SWAMP Power Rankings
The lists of organizations in Biden's Basement's SWAMP power rankings represent the organizations with the most appointee data in each category.
Business/Consultant
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
McKinsey & Co. | 28 |
Amazon | 20 |
RAND Corporation | 17 |
SKDK | 16 |
WestExec Advisors | 16 |
Albright Capital Management / Albright Stonebridge / Dentons Global Advisors | 14 |
The Boeing Company | 14 |
Deloitte LLP | 13 |
Accenture | 12 |
Pfizer | 12 |
Education
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
Georgetown University | 71 |
Harvard University | 69 |
Columbia University | 38 |
George Washington University | 31 |
Yale University | 30 |
University of California | 28 |
Johns Hopkins University | 26 |
New York University (NYU) | 24 |
University of Michigan | 22 |
American University | 20 |
Financial
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
JP Morgan Chase | 18 |
Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. | 15 |
Goldman Sachs & Company | 14 |
Morgan Stanley | 13 |
Bank of America Corporation | 10 |
AARP Defined Benefit Pension | 7 |
Blackstone Group, Inc. | 7 |
Capital One Financial Corporation | 7 |
Fannie Mae | 5 |
UBS Financial Services | 5 |
Government
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
State of California | 31 |
District of Columbia | 25 |
California Public Employees' Retirement System CalPERS | 19 |
New York City | 17 |
New York State | 16 |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts | 13 |
Commonwealth of Virginia | 12 |
City of Los Angeles | 10 |
State of California Savings Plus 401(k) | 10 |
State of Maryland | 10 |
Law Firms
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
Covington and Burling | 18 |
WilmerHale | 16 |
Latham & Watkins LLP | 11 |
Kirkland & Ellis LLP | 8 |
Sidley Austin LLP | 8 |
Boies Schiller | 7 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | 6 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 6 |
Weymouth Watson | 6 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | 4 |
Media
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
NBC Universal | 10 |
CNN | 7 |
Comcast Corporation | 6 |
Turner Broadcasting System | 6 |
CBS Entertainment Group | 4 |
Discovery, Inc. | 4 |
New York Times Company | 4 |
Omnicom Group | 4 |
ABC News | 3 |
Charter Communications Inc. | 3 |
Non-Profits
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
Center for American Progress | 46 |
Brookings Institution | 32 |
National Security Action | 23 |
The Aspen Institute, Inc. | 19 |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | 16 |
Council on Foreign Relations | 16 |
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. | 15 |
New Venture Fund | 15 |
Center for Strategic and International Studies | 14 |
Center for a New American Security | 13 |
Political
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
Democratic National Committee (DNC) | 129 |
Biden for President | 126 |
59th Presidential Inaugural Committee | 54 |
Warren for President | 17 |
Kamala Harris Campaigns | 15 |
Pete for America | 9 |
Mike Bloomberg 2020 | 8 |
Beto for America | 6 |
Democratic National Committee Services Corporation | 6 |
Organization Together 2020 | 6 |
Technology
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
Microsoft | 27 |
Google / Alphabet | 24 |
Facebook / Meta | 22 |
Lyft, Inc | 15 |
Uber | 13 |
Apple | 12 |
Twitter | 7 |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 6 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 4 |
Amida Technology Solutions, LLC Equity Interest | 3 |
Unions
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) | 10 |
AFL-CIO | 7 |
National Education Association | 6 |
International Brotherhood of Teamsters | 4 |
American Geophysical Union | 3 |
United Mine Workers of America | 3 |
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees | 2 |
American Maritime Officers | 2 |
Communications Workers of America | 2 |
Laborers International Union of North America | 2 |
