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

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

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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Bill Gates and Warren Buffett

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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Darshan | Sep 12, 2010, 03:47 PM EDT

Invest mexmimum in the Undeveloped countries like India & provide job security in America,Africa,Europian Countires would help globally

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LarryPitcher | Aug 18, 2010, 05:58 PM EDT

Since I do not have his personal email, here is my open acceptance to Warren Buffett to be the first Hedge Fund Manager in Chicago to pledge 50% of our performance fees and 50% of my personal net worth to charity. Thanks for inspiring us all, Larry Pitcher Managing Partner, Quantitative Algorithms Capital Partners

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joeycheng | 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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