BUSINESS EXECUTIVE as FEC employer text: $6.2 million

A rank, not a company legal name

Many executives type a firm. 337 donors typed BUSINESS EXECUTIVE instead. LobbyVault groups that title as an industry key. The $6,234,284 total is those itemized gifts. It is not a census of C-suite payroll and not every person whose occupation box also says executive.

Donors who listed EXECUTIVE, PRESIDENT, BUSINESS OWNER, BUSINESSMAN, ENTREPRENEUR, or a named company sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not collapse BUSINESS EXECUTIVE into EXECUTIVE.

Founders, hired CEOs, and people who used BUSINESS EXECUTIVE because they had no short firm name can share this key. The $6,234,284 total is not a chamber-of-commerce ranking.

337 donors and 8,995 lines

337 unique donors produced 8,995 BUSINESS EXECUTIVE contribution lines totaling $6,234,284. That is on the order of 27 itemized receipts per donor. Dollar volume is close to several partnership rows in this batch, with a small donor count. The packet does not publish a mean gift or an industry split among those 337 people.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and any trade-association committee filings are outside the $6,234,284 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear.

337 unique donors produced 8,995 lines. That small person count is why named-employer pages still matter: most executives type a company. This row is the remainder who typed the rank.

Executive, sales, and owner siblings

EXECUTIVE, PRESIDENT, BUSINESS OWNER, SALES, and BROKER are separate strings. Combining them with BUSINESS EXECUTIVE would mix distinct FEC fields. This page reports $6,234,284 for BUSINESS EXECUTIVE only.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside whatever employer was typed. Named firms in this batch — MCKINSEY & COMPANY, FORD MOTOR COMPANY, INTEL CORPORATION — capture people who listed those companies instead of the rank.

BUSINESSMAN and ENTREPRENEUR are additional title keys outside BUSINESS EXECUTIVE. This page reports $6,234,284 from 337 donors and 8,995 lines for the two-word rank only.

Donor table

The BUSINESS EXECUTIVE donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a compensation figure or a motive to that line. Retired executives who still type the title share the string with people currently employed. The FEC field is not an HR file.

Repeat names are expected among 8,995 lines from 337 people. Follow committees on the table for party and office. This page does not assign a partisan percentage to the title string.

BUSINESS EXECUTIVE on the table is a rank, not a firm. 8,995 lines from 337 donors totaling $6,234,284 are the people who typed the rank instead of MCKINSEY & COMPANY, FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or INTEL CORPORATION. EXECUTIVE and PRESIDENT remain other title keys. The FEC field is not a compensation survey.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $6,234,284, 8,995 contributions, 337 donors, top employer BUSINESS EXECUTIVE. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts. State filings are omitted.

The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Compare EXECUTIVE, SALES, and BUSINESS OWNER on the industry index. Use occupation breakdowns for titles stored beside a named employer.

Rank titles split across several keys

BUSINESS EXECUTIVE grouped $6,234,284 from 337 donors and 8,995 lines. EXECUTIVE, PRESIDENT, BUSINESS OWNER, BUSINESSMAN, and ENTREPRENEUR are other keys. Combining them would mix FEC fields and still miss people who typed a firm such as MCKINSEY & COMPANY, FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or INTEL CORPORATION.

SALES and BROKER are function titles, not rank synonyms. Unitemized gifts and trade-association PAC filings stay outside the $6,234,284 unless an individual receipt lists BUSINESS EXECUTIVE.

The donor table lists disclosed names and committees. LobbyVault does not attach a compensation figure to a large gift. Occupation pages show titles stored beside a named employer. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS management-of-companies total.

Keep BUSINESS EXECUTIVE’s $6,234,284, 8,995 contributions, and 337 donors on this rank title. EXECUTIVE, SALES, and BUSINESS OWNER stay on their own pages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted. Occupation breakdowns show titles stored beside a named employer. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. FEC.gov via LobbyVault is the source, not a NAICS management total.

Questions

How much have BUSINESS EXECUTIVE-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $6,234,284 to the BUSINESS EXECUTIVE employer string, from 8,995 contributions and 337 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a company PAC and not a NAICS management total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is BUSINESS EXECUTIVE the same as EXECUTIVE on FEC forms?

No. EXECUTIVE, PRESIDENT, and BUSINESS OWNER are separate grouped strings. The $6,234,284 total is only receipts whose employer text grouped to BUSINESS EXECUTIVE. LobbyVault does not merge those titles. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts are omitted.

Does this include people who typed a company such as Ford or Intel?

No. FORD MOTOR COMPANY and INTEL CORPORATION are separate employer strings. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text BUSINESS EXECUTIVE. Staff who listed a firm name are in those other rows. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed BUSINESS EXECUTIVE?

The rollup counts 337 donors and 8,995 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a census of working executives. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.