2025-10-05 10:17 PM <br/> Tags: #people #KeyPeople #AmericanJewry #Donor #Finance #NeoConservatism ![[image-142.png|274x415]] # Paul Singer (1944-) - Paul Singer is an American Jewish billionaire hedge fund manager and Republican megadonor. - Singer began his career in law after acquiring a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. - Singer soon left the legal field for a career in high finance launching Elliott Associates in 1977. - Elliott Associates has since become one of the largest hedge funds with ~$76 billion assets under management. #### Elliott Investment Management *Note: Understanding the structure of financial institutions and investment firms is not especially relevant to this project. I am including this arguably irrelevant information as a secondary level of depth regarding the very relevant people that run these firms.* >[!info] Structure of Elliott firms >- *Elliott Associates, L.P.,* was launched by Singer in 1977 in New York. >- *Elliott Management Corporation* was the original advisor firm to *Elliott Associates*. >- *Elliott Management Corporation* was later reconstituted at *Elliott Investment Management, L.P. (EIM)*. EIM is often just called "Elliott Management." > - EIM is an advisor to the *Elliott Associates* which is the actual hedge fund. The advisor manages and makes investment decisions while the fund holds the actual money and investments. > - *Elliott Advisors (UK) Ltd.* is the London based offshore affiliate advisor firm to EIM. >- *Elliott International, L.P.*, (launched in 1987) is the offshore corresponding investment firm to *Elliott Associates*. *Elliott International* is operated through the Cayman Islands for offshore Elliott activities. > - *Elliott International Capital Advisors Inc*. is the investment manager for *Elliott International*. > - *Hambledon, Inc.,* is the sole Cayman Islands general partner of *Elliott International*. >- *Evergreen Coast Capital Corp.* (launched in 2015) is the private equity arm of *Elliott Investment Management*. >- *NML Capital, Ltd.* (Incorporated in 2003) is a Cayman Islands based subsidiary of EIM used for complex litigation. > - *Kensington International, Ltd.* is another subsidiary litigation vehicle for EIM. >- *Elliott Investment Management* was relocated to West Palm Beach, Florida from New York in 2020. *South Florida and its east coast is a well known Jewish stronghold.* >- ![[image-143.png|445x668]] >- *Elliott Capital Advisors appears twice because there are two entities with the same name. One is a Delaware based advisor to Elliott Associates and the other is a offshore affiliate of Elliott International.* --- - Elliott acts, in part, as a "vulture fund" and Singer a "vulture capitalist" (in contrast to venture). - Vulture capital involves buying "distressed" debt; debt held by ailing companies and countries, unlikely to be repaid. - For the risk of buying distressed debt, buyers receive a substantial discount and debtors face vastly increased interest rates. - Vulture Capital firms will then extract exorbitant "managing fees" from the companies they just bought. - These firms will force the companies they acquire to sell their real estate (often their most valuable and critical asset) to an affiliate/subsidiary of the firm itself. - Then, the already struggling company will be forced to rent its formerly owned real estate while paying extra fees for being managed by the firm. - Much of the time, this results in the failure of the company. *This private equity "vulture" process has been the death of countless American companies.* - Elliott uses complex and expensive legal maneuvers to extract money from the failing company/country. - Elliott will exploit the bankruptcy process and loot the pension funds of failing companies. - Firms like Elliott sue the customers of the businesses they acquire to extract every penny possible. - Firms like Elliott heavily lobby Congress to reduce regulations on their practices. - Elliott and Singer have repeatedly profited of financial downturns in numerous countries. - ==Peru==: in the mid 1990s Elliott bought defaulted Peruvian commercial bank debt at a significant discount. - When the Peruvian government launched its "Brady Plan" to restructure and recover, Elliott refused to join. - Elliot, from the beginning, had the intention of holding out through litigation to be paid in full plus interest. - Peru eventually settled with Elliott, paying $56.3 million for bonds with a face value of $20.7 million, that Elliott bought for only $11.4 million. - ==Argentina==: In 2001 Elliott (through its Cayman affiliate *NML Capital*) bought defaulted Argentine bonds at a discounted price. - Elliott refused to join the Argentine payment offer accepted by 93% of other creditors. - Elliott undertook a 15-year legal saga demanding full repayment. - In 2016, Elliott, with the help of US courts, was eventually paid $2.4 billion on bonds with a $600 million face value that Elliott had purchased for only $117 million. - ==United States:== - Elliott profited $1.4 billion during the 2008 financial crisis. - Singer and Elliott took over Delphi Automotive (General Motors subsidiary) after its financial downturn. - Elliott then pressed the US Treasury to pay $12.9 billion to Elliott as part of the auto bailout. - Elliott partnered with [[David Tepper]]'s *Appaloosa Management* and [[John Paulson]]'s *Paulson & Co.