PROFESSION: Musician

Bono is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist. Bono being his stage name he was born on 10 May 1960 as Paul David Hewson. He is famous for being the lead vocalist of the popular rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He studied in Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future band members and his future wife, Alison Stewart. Almost all of U2’s lyrics are written by Bono frequently using social, religious and political themes. Bono is credited with contributing to U2’s rebellious and spiritual tone in its early years. As the band matured, most of his lyrics were inspired by personal experiences he shared with the other band members.

He has also collaborated with other artists and singers outside the band, and is also the managing partner and director of Elevation Partners. The Clarence hotel in Dublin is jointly owned by Bono and The Edge. Bono is widely known for the social work he has done in Africa, for which he co-founded the ONE campaign, Product Red, EDUN and DATA. He has played in and organized in a lot of benefit concerts and has met with influential politicians. Bono has become a well-known social activist, performing in the Band Aid, Live 8 concerts, and Live Aid, and campaigning for greater international involvement in the African AIDS crisis and third-world debt relief. In 2002, he co-founded the organization DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa), which he followed up with Project Red, a well-known initiative against disease in Africa. Bono has been both criticized and praised for his activism and involvement with U2. In 2005 he was knighted by the queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II. And in the same year he was named TIME Person of the year along with Melinda and Bill Gates, among other awards and nominations. On 17 July 2013, the BBC announced that Bono had been made a Commandeur of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters).

BONO’S RICHES

Bono certainly isn’t a poor man. His band U2 until last year was the highest earning rock band in the world. He is already a multi-millionaire and now could be the richest musician in the world after he made a $ 90 million dollar investment in the social networking site Facebook. Elevation partners, Bono’s investment group owns 2.3% of Facebook. This 2.3% is somewhere around worth an estimated $1.5 billion based on the company’s IPO. He also owns a lot of cars, yachts and several estates. His cars range from sports to zero emission ones. He is also known for his luxury glasses which he wears in public. Recently he was chosen by Louis Vuitton to do a commercial for them.

Bono owns three houses/estates in total

1.Killiney Mansion

It is a large manor style house owned by him in Dublin. His ambitious plan to extend this mansion has been approved by the council. His plan includes building a below ground plant room to the west of the house. The house gets a beautiful view out over Killiney Bay and from Bray to Dalkey, with its medieval church and 19th century Martello Tower.

2. New York Apartment

This beautiful Apartment is owned by Bono in the prestigious ‘The Sam Remo’ apartment building in Manhattan New York. Steve Jobs purchased in 1982 and later Bono bought it from him for $15 million. A lot of Celebrities like Steven Spielberg, Demi Moore, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, and Steve Martin. Rita Hayworth’s daughter also owns apartments in this prestigious The Sam Remo apartment building.

3.Exe bord du Mer Mansion

Bono’s luxurious beachfront villa is four floor high and it got grounds back on to the railway station Exe bord du Mer. The accommodation of this mansion is so private that its living area is five meters up from the beach. Bono’s band member The Edge and Julia Lennon are amongst the famous celebrities living in his neighborhood.

Bono also owns a yacht which is called The Cyan yacht.

The Cyan is a medium sized 140 ft long yacht. The yacht which was formerly known as Renalo, was built in 1997. Bono had originally rented in 2007 for spending vacation time with his family. But later he purchased the yacht and changed its color to blue from white. It’s been reported that Bono had spent estimated $25-30 million to decorate his prized possession as per his choice. The Cyan’s maximum cruising speed is 19 knots.

Apart from a yacht he owns a private jet. It’s called the U2 360/BlueLine MD-83 F-GMLK.

PERSONAL AWARDS

Along the “Al Gore” he is one of the pioneers of recent go green movement. He is a forefront environmentalist who is spreading the message of go green. He is considered as the closest counterpart to “John Lennon”; he also works for reducing global poverty often using his musical talent to champion the cause.

Since he is the lead vocalist of the rock band U2, Bono has won record number of awards which includes the 2003 Golden Globe award for best original song and 22 Grammy awards from 34 nominations (a record). He is a prolific songwriter whose music is known for its socially sensitive theme and politically charged lyrics. He was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, 2005, and 2006.

He also featured in a Simpsons episode ‘Trash of the Titans’. U2 recently recorded a new single ‘Ordinary Love’ for the new Nelson Mandela Movie.

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Paul David Hewson, popularly known as Bono, the multi-millionaire member of U2 band has an estimated net worth of $600 Million. Between 2012 and 2013 alone, Bono managed to earn $110 million.

