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'''Charles G. Koch''' is one of the billionaire brothers who co-own [[Koch Industries]], one of the largest privately-held companies in the world.<ref>Forbes.com [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/21/private-companies-09_Koch-Industries_VMZQ.html America's Largest Private Companies- Koch Industries], accessed July 2, 2014.</ref> The ''New Yorker'' has described Charles Koch and his brother [[David Koch]] as "longtime libertarians who believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy, and much less oversight of industry—especially environmental regulation."<ref name="mayer">Jane Mayer, "[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=all Covert Operations]," ''New Yorker'', August 30, 2010. Accessed July 2, 2014.</ref> The Kochs have built and bankrolled a powerful network of foundations, think tanks, and politically active organizations that try to influence elections and policy.