* on the restructuring of Delphi. --- - In 2018 Elliott took a ~4.8% stake in the largest Israeli telecommunications company [[Bezeq]]. #### Singer, Organized Jewry, and Republican Politics - Singer has always supported Republican politicians including [[George W. Bush]], Jeb Bush, Rudy Giuliani, [[Mitt Romney]], etc. - During the 2016 election Republican primaries, Singer was a huge backer of [[Marco Rubio]]. - Singer activated his network of donors to raise tens of millions for Rubio. - Marco Rubio is well known as "owned" by Paul Singer. - After [[Donald Trump]] won the Republican party's nomination, Singer gave $2.5 million to an establishment Republican never-Trump PAC. - Once Donald Trump won the election, Singer gave $1 million to his inaugural committee. - Singer is the primary funder of the [[Washington Free Beacon]], a quasi right wing pro Israel political site. - The Free Beacon famously hired Fusion GPS, the D.C. political investigative firm to find damaging information on candidate Trump during the 2016 election. - The information obtained by Fusion GPS was compiled into the notorious "Steele Dossier." - Fusion GPS gave the dossier to [[Marc Elias]], the Jewish election lawyer hired by the Hillary Clinton campaign. - The result of all of this was the "Russia Hoax." - In the 2024 election, Singer was a major Trump backer. - Singer and [[Ken Griffin]] met with Trump at his Virginia golf course in June 2024. - Following this meeting money from both began pouring in. - Singer and Griffin were the 7th and 5th largest donors of the whole 2024 election cycle respectively. ![[image-144.png|458x344]] *Marco Rubio - Among the largest recipients of Singer's benefaction.* - Singer co-hosted a 2018 dinner with [[Haim Saban]]. The dinner served as a meeting of top Jewish donors and Trump administration officials. - [[Jared Kushner]], [[Jason Greenblatt]], and [[Nikki Haley]] were at the dinner. - Singer is the chair of the [[Manhattan Institute]]'s board of trustees. - --- - Singer has both personally contributed, and contributed through his [[Paul E. Singer Foundation]] to many organizations and causes. - Singer gave millions of dollars, and sat on the board of the [[Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA)]], a Jewish [[Neoconservatism|Neoconservative]] think tank. - Singer gave millions of dollars to the [[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]] a pro-Israel hawkish [[Neoconservatism|Neoconservative]] think tank. - Singer has funded and sat on the board of the [[Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC)]]. - Singer, through Elliott Management, has funded [[AIPAC]]'s United Democracy Project super PAC with $3 million since its founding in 2022. - Singer is on the board of the Jewish [[Neoconservatism|Neoconservative]] publication [[Commentary]]. - Singer was the principle benefactor behind [[Foreign Policy Initiative]], a [[Neoconservatism|Neoconservative]] think tank led by [[Bill Kristol]], [[Dan Senor]], and [[Robert Kagan]].[^1] - FPI was founded in 2009 as a successor to [[Project for the New American Century (PNAC)]] and dissolved in 2017 following the election of Donald Trump. - Singer is a major donor to the [[Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC)]]. - The ICC liaises directly with the Israeli government on targeted covert influence campaigns on US college campuses and social media. - Singer is a major backer of [[Birthright Israel]]. - Birthright Israel brings Jewish students to Israel on ten day all expenses paid trips. - Singer has backed the [[Jewish Agency]], [[UJA-Federation of New York]], [[B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO)]], etc. - Singer is a vocal supporter of homosexuality, its legalization, and normalization. - Singer's Jewish son is a homosexual, "married" to another man. - Singer donates to pro-homosexual political advocacy groups. - Singer lobbies the US Congress and state governments to pass pro-LGBT legislation. - In 2012 Singer founded the "American Unity PAC," which urges Republicans to support homosexual and LGBT activity. - Singer has been a vocal supporter continued and increased immigration to the United States. - Singer backed the bipartisan "gang of eight" congressional group who wrote the 2013 immigration act. - [[Marco Rubio]] was a member of the gang of eight. - The gang of eight took a left wing pro-immigration position, attempting to essentially amnesty all illegal immigrants. - In the early 2010s Singer made a large six figure donation to the *National Immigration Forum*, a pro immigrant advocacy organization. - The National Immigration Forum was founded by Phyllis Eisen and Rick Swartz in 1982, both Jewish. - Rick Swartz, a left wing immigration lawyer, was kept on retainer by Jewish investment banker [[Richard Gilder]] for