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Purchasing Election Power
Florida's top executives are placing their bets on who will be the next president.
Amy Keller | 11/1/2007
The following lists highlight key business leaders in the state who’ve given to the top six candidates who’ve raised at least $1 million in the sunshine state. To search for specific donors by name or business click on: http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/advindsea.shtml
“I know her well personally, and she is highly intelligent, driven, a passionate and relentless worker and a very caring individual.” — Jorge Perez, The Related Group, Miami [Illustration: Robert Zammarchi] |
Senior Executive | Company and |
Business | Donations |
| Leonard Abess | City National Bancshares Miami |
Security broker/dealer | $2,300 |
| S. Daniel Abraham | Slim Fast Foods Palm Beach |
Weight loss management | $4,200 |
| Sukrit Agrawal | American Medical Depot Miami Beach |
Medical and surgical supply distributor | $2,300 |
| Robert Altman | Altman Architects South Miami |
Architecture | $4,600 |
| Antonio Argiz | Morrison Brown Argiz and Farrah Coral Gables |
Independent accounting firm | $1,000 |
| Carlos Arruza | SSI Petroleum Belle Glade |
Petroleum and petroleum products | $4,600 |
| Steve Bandel | Cisneros Group Coral Gables |
Consumer products, mining, entertainment | $2,300 |
| Irving Bowen | Los Olas Company Fort Lauderdale |
Hotels | $2,000 |
| Frank Brunckhorst | Boars Head Sarasota |
Delicatessen products | $2,300 |
| Raul Casares | RC Aluminum Industries Inc. Miami |
Door, window, handrail fabricator | $2,300 |
| Calvin Carter | Carter Insurance Group Tampa |
Niche insurance for automotive industry | $2,500 |
Paul Cejas |
PLC Investments Miami Beach |
Investment firm | $4,600 |
| Charles Clarkson | The Clarkson Group Jacksonville |
Investment firm | $2,000 |
| Raul Claure | Brightstar Corp. Miami Beach |
Wireless device distributor | $2,300 |
| George Cloutier | American Management Services Orlando |
Profit maximization services | $4,200 |
| Hector Dasso | Real Estate Development Group Miami |
Developer | $2,300 |
| Alex De La Cruz | New Century Tobacco Group Miami |
Tobacco products | $2,000 |
| Howard Dvorkin | HSD Holdings Parkland |
Holding company | $4,600 |
| Robert Eichner | Onboard Media Surfside |
Marketing for cruise and travel industry | $1,000 |
| Charles Fabrikant | SEACOR Holdings Inc. Palm Beach |
Marine Services | $4,600 |
| Alexander Fanjul | Flo-Sun West Palm Beach |
Cane sugar refining | $4,600 |
| Alfonso Fanjul | Flo-Sun West Palm Beach |
Cane sugar refining | $4,600 |
| Andres Fanjul | Flo-Sun West Palm Beach |
Cane sugar refining | $4,600 |
| Joseph Esformes | Pacific Tomato Growers Palmetto |
Fruit and vegetable growers | $4,600 |
| Miguel Fernandez | Physicians Health Plan Coral Gables |
Managed care company | $2,300 |
| Hector Fortun | Hub International Fortun Coral Gables |
Insurance broker | $2,300 |
Manzar Ghomeshi |
Great Florida Bank Weston |
Banking | $2,300 |
| Kay Hancock-Apfe | Consumer Asset Management lMiami |
Real estate and consumer loan servicing | $4,600 |
| Raymond Hyer | Gardner-Gibson Inc. Tampa |
Protective coatings manufacturer | $2,300 |
| Francis Issa | ISSA Homes Celebration |
Residential builder | $4,600 |
| Steven Green | Greenstreet Partner Miamis |
Private merchant bank | $4,600 |
| Tammy Green | The Green Agency Miami Beach |
Talent agency | $1,000 |
| Dany G. Johnson | JDM Partners LLC Miami |
Investment advisory services | $4,600 |
| Kobi Karp | Kobi Karp Miami Beach |
Architecture and interior design | $4,600 |
| Raymond Kayal |
Newslink Miami |
Airport newsstand operator | $1,500 |
| Ford Kiene | City Beverages of Orlando Orlando |
Anheuser-Busch distributor | $2,300 |
| Fred Kirtland | Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock Miami |
Yacht services company | $4,200 |
| Sidney Kohl | Sidney Kohl Company Palm Beach |
Real estate development/ investing | $4,600 |
| Debra Kolsky | Redevco North Miami |
Commercial developer | $2,500 |
| Benjamin Lap | Biotech-Pharma Advisory Fort Lauderdale |
Vaccine research | $4,600 |
| Natalie Mackey | CEG Public Relations Palm Beach Gardens |
Public relations | $4,600 |
| Thomas McDonald | Craven Thompson & Associates Parkland |
Engineering planners, surveyors, landscape architects | $2,000 |
| Thomas P. Murphy | Coastal Construction Miami |
General contractor | $4,600 |
| Bruce Orosz | ACT Productions Miami Beach |
Full service event production | $1,000 |
Jorge Perez |
The Related Group Miami |
Real estate developer | $4,600 |
| Glenn Parker | NationsHealth Sunrise |
Medical supplies and medication | $2,500 |
| Cheryl Peisach | Passion Growers Doral |
Floral products | $4,600 |
| Jaime Peisach | Passion Growers Doral |
Floral products | $4,600 |
| Mark Penn | Penn Schoen and Berland Miami Beach |
Political consulting firm | $4,200 |
| Ju’Coby Pittman | Clara White Mission Jacksonville |
Non-profit organization | $1,000 |
| Jimmy Pflucker | Gables Sports Cars Coral Gables |
Luxury car dealership | $1,000 |
| FJ Pollak | Tracfone Wireless Miami Beach |
Prepaid wireless service | $4,400 |
| Lois Pope | Lois Pope Life Foundation Delray Beach |
Charitable organization | $2,300 |
| Richard Schechter | Bainbridge Cos. LLC Wellington |
Real estate developer and management | $2,300 |
| Anthony Shriver | Best Buddies International Miami Beach |
Non-profit | $4,600 |
| Freddy Sidi | Auris Technology Miami |
Telecommunications platform service provider | $2,300 |
| Robb Steinberg | Lawex (TrialWorks) Miami |
Legal profession software | $2,300 |
| Nicolina Stewart | Capital Management Bradenton |
Wealth management | $4,600 |
| John Sumberg | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod Miami |
Law firm | $1,000 |
| Fabio Vazquez | Miami Executive Aviation Miami Lakes |
Aircraft charter, sales, management | $2,300 |
| Elliot Wiener | Levitt Homes Delray Beach |
Residential developer | $4,000 |
| Jorge Woldenberg |
COLPAC Steele Products Bal Harbour |
Pipe and steel distributor | $4,600 |
| Philip Wolman | Aranon Corp. Coral Gables |
Optical goods | $4,600 |
| Claudia Zylberberg |
Akron Biotech Delray Beach |
Animal serum and new reagents | $2,300 |
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