LittleSis: Ike Perlmutter

Comic book titan sold Marvel Entertainment to Disney in 2009 for $4 billion in cash and stock; remains CEO. His fortune got a $200 million boost since last year thanks to his Disney stock, up 25%. Bought Marvel in 1993, beating out Carl Icahn and Ron Perelman. Now making a killing at the theater; his firm's box office hits include 2010's Iron Man 2. Perlmutter fought in Israel's Six-Day War in 1967 and moved to the U.S. soon after with $250 to his name. Started out presiding over Jewish funerals in Brooklyn. With partner, became principal shareholder in Odd-Lot Trading Co. Also owned Toy Biz. One of few existing photos of him in public domain is from a 1985 Forbes photo shoot. Marvel CEO Isaac Perlmutter is headed for another superhero-sized year. Marvel is set to release a May 2015 sequel to The Avengers, which ranks only behind Avatar and Titanic in world gross sales, as well as the much-anticipated adaption of Ant-Man in July. A year later, Perlmutter's comics-based movies were box-office champs, with a Captain America sequel capturing $260 million and Guardians of the Galaxy taking in even more--$330 million. Perlmutter emigrated from Israel with just $250 to his name. A veteran of Israel's 1967 Six-Day War, Perlmutter presided over Jewish funerals in Brooklyn before getting into the toy business. Biggest coup: He beat out fellow billionaire Carl Icahn for control of bankrupt Marvel--owned then by billionaire Ron Perelman--in October 1998. He sold the majority of Marvel to Disney in 2009 (for $4 billion in cash and stock), but still leads the company. In December 2013, he and wife Laura pledged more than $50 million to NYU Langone Medical Center to go toward cancer research and treatment, which created the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center.

Donor	Common Recipients
Thomas W Smith	Bob Dole, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Steve Stivers, Mast Victory Committee, Trump Victory, VALOR PAC, Brian J. Mast, America First Action
Lucia Uihlein	National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Brian J. Mast, Byron Donalds For Congress, Texans For Ronny Jackson, Ronny Jackson, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker, Brady Duke For Congress, Brady Duke
Miriam Adelson	Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Jim Risch for U S Senate Committee, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Risch, Trump Victory, Byron Donalds For Congress, Texans For Ronny Jackson, Ronny Jackson
Lee Beaman	Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Trump Victory, Great America PAC, Brian J. Mast, Byron Donalds For Congress, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker
Robert W Rust	National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Trump Victory, Brian J. Mast, Byron Donalds For Congress, Texans For Ronny Jackson, Ronny Jackson, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker
Harlan Crow	Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Jim Risch for U S Senate Committee, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Risch, Elise Victory Fund, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker
Diane Hendricks	Bob Dole, National Republican Congressional Committee, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Maryland Republican State Central Committee, Trump Victory, America First Action, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker, Wisconsin Victory Committee
Daniel S Loeb	National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Stivers for Congress, Steve Stivers, Brian J. Mast, Elise Victory Fund, Byron Donalds For Congress, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker
Joseph Korff	National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Mast Victory Committee, Trump Victory, Brian J. Mast, Texans For Ronny Jackson, Ronny Jackson, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker
Sheldon Adelson	Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Jim Risch for U S Senate Committee, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Risch, Trump Victory, Byron Donalds For Congress, Texans For Ronny Jackson, Ronny Jackson
Richard Gaby	Bob Dole, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Maryland Republican State Central Committee, Trump Victory, Byron Donalds For Congress, Texans For Ronny Jackson, Ronny Jackson
Elizabeth Uihlein	National Republican Congressional Committee, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Trump Victory, America First Action, Elise Victory Fund, Smiley For Washington Inc., Tiffany Smiley, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker
Dana K Anderson	Bob Dole, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Jim Risch for U S Senate Committee, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Risch, Great America PAC, Brian J. Mast, Byron Donalds For Congress
Marilyn Hayden	Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Jim Risch, Byron Donalds For Congress, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker, Brady Duke For Congress, Brady Duke
Roy Pfautch	Bob Dole, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Jim Risch for U S Senate Committee, Jim Risch, Mast Victory Committee, Brian J. Mast
Carolyn Rowan	Bob Dole, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Jim Risch for U S Senate Committee, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Maryland Republican State Central Committee, Jim Risch, Trump Victory
Ronald S Lauder	Bob Dole, National Republican Congressional Committee, Jim Risch for U S Senate Committee, Jim Risch, Trump Victory, Elise Victory Fund, Texans For Ronny Jackson, Ronny Jackson
Barb Van Andel-Gaby	Bob Dole, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Maryland Republican State Central Committee, Trump Victory, Byron Donalds For Congress, Texans For Ronny Jackson, Ronny Jackson
Javier Ortiz	Republican Party of Florida, Jim Risch for U S Senate Committee, Jim Risch, Trump Victory, Texans For Ronny Jackson, Ronny Jackson, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker
Marilyn Morrow Woodhouse	National Republican Congressional Committee, Great America PAC, Brian J. Mast, America First Action, Texans For Ronny Jackson, Ronny Jackson, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker

Donor

Common Recipients

Thomas W Smith

Bob Dole, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Steve Stivers, Mast Victory Committee, Trump Victory, VALOR PAC, Brian J. Mast, America First Action

Lucia Uihlein

National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Brian J. Mast, Byron Donalds For Congress, Texans For Ronny Jackson, Ronny Jackson, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker, Brady Duke For Congress, Brady Duke

Miriam Adelson

Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Jim Risch for U S Senate Committee, Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Risch, Trump Victory, Byron Donalds For Congress, Texans For Ronny Jackson, Ronny Jackson

Lee Beaman

Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Trump Victory, Great America PAC, Brian J. Mast, Byron Donalds For Congress, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker

Robert W Rust

National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Florida, Trump Victory, Brian J. Mast, Byron Donalds For Congress, Texans For Ronny Jackson, Ronny Jackson, Team Herschel, Inc., Herschel Walker