About William Foley
William Foley, executive chairman of Dun & Bradstreet and owner of the Vegas Golden Knights, has been active in business, sports, and local politics. In a December 2024 interview, Foley said he has the financial resources to help bring an NBA team to Las Vegas, noting that he owns part of T-Mobile Arena and would like to renovate it if an NBA team arrived. He also commented on national politics, stating that under the prior administration he believed there would have been "open borders" and "more inflation," and criticized policies he said provided resources to undocumented immigrants. Separately, in a November 2024 candidate interview, Foley discussed his run for chief executive of Butte-Silver Bow County in Montana, advocating for greater transparency in government meetings, enforcement of open meeting laws, and increased resources for police to address drug-related crime.
Foley has continued to emphasize his commitment to winning with the Golden Knights, stating in a 2022 interview that he likes being the underdog and that the organization has "never apologized for being aggressive" in its pursuit of a Stanley Cup. He has also been active in fintech investments, including a $100 million investment in Sightline Payments, which he described as a "next generation payment solution" for online betting and gaming. Foley has led multiple SPAC mergers, including taking Paysafe and Alight public, and has stated that he looks for "utilities" in the marketplace—companies that are "a key ingredient" and difficult to disintermediate.
Source: AI-verified profile updated from William Foley's recent appearances.
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Transcript (11 segments)
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Interviewer0:00
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Alden, I'm joined with Bill Foley. Now Bill Foley is a candidate for chief executive over in Butte, Silver Bow County. Bill, how are you doing this morning?
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Bill Foley0:15
I'm doing great. How are you doing Jane?
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Interviewer0:17
I'm doing very well. I want to thank you for being on with us this morning. Now there are a lot of issues that people over in Butte, Silver Bow are concerned about. One of which that I've heard at least is transparency. Now, when it comes to transparency, especially dealing with government agencies like the EPA, if you are elected for chief executive, how would you handle such a hard issue like that?
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Bill Foley0:39
Yeah, and I think transparency is at the heart of so many issues. You know, I think every issue people talk about seems to be that. But the problem is I want to move that process, the public further along when we make these decisions. As it is now, the decisions are made behind closed doors. And sometimes if we're lucky, we get like one night to go to a meeting and talk about our grievances with this plan, and then we get a pat on the head for participation and they just go along with what they were going to do. I think just being open and honest from the beginning with people is what we need to do. People need to have a say, and it's got to be early, before the decision is made. That way people don't get too involved with their... you know, you two married to their decision and they don't want to be questioned after they make the decision. So I think public process can work. It showed that at a certain point, a reluctant public process. When we pushed them to dump the pit down from the consent decree instead buy homes in Centerville, that fight is not completely over. The homes in Centerville are still at risk. They're looking at dumping the majority in the pit. And that came right out of a public meeting that they were elected to go with. So I think that shows right there that public participation and transparency can work if they want it.
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Interviewer1:49
And you've been critical of the current administration over transparency with the EPA. If elected, what would you do to remedy that? What would you do to make a change for your own administration moving forward?
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Bill Foley2:04
We have in Montana a lot of open meeting laws and we have minutes. I wish you see nowadays you don't have any. I mean, a lot of the meetings that we have, there's no agendas. There's no announcement. One of them are completely behind doors. I would mandate that meetings are open so that the public can view. You know, not everyone knows that an open meeting doesn't mean everyone gets to stream in all the time, but they should be able to sit and observe and see what's going on and not have to use Microsoft Teams, which a lot of people, including myself, aren't great at using. So they want to participate but they can't because of that. So I think we need to have just open meetings, follow Montana laws. It's right there, open meeting laws. You have to have minutes and let people know what's going on. And it shouldn't be that hard.
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Interviewer2:51
And another thing I was talking with some people that live over in Butte is the rise in petty crime that's going on, whether it be theft, robbery, things of that nature. What have you noticed in the Mining City in terms of crime and how would you like to see that changed?
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Bill Foley3:08
I know crime seems like it's more of an issue in different neighborhoods. There's some neighborhoods like Centerview that have a really big problem with crime, and they're just not treated fairly. I think we need to treat all our neighborhoods fairly. I know there were efforts to clean up that neighborhood, just cosmetic. We requested a dumpster for a neighborhood organized cleanup in Centerview. But we need to enforce the laws that are on the books. We need to give our police officers the resources to deal with these crimes. And the heart of a lot of this is the drug issue. Once the drug issue gets to the police, it's already beyond the point of rescue. We need to work on some kind of education and prevention. I think a little bit of prevention goes a long way when it comes to drugs. And I think we need to do a lot more than just some billboards. I think we need to get into the schools and work with the kids, showing them the dangers of these drugs before they get hooked. Because I think we all have a family member or a friend who was a really good person, took a wrong turn and ended up living in... in the driveway. It's really sad. And I think if we can prevent some of that...
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Interviewer4:19
Mr. Foley, thank you very much for joining us here on Montana This Morning. It's a pleasure to have you.
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Bill Foley4:25
Jane, it's an honor. I'm a big fan. I appreciate it. Well, thank you very much.
