According to the speaker, how much does an ambassadorship in the U.S. cost?

Codie SanchezFounder @ Contrarian Thinking

Money IS Power

31 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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Codie Sanchez describes how a Goldman Sachs colleague became U.S. ambassador to Canada after donating roughly a million dollars directly to a president, plus a couple million more through a pack. She argues this proves money is power and that negative views of wealth are misguided.

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About a million dollars directly donated to a president, plus a couple million dollars donated in a pack.

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I was in Chicago at the time I was working at Goldman Sachs. The head of the Chicago office was a guy by the name Bruce. One day I find out Bruce becomes the ambassador to Canada. I was like, canada? How did that happen? And so I started talking to a few other people and I realized, oh, you buy ambassadorships in the U.S. and so you could Google right now and see what the average ambassadorship in the US costs. The answer is about a million dollars directly donated to a president, plus a couple million dollars donated in a pack. That flipped my perspective entirely. To realize money really just is power. I think there's a lot bigger issue with t many people thinking money is bad than too many people thinking money is good. Can you imagine how wide open your ability must be for abundance if you're like, oh, yeah, I'm going to buy a position of authority in the world.