Australian businessman Anthony Pratt has given over $15 million in support of President-elect Donald Trump, placing himself among the incoming commander-in-chief’s top five donors.
The sizable donation from the executive chairman of 100% recycled paper and packaging company Pratt Industries puts him in elite company with big-dollar contributors like Elon Musk, Timothy Mellon, Miriam Adelson and Linda McMahon.
“As I’ve said many times before, President Trump was a great president and will once again be a great president,” Pratt said.
“I’ve been proud to support him not only by making this donation, but also by investing billions in well-paying American manufacturing jobs during his first presidency. I will do so again in his upcoming presidency,” he pledged.
Most of Pratt’s donation — $14 million — will go to the Make America Great Again, Inc. super PAC, with the remaining $1.1 million going toward Trump’s inaugural fund.
Pratt, 64, has built 70 factories in the US, creating some 12,000 manufacturing jobs, making him the largest Australian employer of Americans.
Pratt had been a frequent visitor to the US since the 1980s, but applied for permanent US residency late last year, which he was recently granted.
“We decided it was time to live in America because my family are all U.S. citizens and I wanted to devote more time growing my US business,” he said.