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WSJ: Rocker Bono, Former EA President Join VC Firm Elevation Partners

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 16, 2004 - 9:43am.
Dublin -- The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Bono, Irish rock star and lead singer of U2, has joined Elevation Partners, a venture capital firm focusing on entertainment and media projects, as a managing director. Technology investor Roger McNamee, former Electronic Arts President John Riccitiello and former Apple Computer CFO Fred Andersen have also joined the firm. Elevation told The Journal that the team was hoping to raise at least $1 billion for a new fund, for which details were not released.
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