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Bono To Make A Billion Dollars From Facebook?
08/17/2011
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(Rock News Desk) Bono is about to become even richer � his $210m investment in Facebook is poised to be valued at over $1bn.

The U2 singer's investment firm, Elevation Partners, bought shares in 2009. This week Facebook was valued at $65bn, which makes Bono's part worth $975m.

The band were the highest-earning outfit in the world over the past year, raking in $195m during the final leg of their U2 360 tour, which made a total of $736m. more on this story

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