Feb
02
An Early Trump Backer Awaits His Reward
ByBefore he bet big on Donald J. Trump last spring, Duke Buchan III was a mostly anonymous figure on Wall Street.
He was financially successful and played polo, but unlike many of the large donors that flock toward presidential candidates in an election year, he was not a billionaire or a big-name financier.
Poor investment returns forced him to shutter his hedge fund in 2011, although he did sock away enough to maintain three residences — a sprawling horse farm in upstate New York, a home in Palm Beach and an apartment on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan…
An Early Trump Backer Awaits His Reward
