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Basic Info edit
Types Person, Elected Representative, Political Candidate
Legal Name Barack Hussein Obama
Date of Birth Aug 4 '61
Gender Male
Industries Attorneys & law firms

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GQ - Most Powerful People in DC [#20]
Obama Administration Officials
The Most Powerful People in Modern Healthcare, 2008 [#5]
All members of Congress since 1981
Attendees of Ted Kennedy's funeral
State Dinner Guest List, January 2011
Obama Situation Room
100 Most Trusted People in America [#65]

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Analyst notes about Barack Obama
bnelson  Gary Ginsberg tasked with arranging relationship / endorsement btwn Rupert Murdoch & Barack Obama, left News Corp shortly after this failed.
about 1 year ago in New York State
Matthew  "The Interior Department too often has been seen as an appendage of commercial interests as opposed to a place where the values and interests of the American people are served ... what I want to put an end to is an Interior Department that sees its job as simply sitting back waiting for whoever has most access in Washington to extract what they want ... that's going to change under Ken Salazar."

- Barack Obama, 12/17/2008
over 3 years ago
JZuk  White House releases details of recent visits by health industry executives - http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/42329

Details President Obama's visits with Billy Tauzin, William Weldon, Karen Ignagni, and others.
over 3 years ago
Matthew  Hillary Clinton reportedly met reportedly met Barack Obama at Goldman director and former Fannie Mae CEO Jim Johnson's home to discuss conceding the Democratic primary http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/06/0...
over 4 years ago
Matthew  Barack Obama met Caroline Kennedy in Richard C Perry's home money.cnn.com/2008/10/07/magazines/fortune/vickers_perry.fortune/
over 4 years ago

The 44th President of the United States, he was sworn into office on January 20, 2009; born in Honolulu, Hawaii, August 4, 1961; obtained early education in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Hawaii; continued... more »

