U2’s Bono Defends Jobs After Criticism About His Philanthropy
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Bono, U2 rock band’s lead singer, defended Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs after a New York Times columnist wrote the former chief executive wasn’t a prominent philanthropist.
Jobs said there was “nothing better than the chance to save lives,” when Bono approached him about a campaign to fight AIDS in Africa, according to a letter the singer wrote to the New York Times yesterday. Through the sale of red-colored products, Apple was (Product) RED’s largest contributor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, giving tens of millions of dollars, Bono wrote.