The Koch family foundations are a group of charitable foundations in the United States associated with the family of Fred C. Koch.
 The most prominent of these are the Charles Koch Foundation and the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation, created by Charles Koch and David Koch, two sons of Fred C. Koch who own the majority of Koch Industries, an oil, gas, paper, and chemical conglomerate which is the US's second-largest privately held company.
 Charles' and David's foundations have provided millions of dollars to a variety of organizations, including libertarian and conservative think tanks.
 Areas of funding include think tanks, political advocacy, climate change scepticism, higher education scholarships, cancer research, arts, and science.
Charles de Ganahl Koch ( ; born November 1, 1935) is an American businessman, political donor and philanthropist.
 He is co-owner, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of Koch Industries since 1967, while his brother David Koch serves as Executive Vice President.
 Charles and David each own 42% of the conglomerate.
 The brothers inherited the business from their father, Fred C. Koch, then expanded the business.
 Originally involved exclusively in oil refining and chemicals, Koch Industries now includes process and pollution control equipment and technologies; polymers and fibers; minerals; fertilizers; commodity trading and services; forest and consumer products; and ranching.
 The businesses produce a wide variety of well-known brands, such as Stainmaster carpet, the Lycra brand of spandex fiber, Quilted Northern tissue and Dixie Cup.
Charles E. Bunch (born c. 1950) is an American businessman who served as the chairman and chief executive officer of PPG Industries, Inc., until succeeded by Michael H. McGarry on September 1, 2015.
 Since 2002, he had been a director and prior to becoming president and chief executive officer in March 2005 and chairman and chief executive officer in July 2005, Bunch was president and chief operating officer from July 2002.
 He was the executive vice president from 2000 to 2002 and senior vice president of Strategic Planning and Corporate Services from 1997 to 2000.
 Bunch is also a director of the H. J. Heinz Company and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
 He attended Georgetown University as an undergraduate and received his MBA from Harvard University in 1979.
Jonathan Ornstein is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mesa Air Group, Inc., and was appointed effective May 1, 1998.
 From April 1996 to his joining the company as Chief Executive Officer, Ornstein served as President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Virgin Express, a European airline.
 From 1995 to April 1996, Ornstein served as Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Express Holdings, Inc.
 Ornstein joined Continental Express as President and Chief Executive Officer in July 1994 and, in November 1994, was named Senior Vice President, Airport Services at Continental Airlines.
 Ornstein was previously employed by the company from 1988 to 1994, as Executive Vice President and as President of the company’s WestAir Holding, Inc., subsidiary.
Glen F. Post III (born October 4, 1952) is the chief executive officer and president of CenturyLink, an S&P 500 integrated communications service provider based out of Monroe, Louisiana.
 He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting in 1974 at Louisiana Tech University and an MBA in 1976 at Louisiana Tech.
 Post joined CenturyTel in 1976.
 He was named vice president in 1982 and was promoted to senior vice president and treasurer in 1984.
 He was appointed to the CenturyTel board of directors in 1985, and the following year he was promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer.
 In 1988 Post was named executive vice president and chief operating officer.
 He became the president and chief operating officer of CenturyTel in 1990.
 In 1992 Post was named vice chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer.
 In 2002 he was appointed chairman of the board and chief executive officer.
 Since 2009 Post has served as chief executive officer and president of CenturyLink.
 His honors include: Louisiana Tech College of Administration and Business Distinguished Alumni in 1991, Louisiana Tech University Tower Medallion Award in 1997 and DeGree Enterprises Lifetime Achievement Award in Business 2003.
Bradley Wayne Hughes (born September 28, 1933) is the founder and chairman of Public Storage, the largest self-storage company in America doing business as a REIT or real estate investment trust.
 As of 2014, Hughes is worth $2.2 billion.
 Known all his life by his middle name, B. Wayne Hughes was the company's President and Co-Chief Executive Officer from 1980 until November 1991 when he became Chairman of the Board and sole Chief Executive Officer.
 He retired as Chief Executive Officer in November 2002 and remains Chairman of the Board.
 He was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from 1990 until March 1998 of Public Storage Properties XI, Inc., which was renamed PS Business Parks, Inc. ("PSB"), an affiliated REIT.
 From 1989-90 until the respective dates of merger, he was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of 18 affiliated REITs that were merged into the Company between September 1994 and May 1998 (collectively, the "Merged Public Storage REITs").
 has been active in the real estate investment field for over 30 years.
David Hamilton Koch ( ; born May 3, 1940) is an American businessman, philanthropist, political activist, and chemical engineer.
 He joined the family business Koch Industries, a conglomerate that is the second-largest privately held company in the United States, in 1970.
 He became president of the subsidiary Koch Engineering in 1979, and became a co-owner of Koch Industries, with older brother Charles, in 1983.
 He is now an executive vice president.
 Koch is an influential libertarian.
