Leandro Rizzuto Jr.
Net worth: $3.5 Billion
- A longtime Trump supporter and donor. Rizzuto Jr. was nominated to be Ambassador to Barbados in Trump’s first administration, but his nomination was opposed on a bipartisan basis due to his conspiracy-filled tweets alleging that, among other things, Ted Cruz and his wife had conspired to end the United States by forming a super-state with Mexico and Canada. Rizzuto Jr. also called Hillary Clinton a “terrorist with amnesia” and Mitt Romney a “Dumb Ass”.
- Rizzuto Jr. inherited his wealth from his father, Leandro Rizzuto, who founded Conair.
- To avoid the controversy of a second Senate confirmation, Rizzuto was nominated to a non-confirmed position as Consul General to Bermuda in May 2020.
- In December 2024, Trump announced that he would be nominating Rizzuto Jr. to the position of Ambassador to the Organization of American States.
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