U2 frontman Bono sings at Buffett family
wedding
U2 frontman Bono sings at Omaha wedding reception
for Warren Buffett's granddaughter
OMAHA, Neb.
(AP) -- Family connections helped one Omaha couple sign up U2 frontman Bono as their wedding singer last
weekend.
Bono took the microphone and sang "Stand
By Me" at the reception for billionaire Warren Buffett's granddaughter, Emily
Greenberg.
The Omaha World-Herald first reported the
Friday night performance before 285 wedding guests. Buffett and his three
children, Susie, Howard and Peter, all
attended.
The Buffetts and Bono have become close
while working on similar philanthropic causes. Susie Buffett serves on the board
of the DATA charity Bono co-founded in 2002 to focus on Debt, AIDS, Trade and Africa.
Bono
Bono was a director at the
Debt AIDS Trade Africa, is a
co-founder for the ONE Campaign,
and an advisory board member for the Earth
Institute.
Note: Susan A. Buffett
was a director at the Debt AIDS Trade
Africa, is a director at the ONE
Campaign, and Warren E. Buffett’s
daughter.
Howard G. Buffett
is a director at the ONE Campaign,
and Warren E. Buffett’s
son.
Warren E.
Buffett is Susan A. Buffett
& Howard G. Buffett’s father,
a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think
tank), and an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think
tank).
George Soros is an
advisory board member for the Earth
Institute, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and was
a benefactor for the Harlem Children's
Zone.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Urban Institute (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank), the Aspen Institute (think
tank), the Harlem Children's
Zone, and the Robin Hood
Foundation.
Ted Turner is the
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank), the chairman for the United Nations Foundation, and the founder
of CNN.
United
Nations Foundation is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Michelle Obama is
an advocate for the ONE
Campaign.
L. John Doerr is a
director at the ONE Campaign, and
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Walter Isaacson
is the president & CEO for the Aspen
Institute (think tank), a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and was the
chairman & CEO for CNN.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, an advocate for the ONE Campaign, the New York (NY) mayor, the founder of
Bloomberg LP, was a benefactor for
the Harlem Children's Zone, a
donor for the Robin Hood
Foundation, and Kevin
Sheekey was his deputy & political
strategist.
Kevin Sheekey was
the deputy & political strategist for Michael R. Bloomberg, the deputy mayor for
New
York
(NY), is the division chairman for Bloomberg LP, and a director for the
ONE
Campaign.
Debt AIDS
Trade Africa was a merged organization with the ONE Campaign.
Bono was a director at the
Debt AIDS Trade Africa, is a
co-founder for the ONE Campaign,
and an advisory board member for the Earth
Institute.
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