Ten days, 22 events, a string of celebrities and AT LEAST $48 million in the bag: Clinton's secretive fundraising tour revealed

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[h=1]Ten days, 22 events, a string of celebrities and AT LEAST $48 million in the bag: Clinton's secretive fundraising tour revealed[/h]

• Hillary Clinton has raised at least $48 million in just ten days in August, according to DailyMail.com calculations
• Her fundraising spree - which only includes personal appearances by the Democrat - works out at almost $5 million a day, or $200,000 an hour
• Highlights included an exclusive evening do with Steve Jobs' widow Laurene Powell, netting $4 million in just three hours, and a lunch with Hollywood's finest including Justin Timberlake and Jennifer Aniston
• The priciest event was hosted by accountancy firm founder Michael Gelman, where 10 guests paid a whopping $250,000 each
• Clinton found time to mingle with billionaires, A-listers and even a British aristocrat - but none for a press conference or questions from reporters

By FREYA BERRY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 15:55, 1 September 2016 | UPDATED: 15:55, 1 September 2016

 

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Hillary Clinton raised at least $48 million on a coast-to-coast fundraising tour of the homes of the super-wealthy, an analysis by DailyMail.com reveals.
The Democratic candidate's enormous tally comes after a secretive fundraising spree as she personally pitched to everyone from Justin Timberlake to Apple CEO Tim Cook.
The jam-packed schedule featured 22 separate fundraising events from Martha's Vineyard to Silicon Valley as Clinton wooed America's rich - but no press conference.
Attendees included A-listers, billionaire businessmen, bankers, real estate moguls and even a British aristocrat.
The startlingly lucrative trail averages out at almost $5 million a day - or $200,000 an hour.

Hillary Clinton raised some $29 million from the East Coast in five days of hectic fundraising

 

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The Democrat got her friends on the West Coast to stump up a further $19 million during her three days in the region

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With a little help from my friends: Clinton spent Tuesday evening at a glitzy event hosted by Jimmy Buffett. The $25,000 a head bash included performances by Paul McCartney and Jon Bon Jovi

The analysis by the DailyMail.com only includes the 22 events personally attended by Clinton herself, using available figures from each. Husband Bill and daughter Chelsea, plus Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine, have all been hitting the trail and will have raised millions more.
To work out the minimum amount Clinton could have raised, we used information provided by the campaign on the number of attendees and the minimum price of attendance.
As well as the headline ticket price, the estimates include the extra amounts paid by hosts and co-hosts where it was available, and where it was possible to know how many had paid for such privileges.
Where individual figures were unavailable, estimates from CNN for certain sub-groups of the events listed have been used.
The method means that it is possible Clinton raised millions more.
Clinton's highlights have included a lunch hosted by Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel at their LA home, raising at least $3.3 million; an exclusive $200,000-a-head evening reception with Steve Jobs' widow Laurene Powell, which netted $4 million in just three hours; and a star-studded event hosted by Jimmy Buffett, where 200 people paid $25,000 apiece to hobnob with the presidential hopeful and watch performances from Jon Bon Jovi and Paul McCartney.
The most lucrative event was hosted by accountancy firm founder Michael Gelman and his wife Susie, where 10 guests put up a whopping $250,000 each.
The cheapest tickets were at a 1,000 person event in Provincetown where guests included Cher and Billie Jean King. Attendees paid upwards of $45 a head - although some paid as much as $27,000.

 

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[h=3]HILLARY CLINTON'S MEGA FUNDRAISING TOUR[/h]

