BONO has become the world’s richest pop star after amassing a near $1.5 billion fortune from his shares in social media site Facebook.com.
The U2 frontman bought a 2.3 per cent share in the site for $89.6 million (£56 million) in 2009, with his investment group Elevation Partners, and now the U.K.’s Sunday Mirror reports his share is worth a huge $1.5 billion.
As a result, he overtakes Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney – who has a $1.16 billion fortune – as the world’s richest pop star.
Facebook.com went public and was floated on the stock market in 2012, and is now worth around $200 billion.
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