A significant financier of Nikki Haley’s presidential run is now throwing his weight behind former President Donald Trump.
According to an updated copy of the invitation to a fundraiser for a joint fundraising committee backing President Trump seen by The Epoch Times, Warren Stephens will be a co-chair of the Trump 47 Committee’s so-called Inaugural Leadership Dinner to be held on April 6 in Palm Beach, Florida.
The invitation said President Trump will be in attendance, along with Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, all of whom were candidates in the 2024 Republican presidential primary.
Mr. Stephens, CEO of Stephens Inc., along with some of his relatives, was a significant backer of former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.’s bid for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination.
According to Federal Election Commission records, Warren Stephens and his wife, Harriet Stephens, gave $2 million to a hybrid political action committee—SFA Fund Inc.—to support Ms. Haley’s candidacy in 2023.
In January 2024, Warren Stephens, Harriett Stephens, and Laura Stephens, a senior marketing communication manager at Stephens Inc., sent a collective $1 million to SFA Fund.