DATE, LOCATION	HOSTS & GUESTS		AMOUNT RAISED
20/08 Nantucket, MA	Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, Bill Clinton's former ambassador to Portugal, hosted a two-hour event at her home		$840,000
20/08 Martha's Vineyard, MA	Frank Biondi, ex-CEO of Universal Studios. Tickets cost $1,000-$27,000		$2 million
20/08/2016, Martha's Vineyard, MA	Financier Sir Evelyn de Rothschild and wife Lady (Lynn Forester) de Rothschild. 30 guests pay up to $100,000		$3 million
21/08 Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA	Luxury event planner Bryan Rafanelli and LGBT activist Alix Ritchie. Ticket prices from $45-$27,000. 1,000 people attended including Cher and Billie Jean King		$1.5 million
22/08 Los Angeles, CA	Clinton appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live!		--
22/08 Beverly Hills, CA	NBA player Magic Johnson hosts event at his home. Co-hosts include Walt Disney chief Bob Iger and DreamWorks Animation boss Jeffrey Katzenberg. 500 people paid $2,700		$1.51 million
22/08 Beverly Hills, CA	Haim Saban, billionaire owner of Univision. $50,000, 100 people		$500,000
23/08 Los Angeles, CA	Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's house (stepping in for Leonardo DiCaprio). Guests include Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Tobey Maguire. $33,400 per head		$3.34 million
23/08 Piedmont, CA	Real estate developers Quinn Delaney and Wayne Jordan. $33,400 per head		$1.1 million
23/08 Laguna Beach, CA	Stephen Cloobeck, Diamond Resorts CEO. $33,400 per head		details n/a
23/08 Laguna Beach, CA	Ex-county Democratic Party Chairman Frank Barbaro, plus political players Mike Levin and Melahat Rafiei. $2,700 per head		details n/a
24/08 Redwood City, CA	Amy Rao, CEO of Integrated Archive Systems. 700 attendees pay $500-2,700		$1.9 million
24/08 Los Altos, CA	Tim Cook, Apple CEO. Tickets priced at up to $50,000 a head		$1.1 million
24/08 Woodside, CA	Laurene Powell, Steve Jobs' widow hosts for 20 guests including Tim Cook who pay $200,000 each		$4 million
28/08 Sag Harbor, NY	Barbaralee Diamonstein Spielvogel, chairwoman of the New York State Council on the Arts, former ambassador Carl Spielvogel, and hedge fund manager Adam Sender. Tickets up to $100,000		details n/a - CNN used
28/08 Bridgehampton, NY	John Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants. $33,400 a head		$6 million
28/08 Southampton, NY	Former advertising exec Marcia Riklis. Tickets $1,000-$33,400		details n/a
29/08 East Hampton, NY	Charles Phillips, CEO of software firm Infor. Tickets $10,000-33,400		$1.37 million
29/08 Quogue, NY	Real estate developer Jeff Levine. Ticket price n/a		details n/a
29/08 East Hampton, NY	Financier Jay Snyder. Tickets $33,400 up		$1.03 million
29/08 Sagaponack,, NY	Composer and conductor Jonathan Sheffer. Tickets $5,000-10,000		$650,000
30/08 Sagaponack, NY	Michael Gelman, accountancy firm founder. 10 people paid $250,000 each		$2.5 million
30/08 North Haven, NY	Jimmy Buffett. Guests: Sir Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi. Tickets $25,000 up		$5.2 million
TOTAL	23 EVENTS		$48 MILLION

SO HOW DOES THAT $48 MILLION STACK UP?

How we worked it out: DailyMail.com used available figures from each of the 22 fundraising events Clinton attended on the tour, which had been shared with traveling reporters by her campaign.
Estimates include the extra amounts paid by hosts and co-hosts - which are sometimes up to ten times the headline ticket price.
However only the headline ticket amounts are listed here for simplicity. Where individual figures were unavailable, estimates from CNN for certain sub-groups of the events listed have been used.

 

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Clinton arrived in California on August 22 with Huma Abedin, left, and embarked on a non-stop fundraising tour

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Clinton leaves the home of composer Jonathan Sheffer in the Hamptons on August 30

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Clinton dropped in on Jimmy Kimmel during her lucrative tour of the West Coast - but answered precisely zero questions from reporters

The maximum a person can donate to Clinton's campaign is $2,700. Cash raised from the higher ticket prices goes to the Hillary Victory Fund, a joint fundraising organization that includes the Democratic National Committee and 32 state party committees.
August is set to be a record-breaking month for Clinton, both by events attended and amount raised, according to CNN.

 

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All the events have been conducted under a thick veil of secrecy.

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Clinton larks about with Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel at their $33,400-a-head do

Journalists authorized to follow her on the trail have been kept firmly away from hearing her speak - in contrast to Obama who often allowed reporters into events during his campaigns.
Reporters from a pool have described attempting to eavesdrop from the locations at which they are made to wait as Clinton goes about wooing donors.
Journalists are generally kept outside or sometimes herded into houses across the street from the actual event, for example.
And on at least one occasion the reporters described being moved so they could not hear what Clinton said as she answered questions, having heard her standard stump campaign speech.
Authorized photographers have also often struggled to catch a glimpse of the candidate as she flitted from event to event.
The intense secrecy comes amid mounting scrutiny of Clinton's lack of openness.
It has been 270 days since Clinton last held a press conference. Trump, by contrast, has held 16 this year alone.
The Republican National Committee now sends daily reminders of the lopsided tally.
'Clinton owes the American people explanations on a number of issues,' the RNC's reminder read on Tuesday.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook, pictured here on the left leaving an August 24 Clinton event with campaign chairman John Podesta, attended two events headlined by the Democrat candidate


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