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
Stephen D Susman	Raymond Eugene Green, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Chuck Schumer, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Bill White, Richard Blumenthal
John T Montford	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, Raymond Eugene Green, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Gary Peters, Bill White
Herbert H Kohl	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, George John Mitchell, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Gary Peters, Richard Blumenthal, Wyden for Oregon
Michael Douglas	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, 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
David Krone	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Peter R Deutsch, Al Gore, Democratic National Committee, Richard Blumenthal
Anne Peretz	John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Gary Peters, Paul Tsongas, Carol A Roberts, Richard Blumenthal
Richard Leeds	Earl Blumenauer, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Gary Peters, Richard Blumenthal
Richard D Fain	John Cornyn, Alcee Lamar Hastings, John Kerry, John McCain, Robert Wexler, Peter R Deutsch, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account
Marshall A Brachman	Chris Dodd, Sam Farr, Raymond Eugene Green, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, George John Mitchell, Democratic National Committee
George S Kaufman	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Sedgwick William Green, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Richard Blumenthal
Lyndon L Olson Jr	Chris Dodd, Raymond Eugene Green, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Michael Peter Skelly, Bill White
Elizabeth Strickler	John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Gary Peters, Richard Blumenthal
Lukin T Gilliland Jr	John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Michael Peter Skelly, Gary Peters
Howard J Rubenstein	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Al Gore, Sedgwick William Green, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Paul Tsongas, Richard Blumenthal
Steve Farber	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Peter R Deutsch, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Bill White
Howard Kessler	John Kerry, Tim Mahoney, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Peter R Deutsch, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida
Alfred Mottur	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Chuck Schumer, Robert Wexler, Ron Wyden, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Gary Peters, Bill White, Richard Blumenthal
Carol Jankowsky	Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Tim Mahoney, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Lois Frankel, Wyden for Oregon
Phillip Frost	John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Peter R Deutsch, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account, Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, Roger F Kahn, Paul Tsongas
Dennis Mehiel	Earl Blumenauer, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Richard Blumenthal

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Common Recipients

Stephen D Susman

Raymond Eugene Green, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, Chuck Schumer, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Bill White, Richard Blumenthal

John T Montford

John Cornyn, Chris Dodd, Raymond Eugene Green, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Gary Peters, Bill White

Herbert H Kohl

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

Michael Douglas

Chris Dodd, John Kerry, John McCain, 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

David Krone

Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Nicholas V Lampson, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden, Peter R Deutsch, Al Gore, Democratic National Committee, Richard Blumenthal