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Purchasing Election Power
Florida's top executives are placing their bets on who will be the next president.
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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