The first in a series profiling the McCain 2008 Finance Committee, today’s money man is Donald Bren, chairman of the board of directors of The Irvine Company.

• As you would expect, the man is extremely wealthy. According to Forbes Magazine, Bren is the 104th richest person in the world with a net worth of 5.7 billion dollars.
• A Marine Corps veteran, Bren started building houses and worked his way up to a real estate empire.
• Over the last three election cycles (2002, 2004, 2006) Bren has donated $327,450 to Federal candidates and committees. Mostly republican causes, with a little more than $300,000 of that going to the RNC.
• Bren is known as a California Money Man, his rolodex is obviously wide ranging and he can command hundred of thousands of dollars in contributions quite easily.

Anyone else know anything about Donald Bren that I should know about?

Update: The Orange County Business Journal reports that Donald Bren cast his lot with McCain after being approached by both Giuliani and Romney.