A Google executive who told the press he heard a business pitch from Hunter Biden dismissed him as “riding daddy’s coat tails.” reports show. A report in the New York Post notes that in 2011, Hunter Biden made some pitches to Google to buy a few of business he was running in China.
The conference would have come at a time when the Obama administration, throughout which Joe Biden was the vice president, was thinking about whether to pursue antitrust action against Google. As noted by Politico, it chose not to combat the tech giant.
Kenneth Davies, who became part of the humanitarian and equity capital departments, said Hunter Biden presented them with a barrel of endeavors.
“He was pitching some crazy things like some Chinese stuff. … We kind of looked at it, and I kind of scoffed at it,” Davies said.
Davies stated Hunter Biden was relying on his name, not his understanding, to wow Google.
“He certainly did not know what he was talking about as it relates to energy. It was very much ‘I am Hunter Biden — look at the last name. Rosemont Seneca. We are brokering deals.’ He certainly did not have subject matter expertise about what he was trying to pitch,” he said, referencing an investment firm established by Hunter Biden and a number of partners.
Davies stated he might not remember the particular of the pitches made by Hunter Biden throughout the 2011 conference.
“My overall impression [was] this guy has clearly just been riding daddy’s coat tails and I have better things to do with my time,” Davies said.
Google released a declaration stating it never ever invested any cash in any of Hunter Biden’s jobs.
“These are mostly long-departed employees, and we have no record of any such investments,” the statement said.
The New York Post report said a hard drive from the laptop computer once owned by Hunter Biden had the names of multiple prominent Google executives mentioned in it.
Megan Smith, who was the vice president of New Business Development prior to being called primary innovation officer by the Obama administration in 2014, was explained by the Post as being “chummy” with Hunter Biden.
While at Google, Smith contributed more than $75,000 to the Democratic Party, the Post reported.
The Post kept in mind that Hunter Biden’s computer lists as contacts governmental figures, such as previous Secretary of State John Kerry and previous Ambassador to China Max Baucus, to name a few.
When they called the number noted in the laptop computer, the Post’s reporters reached Kerry’s voicemail. Baucus had a Chinese contact number noted, and the Post was not able to reach him.
That, according to GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, is seriously worrisome.
“Once again, this raises questions about the extent to which Hunter Biden used his father’s name for personal gain. Why does Hunter have these contacts? Did he ever meet or contact these individuals in their official capacity? And if so, how did those contacts benefit Hunter, his father and Biden Inc.?” he said.
