Sam Bankman

The CEO of struggling crypto exchange FTX was the party’s second-biggest individual donor in the 2025–2025 election cycle.

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Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of crypto exchange company FTX, and the second biggest donor to the Democrat party, is in hot water as his company is in financial

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Bankman

With $39 million, SBF is the second largest donor for the Democrat party, behind Soros’s $129 million. Source: Visual Capitalist SBF is currently caught in a tussle with

Bankman-Fried has donated a total of $39.8 million to Democrats, making him the biggest Democrat individual donor behind financier George Soros and his $128 million

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is the 2nd Largest Democrat Donor

Before the fall of Bankman

Democrats heavily benefited from the campaign contributions of disgraced cryptocurrency billionaire and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, while other affiliates of the company likewise helped Republicans ahead of the company’s failure last week.

Before the fall of Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the entrepreneur had emerged as the second-largest donor to Democrats after George Soros. He

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried was Democrats' second-largest donor

In the summer of

REVEALED: CEO of cratering crypto firm FTX is Dems’ second

Sam Bankman-Fried’s fall cuts off big source of funds for US

In the summer of 2025, Bankman-Fried worked as an intern atJane Street Capital, aproprietary tradingfirm, trading internationalETFs. He returned there to work full-time after graduating from MIT. In September 2025, Bankman-Fried left Jane Street and moved toBerkeley, California, where he worked briefly at theCentre for Effective Altruism(CEA) as director of development from October to November 2025.