[mschuster91]

The group used to be pretty secretive and unknown until a hacker managed to discover Dialog not protecting their membership data properly - and found, among others, a shit ton of billionaires [1] and politicians including former German health minister Jens Spahn [2].

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/06/18/what-we...

[2] https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/das-spahn-netzwerk/2026/06/1...

[dgellow]

Part of the list:

General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's supreme allied commander Europe

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent

Army secretary Dan Driscoll

Hallie Hoffman, acting chief of staff of the Drug Enforcement Administration

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn)

Wes Moore, Maryland governor

Jared Polis, Colorado governor

Tom Lue, general counsel and head of governance at Google DeepMind

Randy Kroszner, a former governor of the Federal Reserve

Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League

Peter Goettler, president of the Cato Institute

Ryan Stowers, executive director of the Charles Koch Foundation

Roger Myerson, Nobel laureate economist

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law

Neal Mohan, YouTube CEO

Scooter Braun, Music manager

Ezra Klein, political commentator

Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post reporter

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, actor

Sophia Bush, actress

Rick Warren, evangelical pastor

Elon Musk ($1.3 trillion)

Eric Schmidt ($40.1 billion)

Peter Thiel ($27.8 billion)

Henry Kravis ($12.2 billion)

Marcos Galperin ($6.8 billion)

Mike Cannon-Brookes ($7.7 billion)

Scott Cook ($4.4 billion)

Barry Sternlicht ($3.1 billion)

Nicolas Berggruen ($2.9 billion)

John Arnold ($2.8 billion)

Joe Lonsdale ($2.8 billion)

Reid Hoffman ($2.7 billion)

[rubyfan]

This is likely more an invite list than a membership list. Not defending it. But it's more like being a high profile, influential or powerful person and being invited to an exclusive conference than it is being a member of SPECTRE.

[rayiner]

What meaningful complaint can you have about a meeting that includes Ted Cruz on one side and Wes Moore on the other; both Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman?

[Terr_]

If you mean in terms of political party leaning, we've had many years to observe how Rich vs Poor can override Right vs Left.

[XorNot]

It does? Because from recent US election results the exact opposite would seem to be true.

[rayiner]

Are Corey Booker, Wes Moore, and Jared Polis rich?

[ares623]

I make $500k/year TC, that means I'm rich right? Right?

[evan_]

$500k is a heck of a lot closer to $0 than it is to $1B

[FireBeyond]

Which shows the great divide plainly. $450K individual TC puts you in the 1% as of 2025.

[HWR_14]

I'm trying to understand if you think that you are rich or not. Every time I read it I flip if you are serious or sarcastic.

[krapp]

I want to know what the hell Joseph Gordon-Levitt is planning...

[thephyber]

He has been politically active trying to roll back CDA Section 230 protections for social media companies because he conflates social media algorithms being “editorial” with what actions are actually protected by CDA 230.

He made an pinned Instagram post about his association with this group (link to his account, not to the post):

https://www.instagram.com/hitrecordjoe/

[derektank]

He’s involved in the effective altruism movement and Hollywood AI policy

[vrganj]

Most shockingly, Kaja Kallas, EU Foreign Representative.

[cmxch]

Find the hacktivist and ensure that that the book of law is thrown good and hard at them in court.

No different than if the opposition did the same to a left leaning/sympathizing group.