| RANK | | IN 1998 | | DONOR NAME | | INDUSTRY | | TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS | | PARTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 6 | | S. Daniel Abraham (with Ewa)
Former Chairman, Slim-Fast Foods, Palm Beach, FL | | Health | | $1,518,500 | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | Bernard L. Schwartz (with Irene)
CEO, Loral Space & Communications, New York, NY | | Communications | | $1,317,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | Davidi Gilo (with Shamaya)
Chairman, Vyyo, Inc., Cupertino, CA | | Communications | | $1,311,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | 2 | | Peter L. Buttenwieser (with Terry A. Marek)
Owner, Peter L. Buttenwieser & Associates, Philadelphia, PA | | Single Issue & Other | | $1,304,700 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | 155 | | Haim Saban (with Cheryl)
Chairman & CEO, Fox Family Worldwide, Inc., Los Angeles, CA | | Communications | | $1,250,500 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | | 4 | | Carl H. Lindner (with Edyth)
Chairman & CEO, American Financial Group, Cincinnati, OH | | Finance | | $1,216,000 | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | | 54 | | Peter G. Angelos (with Georgia K.)
President, Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, Baltimore, MD | | Lawyers & Lobbyists | | $959,500 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | 15 | | Fred Eychaner
Owner, Newsweb Corp., Chicago, IL | | Communications | | $946,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | | Constance Milstein
Principal, Milstein Properties, New York, NY | | Finance | | $932,515 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | | 269 | | John M. O'Quinn
Partner, O'Quinn & Laminack, Houston, TX | | Lawyers & Lobbyists | | $840,250 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | | | | Finn M.W. Caspersen (with Barbara)
Chairman & CEO, Knickerbocker Management, Gladstone, NJ | | Finance | | $807,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | | 1 | | Richard M. DeVos Sr. (with Helen)
Founder, Amway, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI | | Manufacturing & Retail | | $764,500 | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | | | | Stephen L. Bing
Screenwriter & Producer, Los Angeles, CA | | Communications | | $759,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | | David J. Shimmon
President, Kinetics Group, Inc., Los Altos Hills, CA | | High Tech | | $727,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | | 32 | | Richard T. Farmer (with Joyce E.)
Chairman, Cintas Corp., Cincinnati, OH | | Manufacturing & Retail | | $721,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | | | | Terrance Watanabe
Chairman, Oriental Trading Co., Omaha, NE | | Manufacturing & Retail | | $704,700 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | | 5 | | John W. Childs (with Marlene)
President, J.W. Childs Associates, Boston, MA | | Finance | | $670,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | | 12 | | Walter H. Shorenstein
Chairman Emeritus, The Shorenstein Co., San Francisco, CA | | Finance | | $664,148 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | | | | Steven T. Kirsch (with Michele)
Founder & Former Chairman, Infoseek, Los Altos Hills, CA | | High Tech | | $655,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | | 100 | | David S. Steiner (with Sylvia L.)
Chairman, Steiner Equities, West Orange, NJ | | Finance | | $651,150 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | | | | Michael J. Perik (with Elizabeth Beretta Perik)
Co-founder, The Learning Co., Wellesley, MA | | High Tech | | $643,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | | 18 | | Ian M. Cumming (with Annette P.)
Chairman, Leucadia National Corp., Salt Lake City, UT | | Finance | | $632,300 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23 | | 36 | | Sam Fox (with Marilyn)
Chairman & CEO, The Harbour Group, Clayton, MO | | Manufacturing & Retail | | $626,700 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24 | | 64 | | John Eddie Williams Jr.
Partner, Williams Bailey Law Firm, Houston, TX | | Lawyers & Lobbyists | | $621,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | | | | Kenneth A. Eldred (with Roberta E.)
Founder, Ariba, Inc., Portola Valley, CA | | Finance | | $617,500 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NEXT 25 DONORS | | | |
