Bruce Karatz

Former CEO of KB Homes

Bruce Karatz retired as chairman and chief executive officer of KB Home in 2006. During his tenure with KB Home beginning in 1972, he transformed the company and the industry with his revolutionizing KBnxt concept of building homes only after they have been sold, abandoning the traditional, yet vulnerable, model of building inventory first and selling second. Karatz also sat on a number of corporate Boards, including, Edison International, Honeywell International, Avery Dennison Corporation, The Kroger Co., National Golf Properties, Fred Meyer, Inc., Smith’s Food & Drug Centers, Inc., MacFrugal’s Bargains – Close-Outs, Inc., and Falcon Cable Systems Company. A graduate of The Blake School in Minneapolis and Boston University, Karatz earned his law degree from the University of Southern California. He is married to Lilly Tartikoff. From a previous marriage, he also has three children, Elizabeth Faraut, Matthew, and Teddy, and four grandchildren, Juliette, Thomas, Clara and Levi.

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Donor	Common Recipients
Bruce Corwin	Erskine B Bowles, Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Linda T Sánchez, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Richard H Bryan, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Haim Saban	Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet
Gary Winnick	Erskine B Bowles, Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, Paul Sarbanes, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Richard H Bryan, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Rudy Boschwitz, Kent Conrad
John D Raffaelli	Erskine B Bowles, Shelley Berkley, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Linda T Sánchez, Richard Shelby, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Lee Herbert Hamilton, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Daniel E Levin	Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Rudy Boschwitz, Kent Conrad
Murray Galinson	Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Ken Salazar, Arlen Specter, Harold Ford Jr, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Richard H Bryan, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Rudy Boschwitz
Vincent A Mai	Erskine B Bowles, Howard Lawrence Berman, Kit Bond, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Richard Shelby, Harold Ford Jr, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bruce F Vento, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Leon Black	Erskine B Bowles, Shelley Berkley, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, Paul Sarbanes, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Michael S. Berman	Erskine B Bowles, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Ron Wyden, Paul Sarbanes, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Richard H Bryan, Lee Herbert Hamilton, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bruce F Vento, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Alan F Horn	Erskine B Bowles, Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Ron Wyden, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Kate Moss	Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Linda T Sánchez, Richard Shelby, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, Paul Sarbanes, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Richard H Bryan, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
David Geffen	Erskine B Bowles, Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Richard H Bryan, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Rob Reiner	Erskine B Bowles, Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Linda T Sánchez, Arlen Specter, Harold Ford Jr, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet
Richard V Sandler	Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Paul Sarbanes, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Rudy Boschwitz
Albert B Ratner	Shelley Berkley, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Dianne Feinstein, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, American Leadership Council PAC, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Rudy Boschwitz, Kent Conrad
Peter Buttenwieser	Shelley Berkley, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, Paul Sarbanes, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Jack Valenti	Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Howard P McKeon, Bill Nelson, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Paul Sarbanes, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Northstar Leadership PAC
Cheryl Saban	Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Harold Ford Jr, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet
Stephen Malkin	Kit Bond, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Thomas Peter Lantos, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Bram Goldsmith	Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Frank Lautenberg, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Dick Gephardt, Richard H Bryan, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Rudy Boschwitz

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Bruce Karatz

Former CEO of KB Homes

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