Leon Cooperman; Columbia protests
Leon Cooperman, a billionaire Columbia donor, has spoken out against the protesters on campus who are calling for a divestment from Israel.
  • Leon Cooperman, a billionaire Columbia donor, weighed in on the crisis on the university's campus.
  • He called the student protesters ignorant but expressed his support for the school's president.
  • Unlike the megadonor Robert Kraft, Cooperman said he's not pulling his donations.

The Wall Street titan Leon Cooperman is the latest billionaire to weigh in on student protests over Israel's war in Gaza.