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3. How did the Mercers get their money?
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 03:00 PM
Aug 2017

Bob Mercer, a computer scientist who spent two decades at IBM, became extremely wealthy after joining Renaissance Technology, a Long Island hedge-fund operation, where he is co-CEO. Forbes pegs the billionaire’s earnings at $150 million a year.

Rebekah Mercer, often referred to as Bekah, is one of his three daughters with his wife, Diana. The Stanford-educated Rebekah worked as a Wall Street trader. She co-owns an online cookie store, Ruby et Violette, home-schools her children and serves as a guiding force in the family’s investments in conservative advocacy groups and causes.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/07/who-are-trump-donors-bob-and-rebekah-mercer/98812284/

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