewart W Bainum Jr	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Ron Wyden, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Paul Tsongas
David S Steiner	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Tim Mahoney, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, George John Mitchell, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account
William S Singer	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Robert Wexler, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Michael Peter Skelly, Bill White
Lisa Kraus	John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Chuck Schumer, Robert Wexler, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Gary Peters, Richard Blumenthal
Aileen Kennedy Roberts	John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Richard Blumenthal
Win McCormack	Earl Blumenauer, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Richard Blumenthal, Holding Onto Oregon's Priorities

Donor

Common Recipients

Maurice Tempelsman

Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Tim Mahoney, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, George John Mitchell, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account

Howard P Milstein

Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Sedgwick William Green, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee

Alice Chaiten Baker

John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, George W Bush, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account

Peter G Peterson

John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Paul Tsongas, Holding Onto Oregon's Priorities

John A Merrigan

Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, George John Mitchell, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Gary Peters, Richard Blumenthal