pro-immigration purposes. - Richard Gilder, like Paul Singer, was generally conservative and contributed to many Republican candidates. - Gilder, like Singer, was Jewish, so he was greatly in favor of mass legal and illegal immigration. #### Singer and Israel - Singer co-founded the Tel-Aviv based non-profit Start Up Nation Central. - Singer contributed over $20 million to fund the organization. - Start Up Nation Central is a conduit for international businesses to recruit Israeli tech companies. - In 2021 Singer and Start Up Nation Central launched a "economic research and policy institute in Israel that will focus on Israeli technological innovation." *(Solomon 2021, para. 1)* - Singer has funded the *Covenant Journey* program. - Covenant Journey brings students from Christiaan colleges in the United States on free ten day trips to Israel. - Singer is a backer of the *Philos Project*, a pro-Israel Christian non-profit. #RedPill *All of these Christian groups dedicated to Israel are founded, funded, backed, and often ran, by Jews. * - Singer has funded the [[The Israel Project]], a lobbying and media relations organization. - The Israel Project was based in the United States and Israel. - In 2008 Singer was appointed to President [[George W. Bush]]'s honorary delegation to Israel. - The occasion was Israel's 60th anniversary. #### References ###### Elliott Corporate Sources - “Elliott Investment Management.” _Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia_. Last modified September 16, 2025. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Investment_Management](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Investment_Management). - The Commonwealth. _Stop Vulture Fund Lawsuits._ London: The Commonwealth Secretariat, n.d. [https://production-new-commonwealth-files.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/migrated/key_reform_pdfs/Stop%20Vulture%20Fund%20Lawsuits%20EB.pdf](https://production-new-commonwealth-files.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/migrated/key_reform_pdfs/Stop%20Vulture%20Fund%20Lawsuits%20EB.pdf) - Shoshanna Solomon, “Billionaire Paul Singer to Set Up Tech Research Institute in Israel,” _Times of Israel_, April 19, 2021, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/billionaire-paul-singer-to-set-up-tech-research-institute-in-israel/](https://www.timesofisrael.com/billionaire-paul-singer-to-set-up-tech-research-institute-in-israel) - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. “**Elliott Investment Management L.P. - IAPD Summary (CRD 307151; SEC 801-119969)**.” [https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/307151](https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/307151) - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Schedule 13D exhibit). “**Elliott Associates, L.P.**” (includes GP stack and **Hambledon, Inc.** as GP of Elliott International; **Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P.** and **Elliott Special GP, LLC** as GPs of Elliott Associates). https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/904495/000101359416001109/imperva13d-060916.htm - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Schedule 13D). “**Elliott Associates, L.P.**” (additional descriptions of the advisory/GP entities). [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/904495/000090266418001821/p18-0932sc13d.htm](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/904495/000090266418001821/p18-0932sc13d.htm) - **Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited - FCA Register** (authorized firm). [https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000MfUxEAAV](https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000MfUxEAAV&) - **PR Newswire**. “**Elliott Calls for Corporate Governance Reform at Bezeq**” (reveals **4.8%** economic stake; Jan. 16, 2018). [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/elliott-calls-for-corporate-governance-reform-at-bezeq-669525733.html](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/elliott-calls-for-corporate-governance-reform-at-bezeq-669525733.html) - **Times of Israel** (Shoshanna Solomon). “**Activist investor calls for new independent directors at Bezeq**” (notes Elliott’s 4.8% stake). https://www.timesofisrael.com/activist-investor-calls-for-new-independent-directors-at-bezeq/ - **Elliott Associates, L.P. v. Republic of Peru**, 961 F. Supp. 83 (S.D.N.Y. 1997). https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/961/83/2283284/ **Hedge Fund Journal**. “**Sovereign Default: More Business Opportunities**” (Brussels Court of Appeals restraining order re Peru payments). https://thehedgefundjournal.com/sovereign-default-more-business-opportunities/. - **Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd.