Hedge Fund Founder Andrew Redleaf Talks Politics, Says He’ll Vote ‘Blue No Matter Who’ – Even Sanders (Forbes) Andrew Redleaf, the founder of hedge fund Whitebox Advisors, has for some time expressed concerns over issues facing small businesses in the U.S. More recently, his efforts have led him to get involved in politics at the grassroots level. To this end he has funded the Lincoln Project, a conservative super PAC opposed to President Donald J. Trump. With the Democratic primary now in full swing, Redleaf was asked to assess the political landscape as an investor. He turned out to be very outspoken on a host of issues that should be of interest to market participants and political analysts alike. Below is an edited transcript of the conversation held Feb. 8.