{"id":363,"date":"2025-04-25T04:47:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T04:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulhansel.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:11:47","slug":"geo-group-is-named-after-greek-american-worm-george-zoley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulhansel.com\/?p=363","title":{"rendered":"GEO Group is named after George Zoley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Updated for 2026!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Wikipedia<\/a>, the trustiest of sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Christopher Zoley<\/strong> (born February 7, 1950) is a Greek-born American businessman, the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and founder of the GEO Group<\/a>, which manages prisons and jails in the US and internationally.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprisingly, Wikipedia is out of date. The position of CEO is no longer held by George Zoley, but rather J. David Donahue<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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George Zoley. Tampa Bay Times<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The private prison behemoth GEO Group became the first corporation whose PAC maxed out to former President Donald Trump\u2019s 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. <\/em>[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Federal Election Commission<\/a>, George Zoley has personally donated more than $2.2 million to various PACs since 2016:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FEC records of donations by George Zoley sorted from highest to lowest amount.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Download it here: schedule_a-2025-04-25T20_41_54.csv<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

George Zoley (nee Zolis) came over as a 3 year-old on the ship the \u201cNea Hellas\u201d from Piraeus, Greece on September 3, 1953. He was 3. . . Today his net worth is estimated at nearly $100 million<\/a>, approximately half of which is in Geo stock. He purchased over $3 million worth just last August<\/a>. <\/em>[2]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to George’s investments in the re-election of President Donald Trump, $GEO is up more than 100% year-over-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 \u201cthe single largest contractor to ICE\u201d and the \u201clargest provider of secure transportation services for ICE.\u201d <\/em>[3]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GEO Group’s stock price from May 2024 to May 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While various philosophers and scholars spent April illegally detained in his prisons across Louisiana, George Zoley (presumably<\/a>) enjoyed Greek Orthodox Easter with his family in Boca Raton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n