 Early Life & Career

Bono is a multi-talented man. He is an Irish singer, peacemaker, an activist and a philanthropist. Bono is popular because of his huge contributions in the field of music. Bono was born in Dublin, Ireland in a catholic family. When he was just fourteen, his mother died in 1974. Bono was very much emotionally attached to his mother. two years after his mother’s death, Bono joined an Irish band U2 in 1976. He became the front man for the band,however, his stage presence was more compelling than his singing. Soon within a year’s time band members began touring and released u2′s first album in 1980 entitled “Boy”. Many songs from the album like “Mofo”, “Lemon”, “I will follow” and “Out of control”focuses on Bono’s loss of his mother. where as other songs focused on comparison between childhood and maturity. Eight years after joining the band, success followed. In 1987, the band released the Grammy winning album “The Joshua Tree”. This album instantly made Bono a popular name in the music industry. Bono now writes lyrics for all the songs of the band and these lyrics are often rich in political and social theme. However soon in 1991, the focus of the songs changed drastically. U2′s band Achtung baby was released in 1991, and most of the album’s songs were highly inspired from the private lives of band members. In 2000 the band got back to its modern rock roots. That year their track “Beautiful Day” won a Grammy for Record of the year and another Grammy for Song of the year. Apart from this, singles like n”Sometimes you cant make it on your own” and “Vertigo” were commercially and critically fared. the songs made a great showings on the top rating charts and also managed to win Several Grammy Awards. U2 has been a successful band, and Bono used the band’s success in promoting social activities too. He used his music to raise consciousness with several performances at Net Aid, Band Aid and many others. In 2006, Bono’s band joined hands with a band called Green Day to record a cover song “The saints are coming”. This helped in rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
In 2011, after conquering Music, Bono along with his U2 band partner Edge turned towards Broadway. He worked on lyrics and music as well as served as a producer for his live theater show called “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark”. Apart from this Bono over the years, have met with several World leaders and politicians and took an active part in discussing issues such as World poverty and AIDS. Apart from his association with U2, Bono has collaboration with Bob Dylan, Johnny cash, Clannad, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Jenifer Lopez, and B.B.King to name a few. Apart from his music career, Bono has appeared in several TV Series like “Entourage”, “Classic Albums”, “American Idol” and many more. Apart from this Bono along with his band mate Edge purchased a 70 room two star hotel called “Clarence Hotel” and converted it into a 49 room five star hotel. Bono is also one of the board member of Elevation Partners. The company has a majority stake in Forbes media, and also owns a 1.5% stake in Facebook.
In total Bono and his band has won four Grammy Awards, One Golden Globe Award, and a Time Persons Award. Times Magazine ranked Bono at the number eight position on its Most influential people list. Bono is the only musician to appear in the top 10.

Relationship

Bono got married in 1982 to his long time girl friend Alison Hewson. The couple together has two daughters, Jordan and Memphis Eve and two sons, Elijah Bob and John Abraham. Currently he enjoy his life with his wife and children at his home in Dublin.

Wealth

Bono is the Multi-millionaire front man of the band U2, he is now the richest musician in the world. He has an estimated net worth of over $600 million. Bono earns his tremendously high wealth from Singing and his other ventures in hotel industry and equity firm. He is a board of member of Elevation partners which owns 1.2% of Facebook estimated to be $1.5 billion.
Bono owns his large Manor house in Dublin. The house gets a tremendous view of Killiney Bay. This 22,000 square feet Manor is worth over $15 million.

Bono also owns an apartment in “The Sam Remo” building in New York. Bono purchased the apartment for himself for $15 million, but never moved in. The apartment is on 27th floor in a spread of 3500 square feet.

Bono owns a luxurious beach villa. The villa is four floor high. The lavish mansion is private and its living area starts five meters up from the beach. This luxurious villa is worth over $20 million.

Bono owns a luxury Yacht called “The Cyan”. This is a 140 feet long yacht. The yacht features six cabins and rooms that accommodate 12 guests. The yacht include an on deck Jacuzzi, a swimming platform and several other water sport area. the Cyan has a charter price of $255,000 per week.

Bono not only lives in luxury, he loves to cruse in luxury. He owns a 1980 Mercedes 450 SEL, Maserati Quattroporte, Volkswagen Tiguan, a ducati 916, and Tesla Roadster with combined worth of over $10,00,000.

