Robertson, J $

<p style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin: 1.5em 0px; line-height: 24px;">Julian Robertson, a former hedge-fund billionaire from Southhampton, will be one of the hosts of a Bush fundraiser this evening, and has given a reported $1,010,000 to Right to Rise. Like Bush, he is also a <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/9-billionaires-are-about-remake-new-yorks-public-schools-heres-their-story/" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">longtime backer</a> of <a href="http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/grants-for-k-12-education/robertson-foundation-grants-for-k-12-education.html" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">school privatization</a>, particularly in New York City. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/spencer-robertson-founded-pave-academy-qualified-article-1.322399" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">He gave $10 million</a> to former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s school privatization projects, <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/spencer-robertson-founded-pave-academy-qualified-article-1.322399" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">raising questions of political influence</a> when Robertson’s son, Spencer, opened PAVE Academy in Brooklyn in 2009 and was given space inside an existing public school. New York City taxpayers later <a href="http://nypost.com/2009/12/21/big-money-could-pave-the-way-for-new-red-hook-school-2/" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">handed PAVE $26 million</a> to build its own facility, although Robertson himself has done <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/19/tax-me-if-you-can" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">everything he can</a> to <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125729222815826639" target="_blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">avoid paying New York City taxes</a>.

Robertson is also a major GOP donor, in 2012 <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/donor_detail.php?cycle=2012&id=U0000004021&type=I&super=N&name=Julian+H.+Robertson" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">giving $2.25 million</a> to Mitt Romney’s Super PAC and <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/donor_detail.php?cycle=2014&id=U0000004021&type=I&super=N&name=Julian+H.+Robertson" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">over $1 million</a> to Karl Rove’s American Crossroads Super PAC. (Notably, Robertson is not entirely faithful to Bush this election cycle: he also gave $50,000 to Scott Walker’s “Unintimidated” Super PAC.)