What’s striking about [Kareem] Ahmed’s donations isn’t some connection between his giving and his business — but how quickly someone, anyone, with a big bank account today can go from the vast ranks of small-time givers to the upper echelon of political benefactors.
Bruce Curnick, on little-known pro-Obama super PAC donor Kareem Ahmed, in an interview with Talking Points Memo's Eric Lach.
Despite having donated over $1 million to various Democratic causes this election cycle (and exactly $1 million just to Priorities USA Action), Ahmed's friends don't see a business-related motivation for his giving. Instead, the wealthy pharmaceutical mogul thinks of himself as more of a "philanthropist". Read more of Ahmed's interesting profile at TPMMuckraker.