From Wikipedia, the trustiest of sources:
George Christopher Zoley (born February 7, 1950) is a Greek-born American businessman, the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and founder of the GEO Group, which manages prisons and jails in the US and internationally.
Surprisingly, Wikipedia is out of date. The position of CEO is no longer held by George Zoley, but rather J. David Donahue.
The private prison behemoth GEO Group became the first corporation whose PAC maxed out to former President Donald Trump’s campaign in late February, according to a CREW analysis of campaign finance records. That same month, the company used a subsidiary to give an additional $500,000 to a pro-Trump super PAC. [1]
According to the Federal Election Commission, George Zoley has personally donated more than $2.2 million to various PACs since 2016:
George Zoley (nee Zolis) came over as a 3 year-old on the ship the “Nea Hellas” from Piraeus, Greece on September 3, 1953. He was 3. . . Today his net worth is estimated at nearly $100 million, approximately half of which is in Geo stock. He purchased over $3 million worth just last August. [2]
Thanks to George’s investments in the re-election of President Donald Trump, $GEO is up more than 100% year-over-year.
GEO Group Chairman George Zoley said the company stands to gain up to $1 billion in additional revenue from detaining and surveilling undocumented immigrants. . . Zoley said GEO Group is “the single largest contractor to ICE” and the “largest provider of secure transportation services for ICE.” [3]
While various philosophers and scholars spent April illegally detained in his prisons across Louisiana, George Zoley (presumably) enjoyed Greek Orthodox Easter with his family in Boca Raton.
- GEO Group owns and operates the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center where Rumeysa Öztürk is illegally detained.
- They also own and operate the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center where Mahmoud Khalil is unconstitutionally held.
Öztürk was disappeared when she was detained, Pressley said, adding that the student was denied food, water and the opportunity to seek legal counsel. Khalil missed the birth of his first child, Pressley said. She described Donald Trump as a dictator with a draconian vision for the US.
“They are setting the foundational floor to violate the due process and free speech of every person who calls this country home, whatever your status is,” she said. “It could be you tomorrow for suffering a miscarriage. It could be you tomorrow for reading a banned book.” [4]
Αληθώς, το χαρτοφυλάκιό του ανέστη!
[1] https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/private-prison-behemoth-is-first-corporation-to-max-out-to-trump (July 3, 2024)
[2] https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/03/immigrant-owner-of-ice-detention-center-doubles-his-money-with-trump/68123 (March 13, 2025)
[3] https://theappeal.org/geo-group-earnings-mass-deportations (Feb 27, 2025)
[4] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/mahmoud-khalil-rumeysa-ozturk-ice-detention (Apr 22, 2025)
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