Apart from spending his wealth on luxuries, Bono is associated with charitable organizations like DATA, EDUN, one Campaign, and product red.

Quote: “I want to run, I want to hide, I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside. I want to reach out and touch the plains, where the streets have no names.”

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Profession – Actor, director, producer, model

Best Recognized by and loved for the role of Nathan Scott which he portrayed in WB teenage drama series One Tree Hill, James Lafferty was born in 1985 in Hemet, California to parents Angie and Jeff Lafferty. He attended school at Hemet High School and enrolled in California State University, Long Beach. His parents own a local business of a construction firm in Hemet but they always encouraged James and his brother Stuart to act as a hobby. James stayed in Hemet till he was 16 years old when he got signed for One Tree Hill. Then he moved to Wilmington, North Carolina where the show was shot.

Acting Career

James Lafferty made his acting debut in 1997 by lending his voice or a television film Annabelle’s Wish. Since then, in television shows like Once and Again, Get Real, and Boston Public, James Lafferty has made guest appearances. He starred in an ESPN film A Season On The Brink. The film was an adaptation of a book by the same name. In 2003, James Lafferty started filming for the popular series One Tree Hill and gained popularity. He played a younger half-brother of Lucas Scott which was played by Chad Michael Murray. There is not much revealed about the money the show made but the cast was paid between $90,000 and $150,000 per episode and the series premiere was watched by over 2.5 million viewers. Since James was one of the leading star casts of the show, he earned quite a lot for his stint throughout the 9 seasons of the show. James Lafferty has also worked in other television shows like Prep and First Monday. After lending his voice for Annabelle’’s Wish, James has acted in movies like Boys on the Run (2003), S Darko (2009), The Legend of Hell’s Gate: An American Conspiracy (2011), Lost on Purpose (2013), Crisis (2013), Sam (2013), Citizen Soldiers (2013) and Oculus (2014). The movies helped him get noticed as a skilled actor and also helped in building a fortune.

Other Ventures

Apart from being the lead actor, James also directed four episodes of the series One Tree Hill – Show Me How To Live, I And Love And You, Nobody Taught Us to Quit and Catastrophe And The Cure. He hosted a charity Basketball game inviting many celebrities including his co-stars from One Tree Hill. James Lafferty is also a supporting partner of the professional basketball team, the Wilmington Sea Dawgs which is a part of the Premiere Basketball League. He has been the president of SportArc which is a premiere sport action film company. In 2011, along with his brother and a co-star from One Tree Hill, Stephen Colleti, James started working on an adventure series Wild Life which is an unscripted reality series available on YouTube.

Properties

James Lafferty was living in Beverly Hills after which he bought a luxury apartment in Brooklyn. The apartment spans 1,507 square feet and has got a 180 square feet master bedroom with an ensuite bathroom. The house also has a spacious living room which is heavily windowed and the whole building comes along with some typical Hollywood amenities like a pool, gaming room, virtual golf, fitness centers and waterfront access. The apartment came with a price tag of $814,600.

Lifestyle and Hobbies

To not much surprise, James loves playing basketball and during his high school years, he has played basketball in his high school team. He has also played for the New Orleans basketball team at the 2008 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game which got him an MVP award. His other hobbies include snowboarding, skiing, horseback riding, football etc. James loves music by Eminem, Gemini, Steve Miller Band, Geto Boys and Kanye West. He has got a thing for Yukon and Mustang Cobra Cars and owns a black belt in Tae Kwon Doe.

Relationships

Now when you are blessed with such good looks, pretty girls come bit easy. Likewise, James Lafferty has had a cool relationship history including Rachael Wilson (January 2005- September 2006), Sophia Bush (October 2008-2009) and Shantel VanSanten (June 2009-May 2010). James met Rachael in a bar in Wilmington, North Carolina where she was attending university and James was shooting for his show. The other two girlfriends were his co actors from One Tree Hill. In 2010 James started  dating Eve Hewson who is daughter of U2’s Bono. The two broke up in November 2013

Controversies

While shooting for the final season of One Tree Hill, James Lafferty got caught up in the middle of a controversy when his role was cut short and his appearance in the series finale was uncertain. However, the studio and James reached a deal and eventually James returned to North Carolina in order to film for the series finale. Another controversy stirred up while Lafferty was dating co actor Sophia Bush who was earlier married to another lead actor from One Tree Hill, Chad Michael Murray. Chad confirmed Sophia and James relationship in 2008 by quoting “Sophia and I are both professional and mature enough to get through it. And now it’s just easy. We’re just friends. She’s got James, and James and I are friends.”

