Tom Steyer: The anti-billionaire movement’s favorite billionaire

Published April 24, 2026 2:00pm ET



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Our Revolution, the Bernie Sanders-founded activist group, is deeply committed to “fighting the oligarchy” by “eliminating corporate and billionaire influence in politics and supporting candidates who vow to get big money out of politics.” So deeply, in fact, that it recently backed billionaire hedge-fund mogul Tom Steyer for governor of California.

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