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Pioneer Profiles: George W. Bush's $100,000 Club
 
Name: W. L. Brown, Jr.
Occupation: Retired Chair & CEO, Brown-Forman Corp.
Industry: Miscellaneous Business
Home: Louisville, Kentucky

Political Contributions:
Bush Gubernatorial Races: 
 $1,000
Republican Hard Money: 
$87,750
Republican Soft Money: 
$80,000
Democratic Hard Money: 
$0
Democratic Soft Money: 
$0
Federal PAC Hard Money:
$500
Total Contributions:
$169,250
Soft Money from Employer:
$448,097
to Republicans:
$347,800
to Democrats:
$100,297
Brown retired in ’93 as head of this company that makes Jack Daniel’s, Southern Comfort, Korbel Champagne, Lenox china and Hartmann luggage. After Brown’s departure, the company took a bold step in ‘99—naming the first woman to its board. 

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