Koch Brothers

Charles Koch and David Koch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_family

As of mid 2018, the media has been encouraged to refer to the "Koch network" rather than the "Koch brothers".. In a 3 April 2014 op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, Charles described himself as involved in politics "only reluctantly and recently" and "only in the past decade.", starting with the founding of the biannual donor seminars. However, the nonpartisan fact-checking group PolitiFact found the Kochs had "made many campaign contributions prior to 2004", coming to approximately $7 million, in addition to federal lobbying and contributions to conservative ideological think tanks (Cato Institute, the Reason Foundation, the Mercatus Center and Citizens for a Sound Economy)... they founded and provided sustained funding for an array of free-market and libertarian think tanks and academic research entities starting in the 1970s. These included the Cato Institute (by the end of 1974, Mr. Koch had helped found what would become the Cato Institute)[12] and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_network

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_family Notable activities include Charles Koch co-founding the Cato Institute in 1977, and David Koch being the Libertarian Party Vice-Presidential candidate in 1980 and helping found the Citizens for a Sound Economy in 1984, and its spin-off Americans for Prosperity in 2004.[2] In total, the Koch brothers have given more than 196 million dollars to dozens of free-market and advocacy organizations[1], in addition to over $600 million to arts, science, and educational organizations.[3] Tax records indicate that in 2008 the three main Koch family foundations gave money to thirty-four political and policy organizations, three of which they founded, and several of which they direct.[1] The Koch brothers believe that economic freedom is essential for the well-being of society.

Koch Industries, Inc. (/koʊk/ KOHK) is an American privately held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas and is the second-largest privately held company in the United States, after Cargill.[2] Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum (fossil fuel), chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizer, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, cloud computing, finance, commodity market trading, and investments. Koch owns Flint Hills Resources, Georgia-Pacific, Guardian Industries, Infor, Invista, KBX, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions, Koch Engineered Solutions, Koch Investments Group, Koch Minerals & Trading, and Molex. The firm employs 122,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_Industries