Donor profile: John Childs

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"… : None found Total spent on lobbying (2007-2012): None found Biography: John Childs, 70, is CEO and board chairman of J.W. Childs Associates, a private equity …"

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"… e and Thompson.Top donors to Club for Growth Action are private equity CEO John Childs ($1.1 million), libertarian Pay-Pal founder Peter Thiel ($1 million), and …"

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Excerpts from this story referencing "John Childs":

"… irm, Paul Singer of Elliott Management, Wyoming investor Foster Friess and John Childs, chairman and CEO of a private equity firm.Eighty percent of super PAC con …"