Tom Steyer

Tom Steyer
Born Thomas Fahr Steyer
(1957-06-27) June 27, 1957
New York City, New York U.S.
Alma mater Yale University
Stanford Business School
Net worth IncreaseUS$1.6 billion
(June 2016)[1]
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Kathryn Ann Taylor
(1986–present)
Children 4
Website Official website

Thomas Fahr "Tom" Steyer (born June 27, 1957) is an American hedge fund manager, philanthropist, and environmentalist.[2]

Steyer is the founder and former co-senior managing partner of Farallon Capital and the co-founder of Beneficial State Bank, an Oakland-based community development bank.[2] Farallon Capital manages $20 billion in capital for institutions and high-net-worth individuals. The firm’s institutional investors include college endowments and foundations.[2] Since 1986, Steyer has been a partner and member of the Executive Committee at Hellman & Friedman, a San Francisco-based $8 billion private equity firm.

In 2010, Steyer and his wife signed The Giving Pledge to donate half of their fortune to charity during their lifetime.[3] Since leaving Farallon in 2012, he has become a leading figure in environmental causes, being among the top donors of the 2014 election cycle, and an environmental advisor to the Obama administration.

Steyer is on the board of Next Generation, a non-profit that intends to tackle children's issues and the environment.[4][5] Steyer is NextGen Climate's founder.[6][7] He serves on the Board of Trustees at Stanford University[8] and is active in political campaign fundraising.

Early life and education

Tom Steyer was born in 1957 in Manhattan.[9] His mother, Marnie (née Fahr), was a teacher of remedial reading at the Brooklyn House of Detention, and his father, Roy Henry Steyer, was a partner in the New York law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell.[10][11] Steyer attended the Buckley School, Philips Exeter Academy and later graduated from Yale University summa cum laude in economics and political science, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was captain of the Yale soccer team. Steyer received his MBA from Stanford Business School, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.[12][9] He has served on the Board of Trustees.[13]

Career

After graduating from Yale, Steyer began his professional career at Morgan Stanley in 1979.[9][2] After two years at Morgan Stanley, he was accepted to Harvard Business School, but instead attended Stanford Business School.[9] Steyer worked at Goldman Sachs from 1983–85 as an associate in the risk arbitrage division, where he was involved in mergers and acquisitions.[9] He later became a partner and member of the Executive Committee at Hellman & Friedman, a San Francisco-based private equity firm.

In January 1986, Steyer founded Farallon Capital, an investment firm headquartered in San Francisco, California.[14][15] Steyer made his fortune running Farallon, which was managing $20 billion by the time he left the company.[16] Steyer was known for taking high risks on distressed assets within volatile markets.[9]

In October 2012, Steyer stepped down from his position at Farallon in order to focus on advocating for alternative energy.[17][18] Steyer decided to dispose of his carbon-polluting investments in 2012, although critics say he did not dispose of them fast enough. After leaving Farallon, Steyer hosted a two-day think-tank titled the 'Big Think Climate Meeting' to discuss how to address climate change.[19]

Philanthropy

In 2006, Steyer and his wife, Kat Taylor, founded OneRoof, a business designed to bring technology to rural India.[20] In 2007, Steyer and Taylor founded Beneficial State Bank, a community development bank, for the purpose of providing commercial banking services to underserved Bay Area businesses, nonprofits and individuals.[21][22] Steyer and Taylor put up $22.5 million to start the bank and create the One PacificCoast Foundation to engage in charitable and educational activities, provide lending support, investments and other services for disadvantaged communities and community service organizations in California.[23][18]

In August 2010, Steyer and his wife signed onto The Giving Pledge, an initiative of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. The pledge urges individuals and families to give at least half their wealth to charitable causes during their lifetime.[24][25]

Steyer and Taylor created the TomKat Ranch in Pescadero, California, near Half Moon Bay.[26] The ranch is meant to research and demonstrate a sustainable way of doing agriculture.[27] The ranch's activities include underwriting healthy food programs and co-producing an independent film, La Mission, starring Benjamin Bratt, about San Francisco's Mission neighborhood.[28]

Circa 2011, Steyer joined the board of Next Generation, a non-profit intending to tackle children's issues and the environment.[4] In 2013, Steyer founded NextGen Climate, an environmental advocacy nonprofit and political action committee.[9]

In August 2015, Steyer launched the Fair Shake Commission on Income Inequality and Middle Class Opportunity, which was intended to advocate policies for promoting income equality.[29]

