Jew-smear exec out

Tech big called vaccines a plot to kill Americans

A Utah tech executive who sent an e-mail to local businesses and political leaders claiming that the COVID-19 vaccine was a “sadistic” Jewish plot to “euthanize the American people” has stepped down.

The e-mail was sent early Monday to some of the most powerful figures in the state’s public and private sectors, including Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Utah Jazz owner and Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith, along with a group of other local executives in a part of the country known as the “Silicon Slopes.”

David Bateman, the cofounder and chairman of property management software provider Entrata, acknowledged in the e-mail — which was sent from his company account — that it “sounds bonkers” but claimed the vaccine was a plot to depopulate the Earth sponsored by “elites” including George Soros and Bill Gates, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.

“I believe the pandemic and systematic extermination of billions of people will lead to an effort to consolidate all the countries in the world under a single flag with totalitarian rule,” Bateman said in the e-mail, according to the Tribune.

“I pray that I’m wrong on this. Utah has got to stop the vaccination drive. Warn your employees. Warn your friends. Prepare. Stay safe,” Bateman said.

By Tuesday afternoon, Bateman had resigned from the company and stepped off its board of directors.

Last year, Fortune magazine called Entrata “Utah’s newest software unicorn” after it raised $507 million in funding from investors, including powerhouse private-equity firm Silver Lake.

A spokesperson for Silver Lake told Bloomberg that Bateman’s e-mail “does not reflect our views in any way.” Silver Lake’s $90 billion portfolio includes shares in tech firms including Airbnb, Alibaba, Dell Technologies, GoDaddy, Skype and SoFi.

Bateman is well known among political figures in Utah, where he has been a major donor to the state’s Republican Party.

Cox, the state’s governor, on Wednesday posted a tweet condemning Bateman’s e-mail, writing: “These irresponsible comments are hurtfully anti-Semitic, blatantly false, and we completely reject them.”

Entrata, based in Lehi, Utah, was founded in 2003. It employs 1,400 workers.