# Timashev 5M to V PAC September 2026 On **September 14, 2026**, [[Ratmir Timashev]] gave **$5,000,000.00** to [[V PAC Victors Not Victims]], the Republican super PAC supporting [[Vivek Ramaswamy]] for governor of Ohio. It is his **second** contribution of that size to the committee, and it takes him to **$10,000,000.00** for the cycle — from a standing start, having made no political contributions in Ohio or at the federal level before 2026. ## Terms | Item | Detail | |---|---| | Contributor | **TIMASHEV, RATMIR**, 573 Indian Field Road, Greenwich, Connecticut; occupation **Entrepreneur**, employer **Self Employed** | | Recipient | **V-PAC: VICTORS, NOT VICTIMS**, FEC committee **C00892919** | | Amount | **$5,000,000.00** | | Contribution date | **2026-09-14** | | Schedule / line | Schedule A, line **11(a)(i)** — contribution from an individual | | Transaction ID | `SA11A.956774` | | Disclosed | **Form 3X**, file **2023557**, `F3XN` (original), coverage **2026-07-01 to 2026-09-30**, received **2026-10-15** | | Aggregate on the filing | **$10,000,000.00**, which reconciles exactly against the first tranche | | First tranche | **$5,000,000.00** dated **2026-05-12**, file **1993682** | The aggregate column is internally consistent here: $5,000,000.00 (May 12) + $5,000,000.00 (September 14) = **$10,000,000.00**. The row carries no memo flag on field 42, so it is live money rather than a restated attribution. ## Who he is Timashev left Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union to study at **Ohio State University** and built most of his fortune through **Veeam**, the data-backup software company he co-founded. In 2023 he gave Ohio State **$110 million** for its Center for Software Innovation — the largest single gift in the university's history — and he has said publicly that he wants to bring a hundred AI startups to Columbus and make Ohio's capital "the next Silicon Valley." **He was not a political donor.** Per the *Ohio Capital Journal*, he had made **no** political contributions in Ohio or at the federal level before the second quarter of 2026. The $10,000,000.00 recorded here is his entire disclosed political giving, and all of it is in one race. ## Why it matters **This is a new tech fortune entering electoral politics at the state level, and it entered at eight figures.** The vault's coverage of tech money in the 2026 cycle has run mainly through federal vehicles — the Fairshake network, Leading the Future, [[Public First]]-side AI money. Timashev is a different shape: a single-state, single-race, single-committee donor whose stated interest is the economic development of the state whose governorship he is helping to buy. The Columbus AI-startup ambition and the gubernatorial spending are the same project described two ways, and the governor's office is the instrument. **Together with [[Jeff Yass]] at $30,000,000.00, two men account for the large majority of the committee.** In July, press reporting put five named billionaires — Yass, Timashev, [[Elon Musk]], [[Bill Ackman]] and [[Ross Stevens]] — at a combined $37 million, more than 88% of V-PAC's funding. The Q3 report adds $15,000,000.00 from two of those five and no new name at or above the $1,000,000.00 floor. **The late-disclosure pattern applies here too.** The money arrived in mid-September and was not public until **October 15**, because the committee files quarterly. See [[Yass 10M to V PAC August 2026]] for the same mechanism at twice the size. ## See Also - [[Ratmir Timashev]] · [[Vivek Ramaswamy]] · [[Jeff Yass]] · [[Elon Musk]] · [[Bill Ackman]] · [[Ross Stevens]] - [[V PAC Victors Not Victims]] · [[OH-Gov-2026]] - [[Yass 10M to V PAC August 2026]] · [[Yass 20M to V PAC Ramaswamy Ohio]] - [[Super PACs]] · [[Dark Money]] - [[Deals Hub]]