 He was the 1980 candidate for Vice President of the United States from the United States Libertarian Party and helped finance the campaign.
 He founded Citizens for a Sound Economy.
 He and his brother Charles have donated to political advocacy groups and to political campaigns, almost entirely Republican.
Siddharth N. "Bobby" Mehta was former CEO and vice chairman of HSBC North America.
 Mehta served as an Advisor of TransUnion since December 31, 2012.
 Mehta serves as consultant of TransUnion.
 He served the chief executive officer and president of TransUnion from August 2007 to December 31, 2012, and Transunion Financing Corp. until December 31, 2012.
 From May 2007 to July 2007, he served as a consultant to the board of directors at TransUnion.
 He served as the chief executive officer and president of TransUnion until December 31, 2012.
 He served as the chief executive officer of TransUnion LLC.
 He served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of HSBC Finance Corporation from April 2005 to February 2007.
 He served as chief executive officer and president of TransUnion LLC from 2007 to 2012.
 From 1998 to 2007, he held a variety of positions with HSBC Finance Corporation and HSBC North America Holdings, Inc.
 Mehta served as chief executive officer of HSBC North America until February 2007.
 Mehta served as consultant of TransUnion since May 2007 until July 2007.
 Mehta served as group managing director of HSBC Holdings PLC of HSBC Finance Corp. since April 30, 2005, and its unit chief executive officer since March 2005.
 He served as the chief executive of HS BC North America Holdings Inc., of HSBC Finance Corp., from March 2005 to February 15, 2007.
 He served as an executive chairman of HSBC Financial Corporation Limited since April 2005 and served as its chief executive officer from April 2005 to February 15, 2007.
 He served as the chief executive officer of HSBC Bank USA, N.A. until February 2007.
 He served as the chief executive officer of HSBC North America Holdings Inc. since March 2005.
 He served as chairman and chief executive officer of HSBC Financial Corp., Ltd.
 He oversaw HSBC's global credit card services, its North American consumer lending and mortgage services businesses and its first mortgage operation.
 He was also responsible for corporate marketing, strategic planning and corporate development for HSBC North America Holdings Inc. and had responsibility for the strategic management of credit cards throughout the HSBC Group.
 Mehta served as group executive of Credit Card Services, Auto Finance and Canada of Household International Inc., since July 2002.
 He worked at MasterCard’s U.S. region board since March 2000.
 Mehta joined Household International Inc., in 1998.
 He served as senior vice president of The Boston Consulting Group in Los Angeles and co-leader of Boston Consulting Group Financial Services Practice in the United States.
 Mehta served as a director of Global Board of MasterCard Incorporated since March 17, 2005.
 He served as unit chairman of HSBC Holdings PLC and served as its board member since March 2005.
 He served as vice chairman and director of HSBC Financial Corporation Limited., (Formerly Household International Inc.).
 He has been a director of Avant Credit Corporation since December 18, 2014.
 He has been an independent director of The Allstate Corporation since February 19, 2014.
 He serves as a member of the advisory board at Core2 Group, Inc.
 He has been non-executive independent director at Piramal Enterprises Ltd since April 1, 2013.
 He serves on the boards of Datacard, Chicago Public Education Fund, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, The Economic Club of Chicago, The Field Museum and Myelin Repair Foundation.
 He serves as a director of TransUnion Corp. and TransUnion LLC.
 He served as a director of MasterCard International Inc. (also known as MasterCard Worldwide) (formerly, MasterCard Inc.), since March 17, 2005.
 He served as a director of HSBC Financial Corp.
 Ltd.
 He has been a director of TransUnion since April 2012.
 Mehta serves on the board of international advisors for the Monterey, California, Institute of International Studies and is a member of the Financial Services Roundtable.
 He also serves on the board of advisors for the Myelin Repair Foundation.
 Mehta holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the London School of Economics and Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
 He stepped down as head of the North American unit after the lender raised its forecast for bad loans in the U.S.
 He is of Indian descent.
The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded as the Charles Koch Foundation in 1974 by Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the conglomerate Koch Industries.
 In July 1976, the name was changed to the Cato Institute.
ABKO Properties was a joint venture between Wichita, Kansas real estate entrepreneur George Ablah and Wichita-based Koch Industries formed specifically to purchase Chrysler Realty Corporation in the late 1970s from a hard-pressed Lee Iacocca.
 Koch Industries is ranked 2 among the Forbes list of largest private companies.
 Chrysler Realty Corporation purchases, leases or options dealership facilities and then leases or subleases these facilities to Chrysler dealers.
 The name ABKO was derived from the first two letters of Ablah’s name and the first two letters of Charles Koch’s name, who is head of Koch Industries.
 At the time ABKO was formed, Chrysler was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Question: What is the name of the billionaire snake who funds conservative thank tanks aimed at destroying the American way of life and is the chief executive officer of Koch Industries?
Answer: Charles de Ganahl Koch