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  1. Not to mention he has had his fair share of bad investments as well. Didn't he but a lot of palm back in the day? He must have lost his shirt on that. He needed to make some back. Good job.
  2. Originally posted by BigGiRL:Not sure if Bono actually planned to be the wealthiest rockstar on Earth when he bought that facebook share in 2009. I think it is all just accidental...
    Not sure if there's irony in this post, but calling a £56.000.000 (no typo there, 56 million UK pounds) investment "accidental" makes me laugh a lot
  3. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    Not sure if there's irony in this post, but calling a £56.000.000 (no typo there, 56 million UK pounds) investment "accidental" makes me laugh a lot
    No intentional irony:
    1) In 2009 there were no gurantees that the investment would pay out that much - it all seems so simple looking back, but it is a false idea.
    2) How exactly should one argue that Bono actually planned (in 2009) to become the wealtiest rockstar in 2015?
    Ergo: its accidental, an unforseen effect.
  4. Originally posted by BigGiRL:[..]
    No intentional irony:
    1) In 2009 there were no gurantees that the investment would pay out that much - it all seems so simple looking back, but it is a false idea.
    2) How exactly should one argue that Bono actually planned (in 2009) to become the wealtiest rockstar in 2015?
    Ergo: its accidental, an unforseen effect.
    Roasted
  5. Originally posted by BigGiRL:[..]
    No intentional irony:
    1) In 2009 there were no gurantees that the investment would pay out that much - it all seems so simple looking back, but it is a false idea.
    2) How exactly should one argue that Bono actually planned (in 2009) to become the wealtiest rockstar in 2015?
    Ergo: its accidental, an unforseen effect.
    When you invest you expect to win back. No accident, no unforeseen effect. Just what he expected.

    Accidental would have been throwing £56million into The Edge's swimming pool and winning £960million back.
  6. It wasn't an accident, it was a smart business play on the part of whoever handles Bono's money.

    It might've even just been whoever that is saying "this looks promising, you should buy stock" and less of Bono saying "Facebook is the future!". Bono's a creative and political mind, no doubt, but when it comes to money, there are too many stories from the other members of U2 that might imply he didn't really oversee that decision as much as the article lets on :p
  7. Guess all those people on Forbes rich lists are on there cause of an accident
  8. guys, who gives he's got the money, he's one rich mofo. congrats, bono, you did it, you won at life. here's to you
  12. I don't put much stock in that, in the context of the interview it seemed like a fleeting hypothetical remark
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