Political activism

Steyer is a leading Democratic activist and fundraiser. In 1983, he worked on Walter Mondale's presidential campaign.[30] He raised money for Bill Bradley in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004. An early supporter of Hillary Clinton in 2008, Steyer became one of Barack Obama’s most prolific fundraisers. Steyer served as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 2004 and 2008, and has been a member of the Hamilton Project since 2005.[2]

Steyer has been compared with and contrasted with the Koch brothers, billionaire businessmen who engage in extensive political activity, and has been viewed as a Koch adversary.[31][32][33] Some Democrats view Steyer as the left's answer to the Kochs.[34][35] Steyer has been critical of the Kochs, seeking to distinguish himself from them.[9][36]

Steyer is involved with the Democracy Alliance, a network of progressive donors whose membership in the group requires them to donate at least $200,000 a year to recommended organizations.[37][38]

No on Prop 23 campaign in 2010

Steyer donated $2.5 million and pledged to contribute $2.5 million more to the No on Prop. 23 campaign, the measure on the November 2010 ballot concerning California's environmental legislation, AB32. Steyer joined former Secretary of State and Republican George Shultz, to co-chair the No on Prop. 23 campaign.[39][40]

Steyer was reportedly unhappy that out-of-state activists were backing a California measure, and was convinced that passage would hurt California's environment and economy. Steyer described "stepping up" and donating $5 million - the largest sum donated - and driving to people's homes to campaign. Steyer's political emergence was a success and the proposition was defeated.[41]

2012 elections

Democratic National Convention speech and presidential election

Steyer gave a speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, saying that the election was "a choice about whether to go backward or forward. And that choice is especially stark when it comes to energy." Steyer said that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would take no action to reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels; rather, he said he would increase it. Steyer went on to support Obama's policies, which he described as investments to "make us energy independent and create thousands of jobs.”[42]

In 2012, Steyer hosted a fundraiser at his home for President Obama. At a private meeting, Steyer, along with fifteen other top donors, reportedly pressed the President regarding the Keystone pipeline. Obama was said to be supportive of Steyer's views but reluctant to put his full weight behind any initiatives without better proof. Steyer was critical of Obama's decision to keep an energy initiative as a low priority.[43]

Support for California Prop 39

Steyer was the leading sponsor of Proposition 39 on the 2012 ballot in California. Its purpose was to close a loophole that allowed multi-state corporations to pay taxes out of state, mandating that they pay in California. Steyer contributed $21.9 million, saying that he could wait no longer for the change.[44][45] Steyer spent over $30 million on the measure.[43] Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation, said that the level of giving was unprecedented for an individual donor.[44]

While supporters of Steyer's effort said it would "help break the partisan gridlock in Sacramento," critics objected that “the increasing involvement of rich individuals perverts the original intent of the initiatives.[44] The passage of Prop 39 was described as "a $1 billion corporate tax increase that somehow slipped under the radar" and a huge political story that somehow went unnoticed. It was noted that the backers' strategy was to eliminate political opposition before it could materialize. Tom Steyer added $30 million into the Yes on Proposition 39 campaign, warning opponents that "it would be impossible to wage an opposition campaign on the cheap."[46][47]

In addition to benefiting out-of-state corporations, Prop. 39 compelled corporations to fund green projects. Supposedly, the bill forces corporations to use roughly half of their out-of-state revenues for green projects, and the rest to state taxes. Although the initiative sought to generate $500 million in revenues and create thousands of jobs, it has been criticized for failing both goals, widely missing its goals and much of the revenue actually collected being bogged down in bureaucracy. The bill created 1,700 jobs over three years, while energy saved could not be calculated. While critics called the initiative an ineffective jobs stimulus, Steyer labeled it a success for closing a corporate loophole.[48]

Other 2012 activities

In February 2013, Steyer spoke at an anti-Keystone rally on the Washington Mall organized by Bill McKibben and attended by tens of thousands. McKibben asked Steyer to join the protest by tying himself to the White House gate and getting arrested, but was dissuaded by his brother.[43]

2013 activities

Massachusetts Senate election

Steyer founded the CE Action Committee, to which he donated $1.8 million. It helped elect Ed Markey of Massachusetts to the Senate in a special election in 2013.[49] Steyer spent a reported $1.8 million attacking Markey's opponent, Stephen Lynch, using similar strategies he had used in California politics.[43]

