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Paul L. Foster

Muckety metrics:

Connections: Paul L. Foster has direct or once-removed relationships with 352 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 90% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 90

Influence: Foster has a Muckety influence index of 95 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: 95

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Paul L. Foster

Gender: Male

Age in 2012: 54

Address: Lives and/or works in El Paso, TX

Wealth class: Multimillionaire

Areas of interest:

education

business

energy industry

Personal social network: Much of Foster's Muckety comes from energy and education connections.

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Financial information:

As an officer, director and/or owner of publicly traded securities, Paul L. Foster has filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission. >> See filings

Paul L. Foster current relationships:

National Petroleum Council - member

University of Texas Investment Management Company - director

University of Texas System - regent

Western Refining, Inc. - chairman

Paul L. Foster past relationships:

Make Us Great Again - major contributor

Five degrees of Kevin:

We can connect Paul L. Foster with Kevin Bacon in five steps:
Paul L. Foster → National Petroleum Council →
  Lee R. Raymond → JPMorgan Chase & Co. →
    Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities →

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Extended reach:

Among the most influential people in Paul L. Foster's web of second-degree relationships:

Andrew N. Liveris

Ray R. Irani

John J. Hamre

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Paul L. Foster campaign contributions:

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

National Petrochemical and Refiners Association PAC - $5,000 on 3/28/2011

National Republican Senatorial Committee - $13,450 on 9/30/2010

Republican Party of Texas - $5,000 on 7/20/2010

Republican Party of Texas - $15,000 on 7/16/2010

National Petrochemical and Refiners Association PAC - $5,000 on 3/26/2010

National Republican Senatorial Committee - $30,400 on 12/11/2009

Major contributions to state-level political organizations & campaigns:

2006 Bill Richardson (NM) gubernatorial campaign - $5,000 on 7/25/2006

Contributions to political organizations reporting to IRS:

Republican Governors Association - $25,000 on 8/18/2010

Republican Governors Association - $7,581 on 7/15/2010

Republican Governors Association - $25,000 on 6/23/2010

Republican Governors Association - $25,000 on 5/7/2009

Republican Governors Association - $25,000 on 2/6/2007

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