Tech’s biggest names sunk a tax on billionaires’ wealth with $425m and a familiar playbook
“Huge thanks to Sergey Brin here,” wrote Garry Tan, the CEO of Y Combinator.
“Huge thanks to Sergey Brin here,” wrote Garry Tan, the CEO of Y Combinator, The Guardian reported.
California saw the most expensive opposition campaign in its history as funding of political campaigns broke records in the US midterms In the hours after polls closed on election day, tech industry players began praising Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, on social media. Venture capitalist Ilya Sukhar posted: “God bless Sergey Brin.”
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