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. | 23 |
Amazon | 17 |
RAND Corporation | 16 |
WestExec Advisors | 16 |
Albright Capital Management / Albright Stonebridge / Dentons Global Advisors | 13 |
The Boeing Company | 12 |
Deloitte LLP | 11 |
Airbnb | 10 |
SKDK | 10 |
Atlantic Council | 9 |
Education
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
Harvard University | 61 |
Georgetown University | 53 |
Columbia University | 26 |
University of California | 26 |
George Washington University | 25 |
Yale University | 25 |
New York University | 22 |
Johns Hopkins University | 21 |
University of Michigan | 20 |
University of Pennsylvania | 17 |
Financial
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. | 15 |
JP Morgan Chase | 14 |
Goldman Sachs & Company | 12 |
Morgan Stanley | 11 |
Blackstone Group, Inc. | 7 |
Capital One Financial Corporation | 7 |
Bank of America Corporation | 6 |
AARP Defined Benefit Pension | 4 |
Citigroup | 4 |
Gates Ventures | 4 |
Government
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
State of California | 27 |
District of Columbia | 20 |
California Public Employees' Retirement System CalPERS | 18 |
New York City | 15 |
New York State | 14 |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts | 11 |
Commonwealth of Virginia | 10 |
State of Maryland | 9 |
State of Rhode Island | 9 |
City of Boston | 8 |
Law Firms
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
Covington and Burling | 14 |
WilmerHale | 12 |
Latham & Watkins LLP | 8 |
Kirkland & Ellis LLP | 7 |
Boies Schiller | 6 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 6 |
Sidley Austin LLP | 6 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | 4 |
O'Melveny & Myers LLP | 4 |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | 4 |
Media
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
NBC Universal | 10 |
CNN | 7 |
Comcast Corporation | 5 |
Turner Broadcasting System | 5 |
CBS Entertainment Group | 4 |
Discovery, Inc. | 4 |
New York Times Company | 4 |
ABC News | 3 |
Charter Communications Inc. | 3 |
Netflix, Inc. | 3 |
Non-Profits
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
Center for American Progress | 43 |
Brookings Institution | 31 |
National Security Action | 22 |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | 16 |
Council on Foreign Relations | 16 |
The Aspen Institute, Inc. | 15 |
New Venture Fund | 14 |
Center for a New American Security | 13 |
Center for Strategic and International Studies | 13 |
Obama Foundation | 13 |
Political
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
Biden for President | 98 |
Democratic Party | 95 |
59th Presidential Inaugural Committee | 49 |
Kamala Harris Campaigns | 14 |
Warren for President | 13 |
Pete for America | 8 |
Beto for America | 6 |
Democratic National Committee Services Corporation | 5 |
Mike Bloomberg 2020 | 5 |
Organization Together 2020 | 5 |
Technology
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
Microsoft | 26 |
Facebook / Meta | 21 |
Google / Alphabet | 21 |
Lyft, Inc | 15 |
Uber | 12 |
Apple | 11 |
Twitter | 7 |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 6 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 4 |
Danaher Corporation | 3 |
Unions
Name | Appointees |
|---|---|
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) | 10 |
AFL-CIO | 6 |
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 |
Communications Workers of America | 2 |
Laborers International Union of North America | 2 |
Texas AFT | 2 |
