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Bill Gates and all the Walmart heirs couldn't help him now.
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Bill Gates is supporting Obama.
Retail CEOs Supporting Barack Obama for President
Michael L. Ainslie, CEO of Sotheby’s 1984-94
Arthur Blank, Co-founder of Home Depot
Maxine Clark, CEO of Build-a-Bear Workshop
Michael Eisner, CEO of Disney, 1984-2005
Alan Feldman, CEO of Midas
Bill Gates, Co-founder of Microsoft
Stephen F. Gates, Former EVP Conoco-Phillips
Jack M. Greenberg, CEO of McDonald’s 1998-2002
Lawrence V. Jackson, Wal-Mart Executive
Sidney Kimmel, CEO of Jones Apparel Group, 1975-2002
James Kimsey, AOL’s founding CEO
Philip Marineau, CEO of Levi Strauss, 1999-2006
Norman S. Matthews, President and COO of Federated, 1987-88
Thomas J. Meredith, CFO of Dell, 1992-2000
George MrKonic, Jr., Former President of Borders
Craig Newmark, Founder Craigslist
Paul Orfalea, founder of Kinko’s
Dan Rosensweig, COO of Yahoo, 2002-2007
Howard Schultz, founder of Starbucks
Terry Semel, CEO of Yahoo, 2001-2007
James Sinegal, CEO of Costco
Tom Stemberg, Founder and CEO of Staples, Inc.
Marvin Traub, CEO of Bloomingdale’s, 1978-1992
George Zimmer, founder and CEO of Men’s Warehouse
2008 Presidential Election - Retailers and CEOs Support Obama and McCain