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The Feshbach Brothers

March 8, 2023 By Mike Rinder 14 Comments

Joe, Kurt and Matt Feshbach

 

I was either unaware, or had forgotten, that there is a 4th Feshbach brother. A reader sent me a note that about this and I was surprised.

The 3 (in)famous scientologists, Joe (now deceased), Matt and Kurt used to be mainstays of the scientology whale pod of wealthy contributors to all causes.

They have faded into the background today.

As I said, Joe passed away and his wife Cindy moved to Austin (their daughter, Jessica was Katie Holmes’ handler and formerly married to Tommy Davis).

Matt and Kathy came out second best in their battle with the IRS over $3.8 million in unpaid taxes they failed to discharge in bankruptcy due to their extravagant lifestyle.

Kurt and his wife Kannon (of pregnant portrait fame) have always been quieter and behind the scenes.

The only one out in public these days is Kathy — still shilling for the IAS on social media

So, who is this 4th brother, Dan?

Well, it turns out he is an investor who lives in Mill Valley (north of SFO):

 

Digging around a bit, I found this article from 1990 that mentions Dan.

 

 

(The Feshbachs’ older brother, Dan, 42, chose not to join the firm and is chief executive of Mortgage Information Corp., a database service in San Francisco. Besides his two master’s degrees, he differs from his brothers by not being a Scientologist. “It works for them,” Dan said, “but it’s not my thing.”)

The other brothers credit Scientology, to which they donate great sums, for their skeptical, analytical style. “I willingly donate time and money (to Scientology),” Joe Feshbach said. “I think it’s the greatest thing that ever lived, and so do my brothers.”

 

The obvious question: how is Dan not categorized as an SP? He is investing in solution for autism — which definitely entails investing in “Big Pharma”…

Have the Feshbach dynasty been PTS all along?

Does this explain why Matt, as the first guinea-pig public put through Super Power (as a result of having lost Tom Cruise’s money when he gave them some to invest), went on to file for personal bankruptcy? Or why Joe died of a heart attack way too young, and yet he was OT VII or maybe even OT VIII?

Then again, in the world of scientology, it ONLY matters how much money you have and how much you are willing to hand over. Look at Bob Duggan. His wealth comes from Big Pharma — mainstream, big time Big Pharma — but scientology is happy to have him around as long as he keeps giving.

The most sacred book in scientology is the check-book.

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Filed Under: Fundraising Tagged With: Bob Duggan, Cindy Feshbach, Dan Feshbach, Jessica Davis, Jessica Feshbach, Joe Feshbach, Kannon Feshbach, Kathy Feshbach, Kurt Feshbach, Matt Fesbach, Tommy Davis

Comments

  1. Uncomfortable says

    March 11, 2023 at 5:30 am

    “…he differs from his brothers by not being a Scientologist. “It works for them,” Dan said, “but it’s not my thing.”

    So why ‘out’ him?

    You could just simply say that the other brother does not adhere to Scientology?

    This seems like a really nasty thing to do.

    Should I “out” every person you have ever known because they had a connection to Scientology through you?

    I dunno…

    This is really uncomfortable.

    You know your followers are going to go after him right?

    Why have you done this?

    Reply
  2. Susan says

    March 9, 2023 at 12:15 pm

    Ummm…how can you mention someone being famous for a pregnancy portrait and NOT share a link or the portrait? 😂 must see please!

    Reply
    • Sue T. says

      March 9, 2023 at 5:01 pm

      Tony Ortega has posted it a bunch of times. Get ready to wash your eyeballs with bleach: https://tonyortega.org/2019/08/08/aftermath-puts-scientology-on-notice-in-its-own-spiritual-mecca/

      Reply
      • Susan says

        March 9, 2023 at 9:10 pm

        Sue, thank you, thank you, thank you! I really needed a laugh and that did the trick. Scientology keeps on giving in so many ways 😂

        Reply
  3. Bill says

    March 9, 2023 at 10:06 am

    Kathy Feshbach still keeps a tight grip on other fundraisers within IAS. You can actually find a list of them via her social media friends and follows. Case and point, Natalie Simms. Natalie proudly claims on her LinkedIn to have raised 20 million dollars for charity and Human Rights!!! Just doesn’t say which rights and what charities of course. Natalie does have the kind of smile a used car salesmen would sell his soul to obtain. CofS Member’s LinkedIn bios are a breed all of their own.
    How many of them list School of Hardknocks as their education? I have seen at least three profiles, that had it.
    Human Rights!!!!
    SofHK
    Brand management
    Are all dead give aways.

    Reply
  4. PeaceMaker says

    March 8, 2023 at 8:36 pm

    My understanding is that the Feshbachs really only made big money during a brief period when their strategy worked, through lucky timing. Short sellers can for instance always turn profits when markets are on a strong downward trend, sort of like selling ice cream on a hot day; the real trick is to make money the rest of the time, which is challenging.

    They may have been mostly resting on their laurels financially, since they made their big killing. Tax problems over a few millions of dollars, suggest they aren’t the billionaires they once were – and probably aren’t that financially savvy, to have gotten themselves in a jam that the court looked very unfavorably on.

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  5. Lawrence Toomajan says

    March 8, 2023 at 4:37 pm

    I was thinking about this just the other day. I saw Kathy and Matt when I was at Flag. They seemed like (and still seem like) very ice cold people to me. But what I was really thinking about was how much money they had and how Scientology “LOVES MONEY”.

    A person like Bob Duggan (a major player in Big Pharma); as long as he keeps bringing checks to the IAS, church staff can afford to steal money from public people’s accounts (my account for example) and say I am “PTS Type III” and never really donated any money in the first place.

    In truth, Scientology is just corrupt to the core, whether it was ever an honest organization in the first place (which is doubtful). And, with Scientology, this makes a rather particular difference.

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  6. Phillip says

    March 8, 2023 at 3:55 pm

    “Jessica was Katie Holmes’ handler”

    As a never-in, is “handler” one of the Holiest Positions?

    (Jeopardy Category – Religious Terms
    “we’ll give some terms and your answer will be the Religion that uses them”

    Religious Terms for $800, Alex.
    Cashier, Super Power, Handler)

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  7. Over and Out says

    March 8, 2023 at 3:26 pm

    Investing in big pharma is not a high crime or makes a Scientologist vulnerable to being declared SP – as long as the investor is giving Scientology all of their money
    Once they stop… then it’s “off with your head”

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  8. otherles says

    March 8, 2023 at 8:33 am

    “The most sacred book in scientology is the check-book.”

    Um, yes.

    Reply
    • safetyguy says

      March 8, 2023 at 1:07 pm

      Someone else’s check book. Or credit card. Which ever.

      It’s all about the dead presidents.

      Reply
    • Yawn says

      March 8, 2023 at 4:23 pm

      You got that right.
      Some axiom states, the most valuable particle there is, is admiration, or some such wording. Boy, to Scientology the particle of money rates the highest, above life itself. Scientology has blood on its hands in that regard.

      Reply
    • Stephanie Waymen says

      March 8, 2023 at 6:30 pm

      lol, good one!

      Reply
    • Aquamarine says

      March 8, 2023 at 9:50 pm

      Yes, that was nifty, Mike 🙂

      Reply

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