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Government Positions
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European Affairs Subcommittee
  • Member   [ +1 ]
    • Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
  • Member
    • Children and Families Subcommittee
  • Member
    • International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection Subcommittee
  • Member
    • Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • Member
    • African Affairs Subcommittee
  • Member
    • East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
  • Member
    • Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee
  • Member
    • Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
  • Member
    • US Senate   US Senate
  • Senator ('05→'08)
    • Other Positions & Memberships
    Democratic Party
  • Member
    • Obama for America
  • candidate
    • The University of Chicago Law School
  • Lecturer on Constitutional Law ('92→'96)
    • Harvard Law Review
  • President (past)
    • Chicago Annenberg Challenge
  • Member (past)
    • Developing Communities Project
  • Organizer (past)
    • Education
    Columbia University
  • Undergraduate (?→'83) ⋅ BA
    • Harvard Law School
  • Graduate (?→'91) ⋅ JD
    • Punahou School   A private, co-educational, college preparatory school located in...
  • High School ('71→'79)
    • Services/Transactions
    Robert B Barnett   Partner at WIlliams & Connolly; negotiated book deals for Obama,...
  • book deal negotiator
    • Michael J Kasper   Prominent Chicago attorney
  • attorney
    • Family
    Michelle Obama   First Lady
  • wife ('92→)
    • Barack Obama, Sr.   President Obama's Kenyan father
  • father (Aug 4 '61→)
    • Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo   Barack Obama's half brother
  • half brother
    • Ann Dunham   Barack's mom
  • mother
    • Maya Soetoro-Ng   President Obama's half sister
  • half sister
    • Lolo Soetoro   An Indonesian business executive
  • stepfather ('65→)
    • Jacob William Dunham
  • great-great-grandfather
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson Dunham
  • great grandfather
    • Stanley Armour Dunham   Barack Obama's maternal grandfather
  • grandfather
    • Madelyn Dunham   President Obama's grandmother
  • grandmother
    • Professional Associates
    Jamie Dimon   Chairman & CEO of JPMorganChase
  • acquaintance
    • Lloyd C Blankfein   Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs
  • acquaintance
    • Michael L Baron   Barack Obama's thesis adviser at Columbia
  • thesis adviser (?→'83)
    • Friends & Colleagues
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    Valerie Jarrett   Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for...
  • close friend
    • Michael Froman   U.S. trade representative nominee | Obama adviser and former...
  • close friend
    • John W Rogers Jr   Mutual fund manager and friend of President Obama
  • personal friend
    • James Whitaker   A Chicago doctor
  • close friend
    • Martin Nesbitt   Chicago real estate executive
  • close friend *
    • Robert Wolf   Chief player at UBS Investment Bank and member of Obama's Economic...
  • golfing buddy
    • Kenneth Mack   Harvard law school professor
  • college friend
    • Genevieve Cook
  • lover (Dec '83→'85)
    • Marty Nesbitt   Parking Spot
  • buddy
    • Rhonda R Cohen
  • friend
    • Donors
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    John D Rockefeller IV   US Senator from West Virginia
  • 9 contributions ⋅ $120300 ('04→'08)
    • Mark Pincus
  • 7 contributions ⋅ $113900 ('08→'12)
    • William H Freeman   Chairman of Freeman Webb, Inc., a real estate investment,...
  • 9 contributions ⋅ $111450 ('06→'12)
    • Tom Hanks   Actor
  • 8 contributions ⋅ $109700 ('07→'12)
    • Steven Spielberg
  • 8 contributions ⋅ $106700 ('04→'12)
    • Penny Pritzker   Commerce Secretary nominee | Chair, Classic Residence by Hyatt;...
  • 14 contributions ⋅ $106100 ('99→'12)
    • Jeffrey Katzenberg   DreamWorks CEO and major Democratic donor
  • 7 contributions ⋅ $104700 ('07→'12)
    • Marc Benioff   Billionaire founder of Salesforce.com
  • 7 contributions ⋅ $103900 ('07→'12)
    • Amos Hostetter Jr   Cable TV billionaire
  • 8 contributions ⋅ $101000 ('07→'12)
    • Imaad Zuberi   Partner, Avenue Ventures | Board of Directors, Organizing for Action
  • 18 contributions ⋅ $98146 ('08→'12)
    • Donation/Grant Recipients
    Barack Obama   44th President of the United States
  • 2 contributions ⋅ $5000 ('12)
    • Hillary Clinton   Former Secretary of State
  • 2 contributions ⋅ $2300 ('08)
    • Patty Wetterling
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $1000 ('04)
    • Alice J Palmer
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $500 ('95)
    • Carol Moseley Braun   Former US Senator from Illinois
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $250 ('98)
    • Office/Staff
    Pete Rouse   Obama Senior Advisor
  • Senate Chief of Staff (past)
    • Alyssa Mastromonaco   Deputy Assistant to the President for Scheduling, Advance ...
  • Director of Scheduling and Advance for Senator Obama ('05→'08)
    • Jim Messina   Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff (Appointed 11-16-08)
  • Deputy Chief of Staff
    • Michael Strautmanis   Chief of staff to the Assistant to the President for...
  • Chief Counsel & Deputy Chief of Staff (Senator Obama) ('05→'08)
    • Margaret L Buford   Adviser to Sens. Obama and Biden
  • Adviser ('07→'08)
    • Campbell Spencer   Former Midwest political director in the Obama administration
  • Midwest political director ('09→'11)
    • Adam Abrams   Former regional communications director and spokesperson for President...
  • regional communications director and spokesperson
    • Political Fundraising Committees
    Obama for Illinois Inc
  • Authorized Campaign Committee
    • Obama for America
  • Principal Campaign Committee
    • Obama Victory Fund
  • Other Campaign Committee
    • Obama 2010 Inc
  • Principal Campaign Committee
    • Illinois Senate 2004
  • Other Campaign Committee
    • Obama for Congress 2000
  • Principal Campaign Committee