Quotes

“I don’t get a whole lot out of the romance thing, but I realize girls do. So I’ll go out of my way to make them feel romanced.”

“Realize now that when your heart breaks, you got to fight like hell to make sure you’re still alive. Because you are. And that pain you feel? That’s life. The confusion and fear? That’s there to remind you, that somewhere out there is something better, and that something is worth fighting for.”

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Shawn Corey Carter , popular known as Jay Z was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He faced a number of hardships during the early years of his life. However, he certainly had what it takes to make it big in the entertainment industry. Jay Z is an extremely talented and successful rapper, entrepreneur and record producer. He has sold over 75 million records from his albums and has received the Grammy Awards 17 times!  In the year 2006, Jay Z was listed as number one in MTV’s list of ‘Greatest MCs of All-Time’. A number of his albums have earned a place in the list of ‘500 greatest albums of all time’ by Rolling Stone magazine. Not only Jay Z has successfully established himself as a solo artist, he has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry as well. The list of artists Jay Z has worked with include Bono, Rihanna, Mariah Carey, the edge among others.

Jay Z and his wife, the extremely popular Beyonce Knowles, are one of the most powerful, successful and rich couples present in the industry today. With a net worth of $ 500 million, he is among the most successful entertainers of all times.

 Artist, record producer, entrepreneur and more!

Other than being an extremely successful artist, Jay Z has also proved himself as a successful entrepreneur in the business world. Jay Z began his career as the co-founder of Roc-A-Fella records along with Kareem Biggs and Damon Dash.  He released his first album titled ‘Reasonable Doubt’ in the year 1996.  After this Jay Z never looked back! All his albums have gone platinum. It is said that if Jay Z ‘s success continues at this rate, his net worth will reach over $1 billion in his lifetime. Jay Z’s concerts have also contributed largely to his net worth. His deal with Live Nation is worth $150 million approximately.

His investments in clothing companies and record companies also bring in a lot of money. Other than this, Jay Z is the part owner of NBA’s New Jersey Nets as well as the co-director of Budweiser Select. He also co owns the 40/40 Clubs present in Chicago, Atlantic City and New York City.

The best of Everything!

Being one of the richest celebrities’ means that you can live an extremely luxurious life and Jay Z certainly knows how to put his money to good use. ! Jay-Z owns an apartment in the Trump World Towers, which is one among the most luxurious apartment building in the whole world. This apartment has around 14 rooms , a personal library and a separate quarter for maid(s). Other than this, Jay Z also owns a house in Scarsdale , Westchester Country, New York. This old styled mansion has a big garden and spreads over more than 15,000 square feet. Beyonce and Jay Z own a large mansion worth $9, 300,000 approximately, in Indian Creek Island, Florida. Built over 7,888 square feet, this mansion has 7 bedrooms, a tile roof as well as a swimming pool.

Beyonce gifted her beloved husband a Bombardier Challenger 850 private jet on the occasion of father’s day. Jay Z ‘s car collection is a proof that this celebrity knows how to live a grand life. He owns a customized Maybach Exelero (worth $8 million), a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport , a Pagani Zonda, a rolls Royce Phantom, A Ferrari F430 Spider and a Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet.

A happy married life!

Jay Z is married to R&B singer, Beyonce. The couple kept a low profile while dating and finally got married in the year 2008. Beyonce’s Lorraine Schwartz designed wedding ring is worth $ 5 million.  In the year 2009, the couple was ranked as Hollywood’s top earning couple by the Forbes magazine. Their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter was born on 7^th January, 2012.

Offering a helping hand!

It is not all about living a grand life for Jay Z. He misses no chance to do something worthwhile and give something back to the world. He did his bit in combating against one of the biggest problems in today’s time, ’ the global water shortage’. He met Kofi Annan , the UN secretary and promised to raise  awareness about the issue through his upcoming world tour. A documentary, titled ‘Jay Z: water for life’ was produced and aired in the year 2006. After Hurricane Katrina, Jay Z along with Sean Combs, promised to donate $1 million to American Red Cross’ relief effort. Jay Z (along with his mother) founded the ‘Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation’ which aims at helping those who are willing to carry on with higher education but lack the resources to do so.

Famous quote : “ I am hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn everyday and get brighter and brighter. That is what this world is about. You look at someone like Gandhi and he glowed. Martin Luther King glowed. Muhammad Ali glows. I think that is from being bright all the time and trying to be brighter”. 

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