Charles Bartlett Johnson (born January 6, 1933) is an American billionaire businessman, with an estimated current[update] net worth of around $6.1 billion.
At Yale he played offensive guard for the football team and waited dining hall tables as a scholarship student.
[1] Johnson is largest shareholder of the San Francisco Giants, owning 26% of the Major League Baseball team.
[13] Johnson is one of his alma mater's largest benefactors, having given considerable sums to athletic and student facilities at Yale.
[19] From 2017 through 2018, Johnson and his wife Ann ranked 14th among the largest donors to Republican causes and candidates, donating over $4.58 million during this period.
On the campaign trail, a video surfaced showing Hyde-Smith tell a local rancher, "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row"; the remark was criticized, especially given Mississippi's history of lynchings.
[24] In addition to Boebert, Johnson donated to at least 11 other Republican congressional candidates, including Tommy Tuberville, Tom Cotton, and Kelly Loeffler.
However, weeks after releasing this statement, Johnson donated $5,000 (the maximum permitted amount) to a right-wing extremist PAC, Elbert Guillory's America.
[11] In 2009, Johnson and his wife bought the Carolands Chateau, a large historic mansion in Hillsborough, California, for $26 million.
[4] By valuing the mansion so highly and by obtaining tax-exempt status, the Johnsons collected more than $38 million in tax savings from the estate over five years.
[4] Tax and legal experts questioned the validity of the high appraisal for the mansion and the tax-exempt status of the estate.