Meet the Silicon Valley billionaires, corporate CEOS, and founders backing Kamala Harris

The former CEO of 21st Century Fox broke even farther away from his father, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and added his name to the list of CEOs endorsing Harris. It was the first time he publicly declared his support for the vice president.

Murdoch is far more politically moderate than his dad and his older brother, Lachlan. He has donated hundreds of thousands to Democratic congressional candidates, according the Federal Election Commission records. James Murdoch is currently locked in a real-life succession battle over the future over his family’s media empire, which includes Fox News and the Wall Street Journal.

The venture capitalist who runs the venture firm SV Angel is a longtime Kamala Harris donor who has contributed to liberal PACs and campaigns for local Democratic leaders. Conway is known for his philanthropic contributions to the UCSF Medical Center and Children’s Hospital and other organizations protecting firearm safety, rights for trans youth, and immigration reform. He’s added his name to VCsForKamala and the letter of executives.

“She is thoughtful and collaborative, able to bring people together to solve difficult problems and accomplish critical goals,” Conway wrote about Harris on X. “She is also a fighter — for justice, fairness, and prosperity. She has proven all of that throughout her career and as vice president, and she will prove it again as the democratic nominee and as the 47th President of the United States.”

A founder of and general partner at venture capital firm Moxxie Ventures, Stanton has graced Forbes’ list of the most powerful women in technology. She was formerly Twitter’s vice president of international strategy and is a part of the VCsForKamala effort.

When Biden dropped out, she called him a “hero” on X and listed many candidates who could replace him, with Harris as the first name on her list. She quickly expressed her support for Harris on the platform, reposting a video of her and saying that she is “fired up and ready to vote.”

Shortly after Biden dropped out, Stanton told the New York Times that most of Silicon Valley does not support Trump, despite Elon Musk and others’ endorsements for the former president.

“You have people with the loudest voices claiming to speak for the broader community, and the views don’t match,” she said. “By no means do they line up with the thousands of founders and employees and investors who live and work in Silicon Valley.”

The venture investor behind the VC firm Lowercase Capital has long opposed Donald Trump and backed Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016. Sacca donated $150,000 to the ACLU after Trump signed an executive order temporarily restricting the admission of citizens from seven countries. Sacca also worked for Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns.

Despite saying that he “hates politics” on his website, he noted that he and his partner Clay Dumas have “invested millions of dollars and countless hours helping build organizations and companies that we think have the best shot at giving blue candidates an edge in a game that is rigged against them.” He advocated donating to Biden’s campaign before he dropped out and has signed onto VCsForKamala.

The Cowboy Ventures founder, VC angel investor, and VCsForKamala signatory coined the term “unicorn” and cofounded the nonprofit All Raise to advocate for women in venture capital.

Though Lee hasn’t written much publicly about her support for Harris, she responded to a conservative activist suing a VC firm supporting Black women owners last year on LinkedIn, writing, “With every opportunity we have – let’s vote in folks who are going to create and support more opportunities for economic empowerment and achievement, not spend their energy trying to crush opportunities for deserving, under represented folks.”

Hamilton “Tony” James is the former president, COO, and executive vice chairman of Blackstone, the New York-based asset management firm. With a network of $4.5 billion, he signed the letter of corporate executives endorsing Harris.

In May, James hosted a fundraiser for Biden and the Democratic National Committee at his New York apartment, Bloomberg reported. At a separate fundraiser, James said that “Donald Trump is destroying the fabric of America.”

Suster, a VCsForKamala signatory, is a well-known face in the Los Angeles venture capital scene, where he is a partner at the firm Upfront Ventures. He thanked Biden for dropping out in a post on X and has reshared various statements from Harris. In particular, he has posted about her stance on Israel and her condemnation of Hamas.

In his role at Upfront, Suster oversees more than $3 billion in assets and has enmeshed himself in the LA tech world.

VCsForKamala may not have launched without Feinzaig, one of the primary organizers. She said that she formed the group partly in response to a cascade of tweets from Silicon Valley leaders supporting Trump and characterized it as a grass-roots effort.

Feinzaig is the managing director of the firm Graham & Walker and the cofounder of Female Founders Alliance, according to her LinkedIn. She celebrated the VCsForKamala launch on Twitter and posted updates throughout Wednesday, noting that by the late afternoon, 400 people had signed their names.

When Biden dropped out, Fainzaig retweeted his letter breaking the news with the caption, “It’s done.” She announced her support for Harris in a tweet the following day, and the day after posted a screenshot proving that she purchased a now-widespread domain name: vsforkamala.

The billionaire crypto executive and Ripple co-founder signed onto the letter endorsing Harris, publicly signaling his support for the vice president for the first time.

“Proud to support the Harris campaign — she’s the right leader for our fast-changing world,” Larsen told Business Insider in a statement. “And I’m confident that she will reset the misguided Biden policies that were too anti-business and anti-innovation. At the same time, I’m confident she will maintain Biden’s strong leadership on our energy transition.”

Larsen told Business Insider that he appreciated Harris’ speech at the Democratic National Convention and hopes that she’ll appoint individuals who establish clear crypto guidelines. He also said that he recently donated $1 million in crypto Future Forward, a PAC supporting Harris.