Bono Passes McCartney as World's Richest Musical Artist

[Contra Mundum]

http://now.msn.com/money/0517-bono-facebook-ipo.aspx


A new crop of billionaires is going to spring up tomorrow when Facebook's massive IPO goes down, and thanks to some savvy investing, the stock offering will also christen Bono the world's richest rock star. The U2 front man is a co-founder of the Elevation Partners investment firm, which bought 2.3 percent of Mark Zuckerberg's social network for a cool $90 million back in 2009. According to Nasdaq, that investment could be worth more than $1.5 billion when the deal wraps up, putting Bono past the current richest man in rock, Sir Paul McCartney, whose net worth is estimated at just over $1 billion. And this is all on top of the estimated $736 million Bono's earned in the past few years from concert tickets and record sales.

[The Lawspeaker]

Shame. I thought I read " Bono Passes Away". That would have made my day because he's a...

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[RoyBatty]

And just how much of his casino windfall will the pontificating pikey donate to saving monkeys in Africa?

[The Lawspeaker]

And just how much of his casino windfall will the pontificating pikey donate to saving monkeys in Africa?

Depending on what monkeys ? Julius Malema ? He endorsed " Kill the Boer" so only the Good Lord knows.

[Contra Mundum]

And just how much of his casino windfall will the pontificating pikey donate to saving monkeys in Africa?

Bono is playing down his wealth. He claims he wont be a billionaire. He's probably afraid people would expect him to donate his own money to Africa instead of lobbying governments to do so.

[RoyBatty]

He's always getting his mug in the papers for (apparently) "saving starving Africans" but he remains curiously rich for somebody who portrays himself as such an altruistic humanitarian.

Funny how both the TV Preachers of the World and the Celebrity Crusaders for Humanity covet their wealth. Not exactly what Jesus would have done, now is it?

Question:
How to spot a fraud?

Answer:
Always follow the money.

[Supreme American]

And just how much of his casino windfall will the pontificating pikey donate to saving monkeys in Africa?

Well you can't expect them to save themselves, now can you?

[Supreme American]

He's always getting his mug in the papers for (apparently) "saving starving Africans" but he remains curiously rich for somebody who portrays himself as such an altruistic humanitarian.

Funny how both the TV Preachers of the World and the Celebrity Crusaders for Humanity covet their wealth. Not exactly what Jesus would have done, now is it?

Question:
How to spot a fraud?

Answer:
Always follow the money.

Kind of like how Hollyweirdos always protest things like new oil wells out of alleged concern for preservation of habitat, but never protest ripping apart a prairie dog colony or virgin forest to put up another poisonous movie theater?

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[T. Ulima]

I shall continue abstaining from owning any of his band's albums.

[Pallantides]

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