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."

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Morris Pearl	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Ami Bera, Ro Khanna
Edwin Arthur Schlossberg	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
Gary R Silverman	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi
Reed Hastings	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ro Khanna
Alan C Fox	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ami Bera
Roselyne Chroman Swig	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ro Khanna
Irwin Mark Jacobs	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ami Bera
Donald Rubin	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi
Alan F Horn	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner
Jack M Quinn	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ro Khanna
Barbara Hostetter	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner
Patrick Salvi	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Raja Krishnamoorthi
Stephen Malkin	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner
Christian F Bastian	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Raja Krishnamoorthi
Greg A Rosenbaum	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner
William C Rudin	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner
David R Thomas	Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner, Ami Bera
James A Harmon	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner
Norman Lear	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Warner

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Common Recipients

Morris Pearl

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

Edwin Arthur Schlossberg

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

Gary R Silverman

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

Reed Hastings

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