20 Celebrities Who’ve Made Millions of Dollars Outside of Hollywood
Bono named his investment company after one of his songs.
Elevation Partners, his private equity firm, is named after his U2 song “Elevation.” It’s made a lot of money. It’s invested $1.76 billion, with a 12% net internal rate of return, according to Bloomberg.
It’s invested in major technology companies like Facebook and Yelp and made $1.4 billion from its Facebook investments alone, according to The Independent.