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543 Sergey Brin and the who's who of the tech scene just spent millions in donations ahead of California's wealth tax vote

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Aditi Bharade @ Business Insider · today 01:45 EDT

Sergey Brin and the who's who of the tech scene just spent millions in donations ahead of California's wealth tax vote

Sergey Brin, Max Levchin, Eric Schmidt, and others donated $35 million to ballot measure committees in January.

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