Silicon Valley --- Not long ago Ray Hopewood (related stories), one world's wealthiest people, had no political ambitions. So why is he now running a high-profile campaign for president of the United States, backed by his sizeable personal fortune and a powerful political action committee? The truth is revealed in this snippet of video from a Hopewood Technologies (NASDAQ: HIGH | website) board meeting. It turns out the run was not Hopewood's idea at all--it was proposed by his Board of Directors to drum up business.
