Sheldon Adelson

: The Oprah joke was apt: *you* get a billionaire benefactor; and *you* get a billionaire benefactor; *everybody* gets a billionaire benefactor! Four years later, the dynamic is similar, though as the *New York Times* noted over the weekend, some of the names have changed, according to MSNBC. The two men share a passion for unbridled markets, concerns about the Internal Revenue Service and a skeptical view of climate change. Names like Sheldon Adelson, Foster Friess, Harold Simmons, the Koch brothers, and others quickly became prominent figures in national politics, thanks to their overwhelmingly generous investments in GOP candidates. Now the two – Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, and Robert Mercer, a Wall Street hedge-fund magnate – share another bond that could link them through November 2016: Both want to see Mr. Mr. Cruz elected president. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.