**, 573 U.S. 134 (2014) (Supreme Court opinion on post-judgment discovery). [https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/573/134/](https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/573/134/) - **Reuters**. “**GM pays $50 million to end lawsuit over 2009 hedge fund deal**” (Oct. 1, 2013). [https://www.reuters.com/article/business/gm-pays-50-million-to-end-lawsuit-over-2009-hedge-fund-deal-idUSBRE99010R/](https://www.reuters.com/article/business/gm-pays-50-million-to-end-lawsuit-over-2009-hedge-fund-deal-idUSBRE99010R/). ###### Singer Political/Jewish Sources - “Paul Singer (businessman).” _Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia_. Last modified [date]. Accessed [date]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Singer_(businessman)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Singer_\(businessman\)). - **Grantmakers.io** (extract of IRS data). “**Paul E. Singer Foundation (EIN 27-2009342)**” - grants ledger (e.g., **BBYO**, **Birthright Israel Foundation**, **UJA-Federation of NY**, **Jewish Agency**, **JCRC-NY**, **Boundless Israel**, **TAMID**, etc.). [https://www.grantmakers.io/profiles/v0/272009342-paul-e-singer-foundation](https://www.grantmakers.io/profiles/v0/272009342-paul-e-singer-foundation). - **ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer**. “**Paul E. Singer Foundation - Form 990-PF (latest filings & full PDFs)**.” https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/272009342. - Manhattan Institute, “Paul Singer,” accessed October 7, 2025, [https://manhattan.institute/person/paul-singer](https://manhattan.institute/person/paul-singer). - “Paul E. Singer Foundation,” _InfluenceWatch_, accessed October 7, 2025, [https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/paul-e-singer-foundation/](https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/paul-e-singer-foundation). - Dickey, Jack. “Billionaire Investor Paul Singer Backs Marco Rubio.” *Time* October 31, 2015. https://time.com/4095387/marco-rubio-paul-singer/. - OpenSecrets. Ashley Balcerzak, “250 Donors Shelled Out $100k or More for Trump’s Inauguration, Providing 91% of Funds.” April 19, 2017. https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/04/250-donors-shelled-out-100k-or-more-for-trumps-inauguration/. - _Reuters_. “Billionaire Donor Backs Rubio for U.S. President: N.Y. Times.” October 30, 2015. https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-politics/billionaire-donor-backs-rubio-for-us-president-ny-times-idUSKCN0SP012/. - Maggie Haberman, “GOP Donor Backs Immigration Reform,” _Politico_, April 29, 2013, [https://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/gop-donor-paul-singer-immigration-reform-090726](https://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/gop-donor-paul-singer-immigration-reform-090726). - Justin Elliott. _ProPublica_. “D.C.-Based Pro-Israel Group Secretly Ran Misleading Facebook Ads to Target Pro-Palestinian Activist.” September 12, 2018. [https://www.propublica.org/article/dc-pro-israel-group-ran-facebook-ads-to-target-pro-palestinian-activist](https://www.propublica.org/article/dc-pro-israel-group-ran-facebook-ads-to-target-pro-palestinian-activist). - Commentary. John Podhoretz, “The Right Approach to Regulation.” April 3, 2009. https://www.commentary.org/john-podhoretz/the-right-approach-to-regulation/. - “Fusion GPS.” _Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia_. Last modified September 13, 2025. Accessed October 7, 2025. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_GPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_GPS). - “The Washington Free Beacon,” _Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia_, last modified October 3, 2025, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Free_Beacon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Free_Beacon). - Sreenivasan, Hari. “How the anti-Trump dossier came to be.” *PBS*, October 28, 2017. [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/conservative-site-was-original-funder-of-anti-trump-dossier](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/conservative-site-was-original-funder-of-anti-trump-dossier). - Celarier, Michelle. “Paul Singer’s Fight for the Soul of the GOP.” *Institutional Investor*, October 30, 2017. [https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2bsw3hq9l8lt16xa3v3sw/corner-office/paul-singers-fight-for-the-soul-of-the-gop](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2bsw3hq9l8lt16xa3v3sw/corner-office/paul-singers-fight-for-the-soul-of-the-gop). - *Militarist Monitor*. “Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).” January 18, 2020. [https://militarist-monitor.org/profile/foundation_for_defense_of_democracies/](https://militarist-monitor.org/profile/foundation_for_defense_of_democracies). - Amanda Gordon, Jennifer Jacobs, and Bloomberg. “Ken Griffin, Citadel, Paul Singer, Elliott, Donald Trump Campaign Donation Meetings,” _Fortune_, July 13, 2024, [https://fortune.com/2024/07/13/ken-griffin-citadel-paul-singer-elliott-donald-trump-campaign-donation-meetings/](https://fortune.com/2024/07/13/ken-griffin-citadel-paul-singer-elliott-donald-trump-campaign-donation-meetings). [^1]: “Foreign Policy Initiative,” _InfluenceWatch_, [https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/foreign-policy-initiative/](https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/foreign-policy-initiative/).