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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Who is Muneer Satter and why is he throwing more money at Rahm? ‪#‎Chuy2015‬ ‪#‎imwithchuy‬

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Who is Muneer Satter and why is he throwing more money at Rahm?

Muneer Satter - Financial Times via Flickr.com
Muneer Satter, the man from Goldman Sachs
I could easily cross-post this at Schooling in the Ownership Society. I'll tell you why down below. 


Greg Hinz at Crains describes how Rahm's hedge-fund patrons and those who are after more city contracts are over-stuffing the mayor's campaign war chest with more money than can possibly be spent in the short time remaining until election day. More importantly, they are also contributing to the climate of fear by promoting the racist notion that a Chuy Garcia victory on April 7th, will lead to Chicago becoming "Detroit" the following day.

Another check came from prominent GOP donor and investor Muneer Satter. He's given before and reportedly is quite a big Emanuel fan, but he accompanied this donation with a personal email that went to quite a few execs around town. The note says that Chicago is at a "critical" point and risks "becoming Detroit." It then goes on to urge recipients to vote and donate.
Who is Muneer Satter? Among other things, he's one of the creeps who ran Goldman Sachs. He's now the Chairman of Satter Investment Management LLC. He also serves as Chairman of Restorsea Holdings, LLC., Co-chairman of Aerpio Therapeutics, Inc., Co-Chairman at Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. and has been its Director since 2012. He has been a Co-Chairman and Lead Director of Vital Therapies, Inc..



Muneer's mansion. 
He's also Vice Chairman of the Board of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, GS Gives and the Satter Foundation. Oh, did I mention that he's on the Board of Trustees for Northwestern University?



In other words, Muneer is a player. He's also a Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Who is Muneer Satter and why is he throwing more money at Rahm?: