Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton released a list of endorsers Thursday, and not surprisingly, it features some big names from Silicon Valley.
The list includes Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt, Greylock partner Reid Hoffman and many others. Also on the list is Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who has previously publicly voiced his support for the former secretary of state.
The support for Clinton from Silicon Valley comes on the heels of rival GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s not-so-good week in tech support.
Earlier this week, Y Combinator’s Sam Altman compared Trump to Hitler. Also, Apple has declined to provide support for the upcoming Republican national convention because of Trump, even as CEO Tim Cook is planning to hold a fundraiser for House Speaker Paul Ryan.
“Trump would destroy much of what is great about America,” Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who’s also on the list, said in a statement released by Clinton’s campaign. “Hillary Clinton is the strong leader we need, and it’s important that Trump lose by a landslide to reject what he stands for.”
Zynga co-founder Mark Pincus also weighed in: “Hillary Clinton has a proven record of fighting for the American people, dating back to the beginning of her career at the Children’s Defense Fund. The American people need an advocate, not an opportunist.”
Here’s the list of more than 50 business leaders who have endorsed Clinton, provided by her campaign:
Miki Agrawal, Founder and CEO of Thinx
Dan Akerson, Former Chairman and CEO of General Motors
Richard Anderson, Executive Chairman, Delta Air Lines
Stewart Bainum Jr., Chairman of Choice Hotels International
James Bell, Former Interim CEO of Boeing; Former Corporate President and CFO of Boeing
Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce
Nathan Blecharczyk, Co-Founder and CTO of Airbnb
Jeff Brotman, Co-Founder and Chairman of Costco Wholesale Corporation
Warren E. Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
Robert Burt, Retired Chairman, CEO FMC Corporation; Former Chairman Business Roundtable
Ron Busby, President and CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers
Brook Byers, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Peter Chernin, CEO, The Chernin Group
Brian Chesky, Co-Founder and CEO of Airbnb
Jim Cicconi, Senior Executive Vice President, AT&T Services
David Crane, Former CEO of NRG Energy
Erroll Davis, Retired Chancellor, University System of Georgia
Barry Diller, Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC and Expedia
John Doerr, Partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and Byers
Margot Dorfman, President and CEO of U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Candy Ergen, Co-Founder, DISH Network
Joe Gebbia, Co-Founder and CPO of Airbnb
Reed Hastings, Founder and CEO of Netflix
Reid Hoffman, Partner at Greylock
Drew Houston, Founder and CEO of Dropbox
George Hume, President and CEO of Basic American Foods
Irwin Jacobs, Founding Chairman and CEO Emeritus of Qualcomm
Paul Jacobs, Executive Chairman, Qualcomm
Leila Janah, Founder and CEO of Sama and Laxmi
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Chairman and CEO, Magic Johnson Enterprises
Robert Johnson, Chairman, The RLJ Companies and Founder of Black Entertainment Television
Andrea Jung, CEO of Grameen America, and Former CEO of Avon
Lynn Jurich, CEO and Co-Founder of Sunrun
David Karp, Founder and CEO of Tumblr
Ellen Kullman, Former Chair and CEO of DuPont
Debra Lee, Chairman and CEO of Black Entertainment Television
Ted Leonsis, Founder and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Aaron Levie, Co-Founder and CEO of Box
Peter Lowy, CEO of Westfield
Monica Lozano, Former Chairman and CEO, U.S. Hispanic Media
Rob Marcus, Former Chairman and CEO Time Warner Cable
William L. McComb, CEO (retired) of Liz Claiborne & Fifth and Pacific Companies
Rebecca Minkoff, Founder of Rebecca Minkoff
Hamid R. Moghadam, Chairman and CEO of Prologis
James J. Murren, Chairman and CEO, MGM Resorts International and Chairman, MGM Growth Properties
Charles Phillips, CEO of Infor
Mark Pincus, Co-Founder of Zynga
Laura M. Ricketts, Co-Owner, Chicago Cubs
Gary Rodkin, CEO (retired) of ConAgra Foods
Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Alphabet
Jim Sinegal, Co-Founder, Director and former CEO of Costco
Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO and Co-Founder, Yelp
Walter Ulloa, Chairman and CEO, Entravision Communications Corporation
Wendell P. Weeks, Chairman of the Board, CEO and President, Corning Incorporated
Anne Wojcicki, CEO and Co-Founder, 23andme
Photo: Hillary Clinton. (Getty Images)
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