A super PAC supporting Texas Gov. Rick Perry received $1 million in contributions from Contran Corporation, the single largest donations to Make Us Great Again.
Harold Simmons, the owner of Contran Corporation, developed the practice of the leveraged buyout, a technique Bain Capital would later use to take over failing companies and later sell their assets for a profit. While he was still a candidate, Rick Perry criticized Mitt Romney for his work at Bain Capital, calling his use of leveraged buyouts and the resulting layoffs at those companies “vulture capitalism.”
Other individuals made contributions in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, including a $100,000 donation from Swift Boat funder Bob Perry. See all the disclosures here
Additional reporting by Clayton Ashley.
