Billionaire Timothy Mellon may keep a low profile, but he donates substantial amounts to players in Washington. Now, he has just been identified by The New York Times as the anonymous donor of the $130 million to help pay troops during the federal government shutdown.

As the U.S. government shutdown approaches its 29th day , President Donald Trump turned to the banking heir to help ensure the hundreds of thousands of service members , including members of the military, are paid.

Mellon is also the 83-year-old grandson of former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon and the great-grandson of Thomas Mellon, founder of Mellon Bank.

He emerged on the political scene as a megadonor in 1996, and over the course of two decades dished out $350,000 in political donations to George

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