How the feck is Bob Geldof worth $1.2 billion?

godwin

Apart from the 'facts' stated in the link , how did he go from the over rated Boomtown Rats to being a very rich cnut?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Geldof#Wealth

mike65

he saw a gap in the market - Ethiopia

Corkbah

godwin wrote: »

Apart from the 'facts' stated in the link , how did he go from the over rated Boomtown Rats to being a very rich cnut?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Geldof#Wealth

you didn't really think all that money was going to starving children ...did you ?

(not intended to imply anything malicious .... just a joke)

godwin

mike65 wrote: »

he saw a gap in the market - Ethiopia

Flies around the mouth of starving kids made him rich?

A2LUE42

Golden pages. But mostly his TV production company.

Dancor

Property and lots of it.

suicide_circus

Should be able to afford a shower and a bottle of shampoo with that kind of cash, grimy lookin fecker

Wacker The Attacker

Its a rat trap and he was caught

Bluefoam

Bobs a very shrewd businessman... he's been involved in some very successful internet start-ups and travel companies... These days he is primarily a business person, secondly a celebrity and thirdly a musician...

Bannasidhe

Well he didn't get rich from the time he was flogging stuff in London's Camden Market.

mike65

godwin wrote: »

Flies around the mouth of starving kids made him rich?

Made him properly famous. His profile allowed him to get rich.

Hoop66

I met him at a gig in London years back, Mercury Rev it was, and he couldn't have been nicer. He took me calling him "Sir Bob" and trying to pass him a joint in very good humour.

If I'd have known he was so rich I'd have tapped him for a few quid.

The Backwards Man

He didn't steal any of it from me. Good luck to him

sheesh

he has a couple of very sucessful tv production companies. in fairness to him hes very smart lad. Alot of those independent productions you see on the english channels are his companies

SteM

His autobiography is a cracking read. He was addicted to masturbation when he was younger apparently :pac:

SEPT 23 1989

he would give it all away for another no 1 single

He's not worth 1.2 billion. Some muppet on wikipedia put that in.
More reasonable ranges discussed here.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-1712698/How-rich-Bob-Geldof.html

Merkin

He's a very astute businessman with a portfolio of profitable companies like Deckchair (which he later sold)

Lando Griffin

SteM wrote: »

His autobiography is a cracking read. He was addicted to masturbation when he was younger apparently :pac:

Weren't we all.

OU812

Have to say fair play to him (& his partner). He did well for himself & even went so far as to bring up another man's child simply because she was his own daughter's half sister.

Rented Mule

Bluefoam wrote: »

Bobs a very shrewd businessman... he's been involved in some very successful internet start-ups and travel companies... These days he is primarily a business person, secondly a celebrity and thirdly a musician...

You're giving him too much credit.


....as a musician.

dilallio

glasso wrote: »

He's not worth 1.2 billion. Some muppet on wikipedia put that in.
More reasonable ranges discussed here.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-1712698/How-rich-Bob-Geldof.html

Wikipedia takes it from IrishCentral article which shows 1.2 billion

This site has him on $48million in 2011, the same year as Irishcentral has him on 1.2 billion.

dilallio

dilallio wrote: »

Wikipedia takes it from IrishCentral article which shows 1.2 billion

This site has him on $48million in 2011, the same year as Irishcentral has him on 1.2 billion.

that Irish Central article is codswallop then. The article doesn't even make it clear what list it is talking about. It's even poorer than your average indo article. Sir Bob is certainly wealthy but not a billionaire.

Busted Flat.

SteM wrote: »

His autobiography is a cracking read. He was addicted to masturbation when he was younger apparently :pac:

That is my opinion of him.

the keen edge

Well whatever about his music, his anti-poverty speeches are a decent gig.

TheLastMohican

SteM wrote: »

His autobiography is a cracking read. He was addicted to masturbation when he was younger apparently :pac:

Paula Yates got him out of that. Apparently.

skimpydoo

He got into reality tv before anyone else saw it would be big business. His tv company created Survivor which became huge in America. I also don't think he is worth 1.2 billion but he is a multimillionaire.

Banjo String

Drug dealing.

Apparently the drug squad called one morning to look for magic mushrooms.

Bob thought quick, and said "you've just missed her guys, she's just left for school"

OU812

OU812 wrote: »

Have to say fair play to him (& his partner). He did well for himself & even went so far as to bring up another man's child simply because she was his own daughter's half sister.

