Billionaire American hedge-fund founder and climate activist who ran for president in 2020. In 2026 he is a leading candidate in the race to succeed Gavin Newsom as governor of California, having already spent more than $112m of his own money on his campaign. He is considered one of the "fighter" candidates—those with buzzy national profiles built around criticising Donald Trump—rather than the "fixer" candidates with records of running big cities or working in Sacramento.
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