The scumbag investors they were discussing referred to the EFF Alliance led by Tommy Hawk and Jason White.
According to the three nouveau riches, if not for their Asian identity, they wouldn't dare to appear on television for a serious interview with their modest wealth. If word got back to Silicon Valley or Stanford University, it would only be met with ridicule. A fortune of thirty to fifty million was nothing to boast about in the Californian computer industry. Such wealth wouldn't even rank in the top ten at EFF or Stanford, let alone compete for the top spot, which was always taken by either Jason White or Tommy Hawk since the companies ranking behind them definitely held their shares.