Steyer demanded Lynch renounce support for the Keystone pipeline or he would muster all the opposition possible. Lynch dismissed Steyer's threats and criticized him for involving himself in an election where both candidates had chosen to avoid PAC funding. In retaliation, Steyer paid for a plane to fly over a Boston Red Sox game with a banner that read "Steve Lynch for Oil Evil Empire."[43]

Virginia gubernatorial election

Steyer supported Democrat Terry McAuliffe's successful 2013 campaign for governor of Virginia through his NextGen Climate Action, contributing funds for paid media (such as television advertisements) and get-out-the-vote efforts.[50]

Founding of NextGen Climate (2013)

In 2013 Steyer founded NextGen Climate, an organization that works on climate change issues. As of November 2014 he had personally supplied over 80% of NextGen's funds.[49] NextGen Climate provided the environmentalist movement with significant capital and political influence.[51] Steyer tried to get other millionaires to donate a total of $50 million to NextGen, but had raised less than $4 million as of 2010.[49] Steyer spent almost $74 million on the 2014 elections. The vast majority of those funds, nearly $67 million, were channeled through NextGen.[49]

2014 elections

In 2014, Steyer committed to funding political campaigns in at least seven states to influence climate change policy through his PAC, NextGEN Climate.[52] In June, Steyer said he planned to get involved in California legislative race, targeting three to four races in each house of the Legislature in a bid to affect climate change policy.[53] In the summer, he founded a political action committee in Florida, leading a major investment in the Florida gubernatorial race in a bid to defeat Governor Rick Scott. Steyer cited Florida's pivotal role in the 2016 presidential election and its geographic position, which makes it highly vulnerable to climate change, as reasons for his focus on the state.[54]

Steyer spent about $57 million of his personal fortune in the election (including $5 million in 2014 to the Democratic Senate Majority PAC[49]), and had a 40% success rate: of the seven Senate and gubernatorial candidates NextGEN Climate supported, three won their races.[55]

NextGen's success has been varied by observers. Some note that only seven NextGen backed candidate won across the country, while Steyer himself states that climate change has become one of the most important issues for the country.[56]

The Guardian reported in 2014 that Steyer had become the single largest donor in American politics and is the leading advocate of environmental issues. Due to his financing, environmental issues have become the foremost issue even in the 2016 elections.[57]

2015

In April 2015, Steyer testified before the California Legislature in favor of a greenhouse-gas reduction bill.[34]

In August 2015, Steyer was the guest of honor at the California Democratic Party headquarters to discuss bills to cut gasoline use in half by 2030, although Steyer did not commit to spending large sums of money to support the bills.[58]

2016 presidential elections

In July 2015, Steyer called on 2016 candidates to develop strategic plans to provide the United States with at least 50% of its energy from clean sources by 2030. The message was reportedly targeted at Hillary Clinton, who had yet to outline an environmental policy. It was suggested that this was a strategic move to secure a political alliance with Clinton.[59] Steyer has raised money for Hillary Clinton,[60] and hosted a fundraiser on her behalf at his San Francisco home.[61]

Risky Business Project

In October 2013, Steyer launched a bipartisan initiative to combat climate change along with then-New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.[43] The initiative, called the Risky Business Project, focuses on quantifying and publicizing the economic risks of climate change in the United States. Bloomberg, Paulson, and Steyer serve as co-chairs.[62] The Project has published three reports—a National Report in June 2014, a Midwest Report in January 2015, and a California Report in April 2015.[63][64][65][66]

Speculation about future

Speculation about a Cabinet position

After the Obama victory in 2008, Steyer was considered for appointment as Secretary of Treasury. Jim Steyer told Men's Journal that Obama and his advisors would regret having chosen someone else, due to his expertise.[9]

In January 2013, rumors briefly arose that Steyer might be named as a replacement for Energy Secretary Steven Chu.[67] Asked whether he would accept such an appointment, Steyer said he would.[68]

Speculation about a run for office

In 2015, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Steyer is "keeping alive a possible bid for governor in 2018."[69] Dan Walters of the Sacramento Bee suggests that Steyer's criticism of high gas prices signalled preparations for a possible 2018 run.[70] With the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States on November 8, 2016, Steyer rethought his position on running for Governor. He told KQED's The California Report: "I was thinking very seriously about running for Governor. I hadn’t decided. I thought Hillary [Clinton] would win. But I wanted to get the facts before I made a decision. My thinking has changed. We’re in a very tough spot. And I’m damned if I’m not going to fight about it."[71]

