LittleSis: Romesh T Wadhwani

Rode tech bubble onto The Forbes 400 in 1999 with $9.3 billion sale of Aspect Development software firm to i2 Technologies. All-stock deal left fortune depleted 4 years later. Used remaining millions to start or acquire 9 business software and IT companies; clawed fortune back to ten-figures. Best investment: bought market-research company Information Resources 2003; former moneyloser now generates operating profit margins of 10%. Attended Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. Moved to U.S. 1969, earned Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Carnegie Mellon. Founded Aspect 1991. Firm made software that allowed clients to track internal spending, inventory, buying behavior. Uses little leverage to buy companies: "Financial engineering is not our game."

Donor	Common Recipients
Reed Hastings	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ro Khanna
Gary R Silverman	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi
Alan C Fox	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ami Bera
Peter Buttenwieser	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Raja Krishnamoorthi
Marc Lasry	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ro Khanna
Eric Schmidt	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ro Khanna
Sudhakar Shenoy	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ro Khanna
Donald Rubin	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi
Harry P Kamen	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ami Bera, Raja Krishnamoorthi
Carrin F Patman	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ami Bera
Ron Conway	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ro Khanna
Michael W Kempner	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ro Khanna
Charles B Ortner	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ro Khanna
Wayne Jordan	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Ami Bera, Ro Khanna
Tom Steyer	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ami Bera
Douglas E Goldman	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ami Bera
Mark Gorenberg	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ro Khanna
Mellody Hobson	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi
Reinier Beeuwkes	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Ami Bera, Raja Krishnamoorthi
Edwin Arthur Schlossberg	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ami Bera

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Common Recipients

Reed Hastings

Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ro Khanna

Gary R Silverman

Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi

Alan C Fox

Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ami Bera

Peter Buttenwieser

Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Raja Krishnamoorthi

Marc Lasry

Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ro Khanna