You mean a stepchild so?

Allyall

glasso wrote: »

He's not worth 1.2 billion. Some muppet on wikipedia put that in.
More reasonable ranges discussed here.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-1712698/How-rich-Bob-Geldof.html

First time i've ever seen the Daily Mail linked to as a more reliable source.

Plazaman

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Its a rat trap and he was caught

Personally I think the silicon chip inside his head was switched to overload.

1. Insert Silicon Chip in Head
2. Switch it to overload
3. ????
4. Multi-Millionaire

ronjo

bluewolf wrote: »

You mean a stepchild so?

Is she though??

It was his ex-partners child not his partners child

Allyall

Didn't he own the show Paula Yates was on? The Big Breakfast?

Also some other TV shows. Not sure if he owned The Toothbrush one with Chris Evans.

bullpost

He can't be that rich - he doesn't live in Dalkey.

kraggy

bluewolf wrote: »

You mean a stepchild so?

She wasn't his step daughter until he agreed to adopt her.

Imagine you break up with your boyfriend, he later goes off and meets someone else and his a child with her, but your ex and new partner both pass away, then you agree to adopt that child.

Missymoohaa

ronjo wrote: »

Is she though??

It was his ex-partners child not his partners child

His ex wife (Paula Yates) left him and had another child (a daughter) "Heavenly Hiranni Tiger Lily" with Michael Hutchence of INXS. Michael died and then Paula Yates died of an accidental overdose, leaving their child with no parents, Bob fought for custody of this child so she could be with her other 3 half sisters and he won and she has lived with him ever since. She must be about 17 or so now. I always found Paula Yates story very tragic and sad.

MidlandsM

SteM wrote: »

His autobiography is a cracking read. He was addicted to masturbation when he was younger apparently :pac:

cool, i must get that

Tordelback

Missymoohaa wrote: »

Bob fought for custody of this child so she could be with her other 3 half sisters and he won and she has lived with him ever since. She must be about 17 or so now.

You'd have to say that this alone marks him out as a genuine mensch.

For Forks Sake

dilallio wrote: »

Wikipedia takes it from IrishCentral article which shows 1.2 billion

This site has him on $48million in 2011, the same year as Irishcentral has him on 1.2 billion.

I'd be looking for at least three reliable sources before I'd believe anything published on IrishCentral.

MadsL

TheLastMohican wrote: »

Paula Yates got him out of that. Apparently.

I believe the expression "Don't stick your dick in crazy" was coined for Ms Yates.

wandatowell

Where does he pay his taxes?? Linch him!!!!!!!!



He'd wanna spend some money on getting his daughter sorted out, that bint is bat **** crazy.

RayM

From his Wikipedia entry:

At the NME awards in 2006, when accepting an award, Geldof referred to the host Russell Brand as a "cunt". Brand responded by saying "It's no wonder Bob Geldof knows so much about famine – he's been dining out on 'I Don't Like Mondays' for 30 years".

Say what you like about Russell Brand, but that's a brilliant riposte.

RayM

RayM wrote: »

From his Wikipedia entry:



Say what you like about Russell Brand, but that's a brilliant riposte.

and Sir Bob was only pissed off at Brand 'cos Brand rode one of his daughters!

Busted Flat.

glasso wrote: »

and Sir Bob was only pissed off at Brand 'cos Brand rode one of his daughters!

Did he train horses as well, Ruby Walsh once said he rode her mother as well.

Nodin

glasso wrote: »

and Sir Bob was only pissed off at Brand 'cos Brand rode one of his daughters!

.....jaysus....imagine how pissed off he'd be if Brand turned her down.

Wibbs

To be fair he clearly had drive and organisational ability in spades. I mean here was this singer, career on the downward, who was able to convince a load of pop stars and then get them to show up for a charity record and then worldwide gig. For free. With a few notable exceptions(status quo for one) most pop star types tend towards flaky and unreliable and "artistic" at the best of times, so that was some achievement. Doing similar in the biz world would have a been a piece of piss by comparison.

Hondo75

Planet 24 was the company, produced The Word aswell.

NuckingFacker

I knew Bob when he was the penniless lodger at the N**** arms Pub in London - if you'd told me then he would go on to make thousands, I'd have thought you were mad, let alone millions. Fair play to him.

ToddyDoody

As Bob Geldof will tell you, he's worth every cent and more.