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Matthew Moroun
Private Sector Figure · Owner, Detroit International Bridge Company
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Matthew T. Moroun is an American billionaire businessman who heads the Moroun family transportation empire, including the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, which he inherited control of from his father Manuel Moroun. He has documented financial connections to Donald Trump, including donations to Trump-affiliated political committees. Forbes has estimated the Moroun family net worth at approximately $1.5 billion.
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Moroun lobbies Lutnick before Trump threatens Gordie Howe Bridge
Met with Commerce Secretary Lutnick on February 9 to lobby against the Gordie Howe Bridge, whose competition would reduce toll revenues flowing exclusively to his family's Ambassador Bridge.
Trump threatens to block Gordie Howe Bridge opening to punish Canada
Stands to benefit commercially if the Gordie Howe Bridge is blocked or delayed, as it would protect the Ambassador Bridge's monopoly on cross-border toll traffic in the Detroit-Windsor corridor.
Moroun donates $1M to MAGA Inc. before lobbying against rival bridge
Donated $1 million to MAGA Inc. on January 16, 2026 — his largest-ever federal political donation — while his company lobbied against the Gordie Howe Bridge, a direct competitor to his family's Ambassador Bridge.
Trump order scraps the rules behind federal environmental reviews
Transportation & Infrastructure sector — Shorter NEPA review cycles also benefit highway, transit, port, and bridge projects across the transportation and infrastructure sector by reducing the federal review burden on major capital projects.
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