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Secret meeting of world's richest people held in New York

Buffett, Gates, Rockefeller, Turner, Winfrey, Bloomberg, Soros in media-blackout conference

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NIALL O'DOWD
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Published Monday, May 18, 2009, 2:14 PM
Updated Thursday, July 23, 2009, 5:39 PM

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Winfrey was said to be in a “listening mode."

Gates was worth an estimated $57B in 2008; more recently, Buffett clocked in at an estimated $37B -- making them the richest Americans.

Winfrey was once the world’s only black billionaire, and has extensive holdings in the entertainment and publishing industries, as well as being a leading philanthropist.

Turner, founder of CNN, once donated $1B to the United Nations. Soros has a personal fortune estimated at $11B, while  Bloomberg is listed as the eighth-richest American with a net worth of $20B .

Other invitees included Eli and Edythe Broad, whose current fortune is estimated at $5.2B by Forbes Magazine; John Morgridge, former CEO of Cisco and his wife Tashia; Peter Peterson, senior chairman of the Blackstone Group; Julian Robertson, founder of Tiger Management Corp.; and  Patty Stonesifer, former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

"They were all there, the great and the good," a participant told IrishCentral.com.

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Posted by joeycheng on Jan 02, 2010, 06:04 AM EST
I think it is great that these "performers" can spare the time to look at the ills of the Us economic world and they would have the financial and political clout to make suggestions for necessary changes to wall street.


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