YouTube, Sprint CEOs Among Business Leaders Endorsing Clinton
Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Friday announced endorsements from more than 40 business leaders, including some longtime Democratic donors, as she tries to emphasize her economic credentials going into her first face-to-face debate with Republican Donald Trump next week.
The list, which is heavy on executives in technology and entertainment, includes Sprint Chief Executive Officer Marcelo Claure, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, and billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems. In June, the Clinton team released a list of more than 50 business leaders — including a handful of Republicans — who were backing her over Trump.
“We’re fortunate a growing number of business leaders recognize Hillary Clinton is the right candidate for the economy,” Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said in a statement provided to Bloomberg ahead of the list’s formal release. “Donald Trump’s plan would balloon the debt while costing jobs — setting our economy back and leaving the middle class out in the cold.”
