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Fortune
Sasha Rogelberg

Jamie Dimon and Bill Gates won’t publicly criticize Trump because they need leverage in the next political firestorm, ‘CEO whisperer’ says: ‘They have to keep their powder dry’

Jamie Dimon and Bill Gates wearing suits and sitting next to each other. (Credit: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg—Getty Images)

Jamie Dimon's and Bill Gates’s support for Kamala Harris are poorly kept secrets. Microsoft cofounder Gates donated $50 million to a nonprofit supporting Harris, multiple sources told the New York Times. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon has reportedly considered a role in Harris's administration, should she be elected president.

But the magnates’ quiet support for Harris doesn’t mean they’re willing to publicly criticize former President Donald Trump as he seeks to recapture the White House. Dimon and Gates have been notably silent in their critiques of the former president, even as Trump ekes ahead of Harris in polls only weeks before the election.

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