Page updated April 25, 2012.

Richard C. Blum

Business executive

Muckety metrics:

Connections: Richard C. Blum has direct or once-removed relationships with 964 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 98% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 98

Influence: Blum has a Muckety influence index of 99 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: 99

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Richard C. Blum

Gender: Male

Age in 2012: 76

Address: Lives and/or works in San Francisco, CA

Wealth class: Multimillionaire

Areas of interest:

nonprofits

education

business

apparel industry

media

real estate

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

He also has affiliations with centrist think tanks.

Blum received his B.A. and M.B.A degrees from the University of California, Berkeley.

Personal social network: Much of Blum's Muckety comes from business and family connections. His power base is his role as chairman & president of Blum Capital Partners, LP.

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Muckety news stories featuring Richard C. Blum

Senator's husband got FDIC contract, as she sought funding

Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation early this year to channel $25 billion in government bailout funds to a federal agency that had just awarded her husband's real-estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties.

April 22, 2009

Richard C. Blum personal relations:

Dianne Feinstein - spouse

Other current Richard C. Blum relationships:

Blum Capital Partners, LP - chairman & president

Brookings Institution - trustee

Carter Center - director

CBRE Group, Inc. - chairman

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - Economic Advisory Council member

Haas School of Business - board member

Newbridge Capital LLC - co-chairman

Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc. - chairman & president

University of California - regent

Wilderness Society - governing council member

World Conference on Religion and Peace - co-chairman

Richard C. Blum past relationships:

DC Muckety: 2009 power couples - named

Playtex Products, Inc. - director

Simon Wiesenthal Center - trustee

William J. Clinton Foundation - major donor

Five degrees of Kevin:

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Richard C. Blum → Simon Wiesenthal Center →
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Extended reach:

Among the most influential people in Richard C. Blum's web of second-degree relationships:

Andrew H. Tisch

Ann M. Fudge

Donald F. McHenry

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Richard C. Blum campaign contributions:

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

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee - $30,800 on 6/30/2011

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - $10,000 on 4/30/2010

Boxer Victory Fund - $30,000 on 3/31/2010

Democratic National Committee - $15,200 on 10/20/2009

Contributions to political organizations reporting to IRS:

New Leadership for America, Nonfederal - $25,000 on 3/9/2006

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