Views and positions

Keystone Pipeline

After holding several conversations in the summer of 2012 with environmental writer Bill McKibben, Steyer decided to focus much of his attention on the Keystone Pipeline. That October, Steyer officially left Farallon. He was criticized by some Republicans for attacking the pipeline even though he himself held some investments in the fossil-fuel industry, including stock in Kinder Morgan, which had its own pipeline connecting the Canadian tar sands to a port on the Pacific, which could be seen as a rival to the Keystone pipeline. Steyer promised to fully unload his holdings there within a year.[43] In September 2013, Steyer appeared in a series of commercials in opposition to the proposed pipeline.[43]

In a November 2015 interview, Steyer described the Obama administration's decision to reject the Keystone pipeline as "fantastic."[72]

Campaign finance

Asked in a November 2014 interview why he invests his money into elections rather than philanthropic organizations, Steyer stated that the price of inaction is too high to not take a direct role.[49]

He has said that he opposes Citizens United v. FEC, the 2010 Supreme Court decision allowing unlimited corporate donations to super PACs, but since climate change is urgent he will take necessary actions to provide funding nonetheless.[49]

Environmentalism

Steyer is responsible for funding the creation of the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy at Stanford University, part of the Precourt Institute of Energy.[73] In 2008, Steyer and Taylor gave $41 million to create the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy at Stanford University, focused on the development of affordable renewable energy technologies and promotion of public policies to make renewable energy more accessible. Projects included the creation of lighter, less toxic, and more durable batteries, and an analysis of the then-current the power grids’ ability to support future renewable energy technologies.[74]

In 2015, Steyer signed on to Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Coalition. The goal of the coalition is to jumpstart the demand and availability of green energy sources.[75]

Controversies

In 2004, Steyer was criticized by UnFarallon, a group of student activists at Yale who discovered that much of Yale's endowment was in Steyer's fund. The protest soon spread to Stanford, which also had millions invested with Farallon. The protest centered on Steyer's supposed investing in companies with anti-labor and anti-environmental policies.[9]

A July 2014 article in the New York Times, headlined "Aims of Donor Are Shadowed by Past in Coal," detailed several examples of Farallon investing in coal. In addition, it was learned that even after their divestment, Farallon-funded coal projects in places like Indonesia and China would continue. Environmentalists were disappointed by the revelations and GOP leaders called it a blow to Steyer's credibility.[51]

In October 2016, Politico reported that under Steyer's leadership, Farallon Capital had invested tens of millions of dollars in private prisons.[76] According to SEC filings, Steyer was at the helm as the hedge fund purchased nearly $90 million of Corrections Corporation of America stock, equaling approximately more than 5% of the company's shares.[77]

University of San Francisco law professor Constance de la Vega criticized the Farallon investments as appearing antithetical to Steyer's avowed progressive politics.[78]

Awards and honors

Steyer has received a number of awards and honors for his environmental work, including the Phillip Burton Public Service Award of Consumer Watchdog (2011),[34][79] the Environmental Leadership Award of the California League of Conservation Voters (2012),[80] the Environmental Achievement Award of the Environmental Law Institute (2013),[81] the Land Conservation Award of the Open Space Institute (2015),[82] and the Advocate Award of the Environmental Advocates of New York (2016).[83] Steyer also received Equality California's 2015 Humanitarian Award, "for his work advancing progressive causes that benefit the LGBT community."[84]

Personal life

In August 1986, he married Kathryn Ann Taylor. She is a graduate of Harvard College and earned a J.D./M.B.A. from Stanford University. The Rev. Richard Thayer, a Presbyterian minister, and Rabbi Charles Familant performed the ceremony.[10] Steyer and his wife have four children.[41] His wife is on the President's Council for the United Religions Initiative whose purpose is to "promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence, and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings."[85]

Steyer is the brother of attorney, author, and Stanford University professor Jim Steyer.[86]

Steyer has a net worth of $1.6 billion.[1] Men's Journal mentioned the modest aspects of his lifestyle, noting that he owns an "outdated hybrid Honda Accord" and eschews luxury items such as expensive watches.[9]

In his late 30s, Steyer had "a revelation" and began an involvement in the Episcopalian church.[9] He has stated that during this time he became much more interested in religion and theology. This new interest also galvanized his political advocacy.[43]

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