Here is the Democratic Hedge Funders’ Top Choice for President

The top hedge fund donors are backing Pete Buttigieg for the Democratic ticket.

(Callaghan O'Hare/Bloomberg)

(Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg)

The Democratic presidential primary field is the most diverse ever, filled with women and people of color. But hedge fund managers seem to prefer young white men — none of them frontrunners in the race.

Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, took in the most campaign cash from top hedge fund managers through the first half of the year, according to an analysis of data that Institutional Investor compiled from OpenSecrets.org.

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