The two are among more than 120 individuals who have raised at least $100,000 for the Clinton campaign.
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WASHINGTON, DC: Maryland Democrat Mahinder Tak and New York technology investor Deven J. Parekh have become the first Indian Americans to raise more than a hundred thousand dollars for the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton.
The two are among more than 120 “Hillblazers,” or “individuals who have helped raise $100,000 or more in primary election contributions” for the Democratic Party presidential front runner, according to the campaign, which released their names on its website on July 15, 2015.
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Tak, a retired radiation oncologist and US Army colonel, plans to raise around $325,000 for Clinton during the primary. The former secretary of state attended a fundraising event at the Potomac, MD, home of Tak and her husband, technology entrepreneur Sharad Tak, on July 1.
“America needs a woman now, she is the best candidate for Democrats,” Mahinder Tak told The American Bazaar on June 26, praising Clinton’s record in espousing the cause of children and women early on in her career.
Tak, a long-time supporter of Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, was a “HIllraiser” in the former first lady’s losing 2008 campaign. Those who collected at least $100,000 for the Clinton campaign in 2008 were dubbed Hillraisers. There were 11 Indian American Hillraisers.
Parekh, a Managing Director at the New York-based Insight Venture Partners, had raised at least $200,000 for the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama in 2012. He was one of the more than a dozen Indian American bundlers who raised at least $100,000 for the president in 2012. In that election cycle, the Wharton alumnus gave more than $161,000 in individual contributions to the Obama campaign and various Democratic Party organizations.
Parekh, who has backed US tech pioneers Twitter, Tumblr and Flipboard and Chinese Alibaba and JD.com at Insight, was ranked 57th in Forbes’ annual Midas List of “The World’s Smartest Tech Investors of 2015.”
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