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This Billionaire Won $8M Bid For A Seat On Blue Origin's Space Flight — But He Won't Be Making The Trip

Hedge fund Citadel's founder, Ken Griffin, successfully bid for a seat on the New Shepard capsule of Jeff Bezos-founded Blue Origin but will reportedly not be part of its trip to space.

Benzinga

GOP gubernatorial hopeful Irvin takes reporters questions, but doesn’t answer most of them

Democrats and GOP primary rivals have accused Irvin of hiding. His campaign counters that he’s busy running Aurora, the second largest city in the state. On Monday, Irvin was indeed prepared to field reporters’ questions, if not necessarily answer all of them.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago hosts May 14 abortion rights rally; abortion factor in Illinois Supreme Court race

The timing of the bombshell news about reversing abortion rights comes as early voting kicks off in Illinois on May 19.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Billionaire Griffin dumps another $25 million into Republican Irvin’s campaign to unseat Pritzker

Last November — months before Irvin even entered the race — Griffin pledged to go “all in” to support a candidate who can beat the Democratic incumbent.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ken Griffin 'Still Waiting' For Crypto To Make World Better But Says Citadel Will Be 'More Involved'

Ken Griffin, the billionaire founder of Citadel Securities, is still skeptical about cryptocurrency.

Benzinga

Millionaire candidates pour cash into Ohio, Pa. Senate races

Millionaire candidates and billionaire investors are harnessing their considerable personal wealth to try to win competitive Republican primaries for open U.S. Senate seats in Pennsylvania and Ohio

The Independent UK

Republican Bailey vows to ‘take Illinois by storm’ in conservative campaign for governor

Darren Bailey’s conservative campaign is targeting those he says have been forgotten and left behind. “The Republican establishment and the Democrats, they don’t have any idea some of these people exist and what they’re thinking,” he told the Sun-Times. “I think that what we do here in Illinois,…

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Republican Darren Bailey picks up support from anti-abortion leaders — and millions from mega donor Dick Uihlein

The endorsements from Illinois Family Action, Illinois Federation for Right to Life and Illinois Citizens for Life come a day after Bailey reported a $2.5 million campaign contribution from Dick Uihlein, bringing the total the Lake Forest businessman has donated to $3,525,000.

Chicago Sun-Times

Giannoulias raises more cash than all other Democrats and Republicans in secretary of state race combined

Monday marked an Illinois State Board of Elections deadline to file a required quarterly report of contributions and expenditures, but a number of primary candidates had not yet filed their reports late Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump’s small-dollar donors fuel $19 million first-quarter haul

Former President Donald Trump’s fundraising committee that targets small-dollar donors raised $19 million in the first quarter, according to its latest filing, while the Republican Party’s biggest donors are pouring millions into groups tied to the House and Senate leaderships.

Tribune News Service

Next Chelsea owner: Ken Griffin's personal stance on Ricketts takeover decision revealed

Chelsea News: The takeover race is now down to just three consortiums after the Ricketts Family decided to pull out of the race to become the new Chelsea owner

Football London

Ricketts family pull out of race to buy Chelsea leaving three potential new owners in race

A consortium led by the Ricketts family, one of four prospective new Chelsea owners, have pulled out of the race to buy the London club.

Evening Standard

Who are the bidders hoping to buy Chelsea?

There are four candidates on the shorltlist.

The Independent UK

Wealthiest Americans pay just 3.4% of income in taxes, investigation reveals

Tax records from 2014 to 2018, analysed by ProPublica, show 25 Americans collectively earned $401bn but paid just $13.6bn

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Salon

Leak: Top 15 earners pay low tax rates

Some billionaires have effective federal income tax rates as low as 4%

Football London

Chelsea sale: Lord Karan Bilimoria net worth revealed as Ricketts takeover bid strengthened

Chelsea news: On the same day that Stephen Pagliuca's bid has been strengthened, the Ricketts have responded in their own way with their own announcement

Chicago Sun-Times

Gov. Pritzker’s camp grapples with Dem Party Chair Rep. Kelly: Coordinated campaign an issue

“I think we can be a lot further along. We need more cooperation,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told the Sun-Times. “We’re moving in the right direction but too slowly.”

Football London

Chelsea sale: Ken Griffin and Dan Gilbert agree on Ricketts Family takeover promise

Chelsea news: The pair are funding the majority of the Ricketts' bid to purchase the club despite fan protest anger

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Football London

Chelsea sale: Mega-rich bidder with 4x Roman Abramovich net worth arrives in London for talks

The competition between bidders to buy Chelsea Football Club is heating up, with parties from across the world making the trip to Stamford Bridge in recent weeks

Daily Mirror

Who is Ken Griffin? Billionaire worth three times Roman Abramovich in Chelsea takeover

US hedge fund owner Ken Griffin, who has an estimated net worth of £21billion, is providing funding to the Ricketts family in their bid to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich

Football London

Chelsea board have one question to answer after Ken Griffin meeting as takeover deadline looms

The lack of clarity over the bidding process for Chelsea is concerning fans, particularly as The Ricketts make the most noise

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago area gets a greater share in Forbes’ billionaire ranking

Ken Griffin is still No. 1 in the local standings, while insurance investor Patrick Ryan moves to No. 2, and new names join the list.

Football London

Todd Boehly's partner Hansjorg Wyss breaks silence on Chelsea takeover amid Ricketts progress

Chelsea News: The Swiss billionaire has updated the foreign media on what is happening with his and Boehly's bid that was initially names as the frontrunner

Football London

Next Chelsea owner: What Ken Griffin has done in Ricketts takeover bid amid Gary Neville advice

Chelsea News: The man funding the majority of The Ricketts' bid is set to make his intentions known in person, with more Chelsea takeover talks expected this week ahead of the end of April deadline

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool and FSG well placed to see off £2bn challenge of Chelsea

Chelsea are to come under US ownership, but Liverpool and FSG have the experience and strategy

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