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
Amy Rothschild Friedkin	Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Kit Bond, 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, Ken Salazar, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Paul Sarbanes, John Breaux, 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, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Norm Brownstein	Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Ken Calvert, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, 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, Larry Pressler, 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
Harriet Zimmerman	Erskine B Bowles, 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, Ken Salazar, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Paul Sarbanes, Tom Daschle, 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, Kent Conrad
Tony Podesta	Erskine B Bowles, Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, 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, 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
Roselyne Chroman Swig	Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Kit Bond, 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, Paul Sarbanes, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Lee Herbert Hamilton, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Karen Winnick	Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, Paul Sarbanes, 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, Jay Rockefeller, Rudy Boschwitz, Kent Conrad
Eli Broad	Gray Davis, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Howard P McKeon, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Paul Sarbanes, John Breaux, 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, Michael Bennet, Kent Conrad
Bennett S Lebow	Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Kit Bond, 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, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Rudy Boschwitz, Kent Conrad
Bernice Manocherian	Erskine B Bowles, Shelley Berkley, Kit Bond, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Paul Sarbanes, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Jeffrey Katzenberg	Erskine B Bowles, 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, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Richard H Bryan, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller
John A Merrigan	Erskine B Bowles, Shelley Berkley, Kit Bond, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Richard H Bryan, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bruce F Vento, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Daniel C Tate Jr	Erskine B Bowles, Howard Lawrence Berman, Kit Bond, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, Paul Sarbanes, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Richard H Bryan, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Geraldine S Lebow	Gray Davis, Shelley Berkley, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, 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, Rudy Boschwitz, Kent Conrad
Maurice Tempelsman	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, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, Paul Sarbanes, John Breaux, 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
Steve Farber	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, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Paul Sarbanes, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Rudy Boschwitz, Kent Conrad
Ada Horwich	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, Ken Salazar, Linda T Sánchez, 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, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Michael A Feiner	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, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, Paul Sarbanes, John Breaux, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Rudy Boschwitz, Kent Conrad
Thomas Boggs	Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Kit Bond, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, 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
James A Johnson	Erskine B Bowles, Shelley Berkley, Kit Bond, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Harold Ford Jr, Paul Sarbanes, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Richard H Bryan, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bruce F Vento, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
David S Steiner	Shelley Berkley, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Linda T Sánchez, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Richard H Bryan, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Mel Levine, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad

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Bruce Karatz

Former CEO of KB Homes

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