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Why Steve Ballmer Doubled The Budget Of One Nonpartisan Political Website

2024-10-24 75 Dailymotion

In 2017, billionaire Steve Ballmer founded USAFacts, a nonpartisan civic initiative that collects, cleans up, and publishes reams of official data about everything from the economy and education to crime and immigration. It started with the goal of producing an annual “Government 10-K,” modeled after the documents that public companies must file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For seven years, Ballmer has personally funded the project.

Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kylemullins/2024/10/20/how-steve-ballmer-has-spent-100-million-in-a-new-twist-on-political-giving/

0:00 Introduction
3:24 Ballmer's Latest Money Moves
7:00 Steve Ballmer's Political Affiliations
8:45 Here's How Much Steve Ballmer Has Given To USAFacts

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