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
Richard W Weekley	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
John L Nau III	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
Herb Kelleher	Ronald Kirk, Lloyd Doggett, Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual
Robert Rowling	Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Team McCaul Texas Victory, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Tilman Fertitta	Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Ted Cruz, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Richard R Rogers	Lloyd Doggett, Michael T McCaul, Henry John Hyde, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Ted Cruz
Joseph H Gibson	Michael T McCaul, Henry John Hyde, Republican National Committee, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Stanley S. Hubbard	Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Ted Cruz, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Marilyn Morrow Woodhouse	Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Gary S Farmer	Ronald Kirk, Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Team McCaul Texas Victory
Guy M Bowers	Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Bernie Robinson	Michael T McCaul, Henry John Hyde, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Ted Cruz
James D Dannenbaum	Lloyd Doggett, Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Ted Cruz, Team McCaul Texas Victory
John Thornton	Ronald Kirk, Lloyd Doggett, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Jack McDonald
Patrick Odell Rayes	Michael T McCaul, Republican National Committee, Team McCaul Texas Victory, Hunt For Congress, Wesley Hunt
Miriam Adelson	Michael T McCaul, 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

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

Richard W Weekley

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

John L Nau III

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