Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has received millions in paid speeches from the tech industry.
One of Clinton's last paid speeches was at a summit on women in the marketplace hosted by eBay, in which she was paid $315,000,
The Washington Post reported.
Notably, one of the first fundraisers Clinton held for her campaign was a couple of months after that talk at the home of eBay's chief executive John Donahoe.
Together, Mrs. Clinton and former President Bill Clinton were paid a total of $25 million since January 2014 for speeches they delivered.
According to the Post, $3.2 million of the $11.7 million Mrs. Clinton was paid for speeches during that time period came from the tech industry, and it was the largest source of her speaking fees. In addition, several of Mrs. Clinton's most active supporters of her bid for the White House are executives at tech companies.
Tech companies that paid Mrs. Clinton for speeches include Xerox, Cisco Systems, and Qualcomm.
The former secretary of state also gave a large percentage of paid speeches to both the healthcare and financial industries.
The Post says that this disclosure marks the first glimpse into Mrs. Clinton's success on the speaking circuit since leaving her State Department post.
It also shows that the Clintons have benefited from the same groups and individuals who support their political campaigns and their charitable efforts, while the donors gain access to both a former and possibly a future president.
Mrs. Clinton received $451,000 for two speeches she gave at Salesforce.com. The CEO of Salesforce, Marc Benioff, has also donated to Ready for Hillary, the super PAC that led up to her campaign. There are similar scenarios with other tech executives.
Republican presidential hopefuls Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush are also trying to make inroads in the tech industry in a effort to garner funding for their campaigns.
The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation is expected to release a list of speeches given by all three later this week, which totals about 100 since 2002.
There is also a connection between the Clintons' paid speeches and the Clinton Foundation — a minimum of 72 groups that have donated to the foundation have also paid the Clintons for speeches since 2001.
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