LittleSis: Jess S Jackson

Grew up during Depression; became farmer. Planted grapevines on 80-acre pear- and-walnut orchard in California 1970s. First Kendall-Jackson wine on market 1982. Now produces more than 4 million cases of vino a year on 14,000 planted acres. Recently acquired 44-acre Chateau Potelle Winery in Mt. Veeder, Calif. Has invested $250 million in Thoroughbred breeding. Mr. Jackson was a successful lawyer looking for a little excitement in his life in 1974, when he and his wife, the former Jane Kendall, bought an 80-acre pear and walnut farm in Lakeport, Calif., north of San Francisco. Mr. Jackson began expanding, creating or acquiring more than 30 wineries and brands that today produce more than five million cases annually. His umbrella company, Jackson Family Wines, includes in its portfolio La Crema, Cardinale, Arrowood, Cambria, Lokoya, Matanzas Creek and Vérité in the United States, Château Lassègue in Bordeaux, Tenuta di Arceno in Tuscany, Yangarra in the McLaren Vale region of Australia and Viña Calina in Chile. Mr. Jackson’s first marriage ended in divorce. He is survived by his second wife, Barbara Banke; two children from his first marriage, Jennifer Hartford and Laura Giron; three children from his second marriage, Katie, Julia and Christopher; and two grandchildren.

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Bob Iger	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, Kentucky State Democratic Central Executive Committee
Micky Arison	Howard Coble, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Mike Thompson, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Alan Buerger	John McCain, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Republican Party of Kentucky, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Kentucky State Democratic Central Executive Committee, John William Conway, Kentucky Victory 2007, Bill Thomas
James E Smith	Patrick Leahy, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
John J Fisher	Dianne Feinstein, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Mike Thompson, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bill Thomas, Carly Fiorina
George A Zimmer	Dianne Feinstein, Lynn C Woolsey, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, John William Conway, John Garamendi, Carly Fiorina
Margo Catsimatidis	Patrick Leahy, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
David Bonderman	Dianne Feinstein, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Mike Thompson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Congressional Dinner Cmte
James C Hormel	Dianne Feinstein, Lynn C Woolsey, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, Kentucky State Democratic Central Executive Committee, John William Conway, John Garamendi
Lionel Kaplan	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, PAC to the Future
August A Busch III	Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Republican Party of Kentucky, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, Carly Fiorina
Jerry Speyer	Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Republican Party of Kentucky, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Carly Fiorina
Ron Conway	Dianne Feinstein, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, Kentucky State Democratic Central Executive Committee, Carly Fiorina, Fiorina Victory Cmte
James L Barksdale	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Republican Party of Kentucky, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Carly Fiorina
Ghada Irani	John McCain, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, Kentucky State Democratic Central Executive Committee, Carly Fiorina, Fiorina Victory Cmte
Haim Saban	Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, John Garamendi
Deborah Ratner Salzberg	Dianne Feinstein, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future
Thomas Pritzker	Dianne Feinstein, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Carly Fiorina
Louis Bacon	Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Carly Fiorina, Fiorina Victory Cmte
Kent Thiry	Dianne Feinstein, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Republican Party of Kentucky, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Congressional Dinner Cmte

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Common Recipients

Bob Iger

Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC to the Future, Kentucky State Democratic Central Executive Committee

Micky Arison

Howard Coble, Patrick Leahy, John McCain, Mike Thompson, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee

Alan Buerger

John McCain, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Republican Party of Kentucky, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Kentucky State Democratic Central Executive Committee, John William Conway, Kentucky Victory 2007, Bill Thomas

James E Smith

Patrick Leahy, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Al D’Amato, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee

John J Fisher

Dianne Feinstein, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Mike Thompson, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bill Thomas, Carly Fiorina