$450 Gs for one speech?
The Associated Press reports: Six years out of power, Bill Clinton can still raise huge sums with a personal appearance. He made a staggering $450,000 for a single September speech in London, at a Fortune Forum event, as well as $200,000 for an April appearance in the Bahamas to speak to IBM, and another $200,000 ...
The Associated Press reports: Six years out of power, Bill Clinton can still raise huge sums with a personal appearance. He made a staggering $450,000 for a single September speech in London, at a Fortune Forum event, as well as $200,000 for an April appearance in the Bahamas to speak to IBM, and another $200,000 for a New York speech to General Motors.
The Associated Press reports:
Six years out of power, Bill Clinton can still raise huge sums with a personal appearance. He made a staggering $450,000 for a single September speech in London, at a Fortune Forum event, as well as $200,000 for an April appearance in the Bahamas to speak to IBM, and another $200,000 for a New York speech to General Motors.
Bill Clinton is a pretty captivating speaker, but it's hard to imagine what, exactly, the man could possibly say or do that would make $450,000 a reasonable sum of money to pay someone for a speaking appearance.
Dance on the tables? Give out stock tips? The brain boggles.
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