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> Barre Seid, a Republican donor, is the only other example in recent memory of a wealthy business owner who gave away his company for philanthropic and politic
by js2 4y ago
> Barre Seid, a Republican donor, is the only other example in recent memory of a wealthy business owner who gave away his company for philanthropic and political causes. But Mr. Seid took a different approach in giving 100 percent of his electronics company...
The company was Tripp Lite, and he sold it to Eaton for $1.65B:
https://www.propublica.org/article/dark-money-leonard-leo-barre-seid https://www.propublica.org/article/dark-money-leonard-leo-ba...