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Christopher Drew And Raymond Hernandez, “Loyal Network Backs Obama After His Help,” The New York Times, 10/1/07

John W. Rogers Jr.
Who Am I?

John W. Rogers Jr. Is Chairman, CEO & Chief Investment Officer And Lead Portfolio Manager Of Ariel Investments. (Ariel Investments Website, www.arielinvestments.com, Accessed 5/20/08)

  • Ariel Investments Is A Privately Owned Chicago-Based Money Management Firm That Manages Separate Accounts For Corporate, Public, Union, And Non-Profit Organizations, As Well As Serves As The Investment Adviser To Its Publicly Traded, No-Load Mutual Funds. (Ariel Investments Web site, www.arielinvestments.com, Accessed 5/20/08)

Rogers And Other Ariel Executives, Who Do Business With The City Of Chicago Pensions, Gave Large Quantities Of Money To Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Despite Limits On Contributions For City Contractors Because Of A Loophole For Pension Funds. (Todd Lighty, Laurie Cohen and John McCormick, “How Daley Campaign Keeps The Cash Flowing,” Chicago Tribune, 2/18/07)

After Having Provided $117,500 To Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Ariel Investment And Its Executives Are the Second Largest Contributors With Ties To State Pension Business, Managing $578 Million In State Pension Funds. (Dave McKinney and Chris Fusco, “Pension Fund Firms Big Donors To Gov,” Chicago Sun-Times, 10/3/05)

  • “Ariel President John Rogers Said The Donations Reflect A Close Philosophical Alignment With Blagojevich.” (Dave McKinney and Chris Fusco, “Pension Fund Firms Big Donors To Gov,” Chicago Sun-Times, 10/3/05)

John Rogers Has Been Connected To Tony Rezko Through Released Court Documents; The Government Case Against Rezko Stated That In 2004, Rezko Raised $22,500 For Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Through Rogers. (U.S. vs. Rezko, Trail Exhibits, “Rezko Donation Chart June 2001 To August 2004,” U.S. Department Of Justice, www.usdoj.gov, 3/7/08)

Facts About Me and Barack

“As An Illinois State Senator, Obama Appeared Before Illinois Pension Funds In 2000 And 2001 To Urge That They Provide More Business To Black-Owned Investment Houses Including, As It Happens, Ariel.” (Andrew Malcolm, “Obama And Rezko, The Early Years,” Los Angeles Times’ “Top Of The Ticket” Blog, latimesblogs.latimes.com, 4/7/08)

  • “In 2002, The Year After Obama Made The Pitch, The Illinois Teacher Retirement System Reported An 18% Increase In Assets Managed By Minority-Owned Firms. Ariel’s Share Grew To $442 Million By 2005.” (Andrew Malcolm, “Obama And Rezko, The Early Years,” Los Angeles Times’ “Top Of The Ticket” Blog, latimesblogs.latimes.com, 4/7/08)
  • “In 2006, After The Federal Investigation Became Public, The Teacher Pension Board Severed Its Relationship With Ariel, Concluding That Ariel’s Investment Returns Were Insufficient.” (Andrew Malcolm, “Obama And Rezko, The Early Years,” Los Angeles Times’ “Top Of The Ticket” Blog, latimesblogs.latimes.com, 4/7/08)

“In 2005, Obama Took 23 Such Private Aircraft Flights, Some To Attend Fundraisers He Headlined. … Another Was On A Plane Controlled By John Rogers, The Chairman And CEO Of Chicago’s Ariel Capital Management.” (Lynn Sweet, “Obama In Flight,” The Hill, 2/2/06

In June 2008, John Rogers Hosted An Economic Roundtable In Chicago That Featured Warren Buffet And Doubled As A Democratic Fundraiser At Which Attendees Needed To Contribute Or Raise $28,500. (Michael Luo And Christopher Drew, “Obama Picks Up Fund-Raising Pace,” The New York Times, 7/3/08)

John Rogers Was Previously Married To Desiree Glapion Rogers, Who Also Is A Bundler For Obama’s Campaign. (Matthew Mosk and Alec MacGillis, “Big Donors Among Obama's Grass Roots,” The Washington Post, 4/11/08; Obama For America Web site, www.barackobama.com, Accessed 5/19/08)

My Donations and Bundling for Barack

Rogers Is A Bundler For Obama’s Presidential Campaign And Has Committed To Raising Over $200,000. (Obama For America Web site, www.barackobama.com, Accessed 5/19/08)

What Barack Says About Me