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