Bill and Hillary Clinton earned roughly $30 million since January 2014, mostly from giving speeches on the lecture circuit to corporations, banks and other organizations, according to disclosures filed with federal elections officials.
While Hillary Clinton recently announced her run for president in
2016, Bill Clinton has given three speeches this week for the
American Institute of Architects, Univision Management and Apollo
Management Holdings, the New York Times reported.
Currently, the average fee for the former president is $250,000,
whereas records show Hillary Clinton earns $235,000 on average.
The documents show that of the $30 million earned over the last
16 months, some $25 million have been from speaking fees. The
Clintons left the White House in 2001 and have earned $125
million on the speaking circuit since.
The report also shows that Hillary Clinton made more than $5
million from her memoir, ‘Hard Choices,’ which detailed
her experiences as secretary of state under President Obama.
Hillary’s last filing showed she had $16 million in income by the
time she left the Obama administration, most of which came from
70 honorariums for President Clinton. The largest fee he
collected from an honorarium was $500,000 from EAT Stockholm Food
Forum in Sweden.
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The forms don’t show what taxes they, paid
but a campaign official told NYT it was about 30 percent. The
earnings make Hillary Clinton the wealthiest presidential
candidate for 2016.