Soros, Musk, Yass Lead $4.7 Billion Fight for Future of Politics

May 7, 2026, 10:15 AM UTC

Jeff Yass, the billionaire founder of market-making firm Susquehanna International Group, has been busy this election season, giving more than $80 million so far to midterm candidates and causes.

The donations put him behind only George Soros and Elon Musk as the biggest individual donor of the cycle, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News. While Soros and Musk gave primarily to their own super political action committees, Yass is one of the biggest donors to President Donald Trump’s MAGA Inc. and has directly supported a wide variety of other recipients. These range from his favorite causes — $15 million to the pro-school-choice ...

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