Who
Are The Bush Pioneers & Rangers
Multi-Pioneer Families &
Employees:
Thirteen families and 37 private
companies produced multiple Pioneers and/or Rangers.
Multi-Pioneer Families
Led by President George W.
Bush's own clan, 13 U.S. families bred two or more elite donors who raised
at least $100,000 for the 2000 or 2004 campaigns. Seven Bush family members
raised $100,000 or more for at least one of his campaigns. Brother Neil
Bush and cousin Elsie Walker also took the 2000 Pioneer pledge but failed
to reach their $100,000 Pioneer target.
Bush Dynasty Pioneers
Pioneer/Ranger
Members
In 2000 or 2004 |
Relation To
President |
Employer |
Home |
Dorothy Bush Koch |
Sister |
Wine Institute CEO's spouse |
Bethesda, MD |
Marvin Pierce Bush |
Brother |
Winston Partners |
Alexandria, VA |
H.T. 'Bucky' Bush |
Uncle |
Bush-O'Donnell Co. |
St. Louis, MO |
Jonathan Bush |
Uncle |
Riggs Investment Mgmt. Co. |
New Haven, CT |
Dorothy Stapleton |
Cousin |
Czech Ambassador's spouse |
Greenwich, CT |
Craig N. Stapleton |
Cousin's spouse |
Czech Ambassador |
Greenwich, CT |
George Herbert Walker IV |
Cousin |
Goldman Sachs & Co. |
New York, NY |
* Ambassador Craig Stapleton is
a 2004 Bush Pioneer in his own right.
Thirteen other families bred
multiple elite Bush donors, with three trifecta families producing three
Pioneers or Rangers. Mercer Reynolds, who once bought out George W. Bush's
failing oil company, is Bush's ex-Swiss ambassador and current national
finance chair. The grandfathers of Mercer and Pioneer cousin James Reynolds
bought the "Cracker's Neck" wood pulp plantation outside Atlanta. Along
with Pioneer--and apparent family member-- Harold Reynolds, their grandsons
developed the land into Reynolds Plantation, a luxury development that
was the site of major fundraisers for Bush's 2000 and 2004 campaigns.
Ranger Richard Egan co-founded
EMC Corp., a fabulously successful computer data-storage giant that maintained
an inbred board long after it became a major corporation. Even before it
was hammered by the high-tech bubble burst, EMC faced accusations of excessive
executive competition and complaints about EMC rent payments to companies
run by Egan's Ranger sons. Egan is Bush's ex-Ambassador to Ireland.
Sam Fox is another Ranger father
of two Ranger sons. The Fox family's Harbour Group specializes in takeovers
of manufacturing companies and has major investments in China. Sam Fox
ironically told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he got involved
in politics in the 1980s out of concern over the huge federal deficit.
He was among 22 wealthy business leaders whom the president, who calls
this donor "Foxie," invited to a 2001 lunch to discuss tax cuts for
the rich.
The Pickens family of Dallas--which
recently squabbled over its oil inheritance--had two members who raised
more than $100,000 for Bush's campaigns. Three other family members took
the 2000 Pioneer pledge but failed to reach their $100,000 target (John
T., Michael K. and William C. Pickens). A T. Boone Pickens spokesperson
says that he is not related to this Pickens family.
Other Pioneering Families
Family |
No. |
Pioneers & Rangers
Members In 2000
or 2004 |
Main Fortune |
Home |
Egan |
3 |
Richard, Chris & Michael |
EMC Corp. (computers) |
Hopkinton, MA |
Fox |
3 |
Sam, Greg & Jeff |
Harbour Group (finance) |
St. Louis, MO |
Reynolds |
3 |
Mercer, James & Harold |
Reynolds Plantation (developers) |
Greensboro, GA |
Bailey |
2 |
Irving & Catherine |
Providian Corp. (finance) |
Louisville, KY |
Freeman |
2 |
Brad & Russell |
Freeman Spogli & Co. (finance) |
L.A. & Fargo, ND |
Haslam |
2 |
James II & James III |
Pilot Corp. (truck stops) |
Knoxville, TN |
Hubbard |
2 |
Allan & Kathy |
E&A Industries, Inc. (chemicals) |
Indianapolis, IN |
Lessing |
2 |
Stephen & Stephen, Jr. |
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (finance) |
Cold Spring Harbor, NY |
Lindner |
2 |
Carl, Jr. & Carl III |
American Financial Group (finance) |
Cincinnati, OH |
Mitchell |
2 |
Mayer & Arlene |
Mitchell Brothers, Inc. (construction) |
Mobile, AL |
Pickens |
2 |
J. Bryan & Robert |
Oil inheritance |
Dallas, TX |
Siegel |
2 |
Ned & Stephanie |
Siegel Group (developers) |
Boca Raton, FL |
Zachariah |
2 |
Zachariah & Mammen |
Holy Cross Hospital (physicians) |
Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
Multi-Pioneer/Ranger Employers
There are 38 private companies
that support more than one Bush Pioneer or Ranger by employing these elite
donors (or in some cases helping to support a spouse who is not a major
bread winner). Investment banks Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley lead the
pack by employing four Pioneers or Rangers apiece. Nine other companies
each support three Pioneers or Rangers, including three companies that
employ two or more elite Bush donors from a single family.
Companies Supporting Multiple
Pioneers or Rangers
Company |
Rangers &
Pioneers In
2000 & 2004 |
Industry |
Bear Stearns & Co. |
4
|
Finance |
Morgan Stanley |
4
|
Finance |
*American Financial Group |
3
|
Insurance |
Blank Rome |
3
|
Lobbyists |
Cassidy & Associates |
3
|
Lobbyists |
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. |
3
|
Finance |
Goldman Sachs & Co. |
3
|
Finance |
*Harbour Group |
3
|
Finance |
*Mitchell Brothers, Inc. |
3
|
Homebuilder |
Poole McKinley & Blosser |
3
|
Lobbyists |
Reynolds DeWitt & Co. |
3
|
Finance |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
2
|
Lobbyists |
American Continental Group |
2
|
Lobbyists |
Aon Corp. |
2
|
Insurance |
Cardinal Investment Co. |
2
|
Finance |
*Chrysalis Ventures |
2
|
Finance |
Deloitte& Touche |
2
|
Accounting |
Dover Management, LLC |
2
|
Finance |
*E&A Industries, Inc. |
2
|
Energy |
Fidelity Investments |
2
|
Finance |
Freeman Spogli & Co. |
2
|
Finance |
Gallatin Group |
2
|
Lobbyists |
Haynes & Boone |
2
|
Lawyers |
*Holy Cross Hospital |
2
|
Health |
JPMorgan |
2
|
Finance |
Kojaian Companies |
2
|
Developer |
MBNA Corp. |
2
|
Finance |
Microsoft |
2
|
Computers |
Northwestern Mutual Life |
2
|
Insurance |
Park Strategies |
2
|
Lobbyists |
*Pilot Corp. |
2
|
Energy |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
2
|
Accounting |
Reliant Energy |
2
|
Energy |
*Reynolds Plantation |
2
|
Developer |
*Siegel Groupt> |
2
|
Developer |
Trust Co. of the West |
2
|
Finance |
U.S. Sugar Corp. |
2
|
Agriculture |
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. |
2
|
Health |
*Employs or provides for multiple
members of the same family (see "Pioneering Families"). |