The campaign has emphasized its more than 550,000 donors and note that Obama does not take money from political action committees or Washington lobbyists. But the list underscores the role of high-dollar bundlers who helped Obama raise a combined $86 million through the campaign and the Democratic National Committee from April through June.
Obama’s top fundraisers include leading lawyers, business executives and film industry leaders, including former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour and Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg. The three have already raised at least $500,000 apiece for the campaign. About two dozen others have each raised that much.
During the 2008 campaign, 560 bundlers raised at least $76.5 million for Obama, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics, meaning Obama’s team is nearly halfway to that amount in only three months. The wealthy fundraisers have helped organize high-dollar events for Obama in fundraising meccas like New York, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and South Florida.
The fundraisers have staked Obama, who does not face a primary opponent, to a large money advantage over the Republican field. The top GOP fundraiser, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, collected more than $18 million. Obama campaign aides have told donors privately that they hope to meet or go beyond the $750 million the campaign raised in 2008.
The Obama campaign has reached out to the Wall Street community even after many executives opposed financial regulatory reform and chafed at Obama calling them “fat cats” whose misdeeds led to the 2008 financial meltdown. Obama’s top Wall Street bundlers include Orin Kramer of Boston Provident, Mark Gallogly of Centerbridge Partners and Charles Myers of Evercore Partners.
But absent from the list are top Wall Street executives like Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Citigroup Chairman Richard Parsons. While none of the executives were bundlers in 2008, employees at the three firms were among Obama’s most generous supporters during his first campaign.
Obama picked up help from some prominent fundraisers for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign, including Corzine, a former top executive with Goldman Sachs, Marc Lasry of New York hedge fund Avenue Capital and Miami lawyer Chris Korge.
Presidential campaigns are not required to disclose the donors but Obama’s campaign released its list of bundlers who raised $50,000 or more — as it did in 2007-2008 — to provide more transparency about campaign finance.
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According to figures voluntarily released Friday by the Barack Obama  for the 2012 US presidency, Obama's top donors raised at least $35 million since April of this year by giving the maximum for individuals and compiling contributions from associates. This quarter, Obama raised a total of $86 million jointly with the . He received $20 million from about 600 people who gave the maximum annual individual contribution of $35,800, of which $5,000 goes directly to the campaign.

The campaign released the names of the top 244 contributors called "bundlers", typically rich donors who give liberally and gather cash from friends and business contacts. The list of donors included two dozen, including  chief editor ,  CEO ,  executive , and former  CEO , who each raised at least $500,000. 

Although the campaign points out it has more than 550,000 donors, the list shows the hefty role played by these bundlers in Obama's fundraising. The campaign emphasizes that Obama refuses to accept money from s or s in Washington.

According to the , Obama raised $76.5 million from 560 bundlers for his 2008 presidential run. "Bundlers are the biggest players supporting a campaign, well beyond just the folks who are maxing out their individual donations," said Dave Levinthal from the Center. "They serve as aggregators of cash, a critical function to a successful fundraising operation."

About 80 percent of Obama's biggest donors from , those that raised $500,000 or more, were appointed to what the White House calls "key administration posts," according to a report released Friday by . In that campaign,  Obama had 47 bundlers  who raised at least $500,000. He is already half way to reaching this number with the two dozen contributing from April through June, according to ''''. 

The  denied that donations had anything to do with these appointments. According to  , "The people who got those positions got them because of their credentials.  They also happen to be donors in some cases. ... Being a supporter does not qualify you for a job or guarantee you a job, but it does not disqualify you."