LittleSis: John Paul DeJoria

Navy vet made billions getting people clean with shampoo and sloppy with tequila. Cofounded hair-care outfit John Paul Mitchell Systems with Paul Mitchell (d. 1989) in 1980 with $700; slept in car, sold products door-to-door in Los Angeles. Annual salon product sales now approach $900 million. Created tequila maker Patron Spirits with Martin Crowley (d. 2003) in 1989. With help of celeb friends Clint Eastwood and Wolfgang Puck, made $50 bottles of tequila a necessity at high-end restaurants, nightclubs. Today company sells nearly 2 million cases a year; only Jose Cuervo sells more in the U.S. Bacardi bought minority stake for undisclosed sum in July. East L.A. native loves philanthropy: "Success unshared is total failure." Supports Food4Africa, Mineseekers, Blazer House.

Donor	Common Recipients
Ross Perot Jr	Ronald Kirk, Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Team McCaul Texas Victory, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Robert Rowling	Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Team McCaul Texas Victory, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
John L Nau III	Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Team McCaul Texas Victory, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Kathaleen Wall	Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Team McCaul Texas Victory, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Sheldon Adelson	Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Ted Cruz, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Herb Kelleher	Ronald Kirk, Lloyd Doggett, Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual
Richard R Rogers	Lloyd Doggett, Michael T McCaul, Henry John Hyde, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Ted Cruz
Tilman Fertitta	Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Ted Cruz, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Richard W Weekley	Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Team McCaul Texas Victory, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Luci Baines Johnson	Ronald Kirk, Lloyd Doggett, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Doggett for US Congress
Stacy A Hock	Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Team McCaul Texas Victory, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Ellen Susman	Ronald Kirk, Lloyd Doggett, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Jack McDonald
Jenny Craig	Ronald Kirk, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Jeffrey M Mackinnon	Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Drayton McLane Jr	Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Marc R Stanley	Ronald Kirk, Lloyd Doggett, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Jack McDonald
Larry A Mizel	Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
John Thornton	Ronald Kirk, Lloyd Doggett, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Jack McDonald
Marc Winkelman	Ronald Kirk, Lloyd Doggett, Michael T McCaul, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Jack McDonald
Bettye Holt Nowlin	Ronald Kirk, Lloyd Doggett, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Jack McDonald

Donor

Common Recipients

Ross Perot Jr

Ronald Kirk, Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Team McCaul Texas Victory, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt

Robert Rowling

Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Team McCaul Texas Victory, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt

John L Nau III

Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Team McCaul Texas Victory, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt

Kathaleen Wall

Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Team McCaul Texas Victory, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt

Sheldon Adelson

Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Ted Cruz, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt