released on Thursday. Mellon’s contribution is now considered to be the largest disclosed individual donation in the 2024 election., a private manufacturing and transportation company. This year, he plans to release a memoir about his experience as chairman, published by Skyhorse Publishing, titledin a landmark hush-money trial. Mellon has also donated at least $20 million to the campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
TIME has reached out to the Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaigns for comment and further information. A billboard, pictured here on Feb. 9, 2024, in Michigan, was launched by the Democratic National Committee to highlight how Robert F. Kennedy's Super PAC was reportedly receiving millions from Donald Trump's largest donor, Timothy Mellon., Mellon is the great-grandson of Thomas Mellon, an Irish immigrant who came to the U.S. in 1818. Thomas was a lawyer and judge who invested his money in various real estate projects and banking.