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James A. Gordon

Nickname: Jim

Muckety metrics:

Connections: James A. Gordon has direct or once-removed relationships with 372 people, organizations or other entities in our database of the most influential people in America. Under a scoring system that gives more weight to direct links, this score is higher than 93% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 93

Influence: Gordon has a Muckety influence index of 97 out of 100. This is a measure of power and reach compared with others in the U.S. leadership elite.

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Muckety influence score: 97

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James A. Gordon

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Gender: Male

Address: Lives and/or works in Chicago, IL

Areas of interest:

nonprofits

business

Politics: Gordon is a contributor to Democratic committees and campaigns.

Personal social network: Much of Gordon's Muckety comes from nonprofit connections.

James A. Gordon current relationships:

Art Institute of Chicago - trustee

Edgewater Funds - founder & managing partner

Edgewater Private Equity Funds - member

Joffrey Ballet - director

Museum of Science and Industry - trustee

Whitney Museum of American Art - trustee

James A. Gordon past relationships:

Gordon Foods, Inc. - president

Gordon's Wholesale - owner & president

Five degrees of Kevin:

We can connect James A. Gordon with Kevin Bacon in five steps:
James A. Gordon → Art Institute of Chicago →
  William M. Daley → JPMorgan Chase & Co. →
    Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities →

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Extended reach:

Among the most influential people in James A. Gordon's web of second-degree relationships:

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Raymond J. McGuire

Neil G. Bluhm

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Art Institute of Chicago

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James A. Gordon campaign contributions:

Listed below are federal donations of $3,000+ reported to the FEC.

Senate Victory 2010 - $30,400 on 5/31/2009

Obama Victory Fund - $30,800 on 7/25/2008

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - $10,000 on 3/13/2007

Contributions to misc. political organizations:

Barack Obama inauguration - $10,000

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