This Irishman is one of the world’s best-known philanthropic performers. Having invested £56 million in Facebook in 2009, he’s now the richest living musician. His shareholding of 2.3% in the company is now worth some £940 million. This “face of fusion philanthropy” is rarely seen in public without his trademark sunglasses and created his stage name in honour of a hearing aid shop.
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Bono (Paul David Hewson)
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Kathy Lette
This Australian author has written books and plays that have included Puberty Blues, Mad Cows and How to Kill your Husband (and other handy household hints). Married to the human rights champion Geoffrey Robertson QC, Lette wore a dress covered in images of corgis when she met HM The Queen and describes herself as a “Deranged Author” on Twitter. Follow her and you’ll have a laugh a minute. -
Nick & Christian Candy
Started a property empire with a loan of £6,000 from their grandmother in 1995. Now said to be worth anything upto £13 billion, this pair are most famous for their One Hyde Park development next to The Mandarin Oriental. London based Nick is married to the Australian singer and former Neighbours actress Holly Valance whilst Monaco based Christian is married to a former “It-girl” named Emily Crompton. In one interview Nick was quoted as saying: “We’ve probably got about 10 cars”. With this much wealth, what’s a car between friends?