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
Bennett S Lebow	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Peter R Deutsch, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Roger F Kahn, Richard Blumenthal
Jonathan Yarowsky	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Chuck Schumer, Robert Wexler, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Richard Blumenthal
Ian M Cumming	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, George John Mitchell, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account, Bill White, Richard Blumenthal
Bruce Corwin	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Tim Mahoney, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, George John Mitchell, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Paul Tsongas
John L Vogelstein	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Tim Mahoney, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Sedgwick William Green, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Gary Peters
Daniel Berger	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account, Richard Blumenthal
Michael King	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Ron Wyden, George John Mitchell, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida
Rob Reiner	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Chuck Schumer, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Roger F Kahn
George M Marcus	John Kerry, Tim Mahoney, Chuck Schumer, George John Mitchell, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Gary Peters
Karla Jurvetson	Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Gary Peters, Richard Blumenthal, Holding Onto Oregon's Priorities
Lionel I Pincus	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, George John Mitchell, Al Gore, Sedgwick William Green, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida
Steven Roth	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account, Paul Tsongas
Gerald S J Cassidy	Chris Dodd, Sam Farr, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Robert Wexler, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account
Melvin A Dow	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, Raymond Eugene Green, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Bill White
Robert M Kargman	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Paul Tsongas, Richard Blumenthal
Morris Pearl	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Chuck Schumer, Robert Wexler, Ron Wyden, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Gary Peters, Richard Blumenthal
Naomi Aberly	Chris Dodd, Nicholas V Lampson, Ron Wyden, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Michael Peter Skelly, Gary Peters, Bill White, Richard Blumenthal
H Wayne Huizenga	John Cornyn, Alcee Lamar Hastings, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Robert Wexler, Peter R Deutsch, George John Mitchell, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Lois Frankel
Laura Lauder	Nicholas V Lampson, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Gary Peters, Richard Blumenthal, Wyden for Oregon, Holding Onto Oregon's Priorities
Daniel R Tishman	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, George John Mitchell, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Gary Peters, Richard Blumenthal

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Common Recipients

Bennett S Lebow

Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Peter R Deutsch, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Roger F Kahn, Richard Blumenthal

Jonathan Yarowsky

Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Chuck Schumer, Robert Wexler, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Richard Blumenthal

Ian M Cumming

Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, George John Mitchell, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account, Bill White, Richard Blumenthal

Bruce Corwin

Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Tim Mahoney, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, George John Mitchell, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Paul Tsongas

John L Vogelstein

Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Tim Mahoney, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Sedgwick William Green, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Gary Peters