Eclectic group gives to Clinton's charity

A sampling from the eclectic group of donors to the William J. Clinton Foundation:

$10 million to $25 million:

• Stephen L. Bing, a Los Angeles entertainment producer from a wealthy New York family, was a Hillary Rodham Clinton fundraiser during the presidential primaries and also gave more than $4.8 million to liberal outside political groups involved in the elections.

• Fred Eychaner, a Chicago media mogul.

• Theodore W. Waitt, co-founder of the Gateway computer company.

• Tom Golisano, founder of the Paychex payroll processing company. Golisano also donated $1 million to the Denver host committee for this year's Democratic convention, and three times financed his own campaigns for governor in New York on the Reform Party ticket.

• Frank Giustra, a Canadian merchant banker who finances mining ventures. Giustra flew Clinton to Kazakhstan in 2005 aboard his private jet as the former president was soliciting donations for his foundation. Clinton praised Kazakhstan's authoritarian president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Giustra later entered agreements to invest in government-controlled uranium projects there. A separate Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative is listed as a $1 million to $5 million donor.

$5 million to $10 million:

• Michael Schumacher, a German Formula One race car driver who is the seven-time Formula One series champion.

$1 million to $5 million each:

• Bernard L. Schwartz, former chief executive of Loral Space & Communications. Considered by Clinton for defense secretary in 1992 and 1996, Schwartz ran a thriving satellite business during the Clinton years, even after its involvement in a Chinese rocket explosion in 1996 that was carrying a $200 million Loral satellite. The company eventually paid a $14 million fine as part of a State Department investigation into whether it improperly shared sensitive rocket technology with China.

• The Robertson Foundation, run by former hedge fund manager Julian H. Robertson Jr., who invested heavily in international companies and is a staunch supporter of efforts to stop global warming.

• Walter H. Shorenstein, a real-estate magnate who has given millions of dollars to Democrats. "I want to thank Walter Shorenstein for having the guts to stand up here and say that he didn't need a tax cut; he wanted you to have it," then-President Clinton said at a fundraiser in 2000. "I love him."