02 February 2012 18:39 | By Tom Phillips
Facebook IPO: who's going to make money

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The widely loved U2 frontman is one of Facebook's more unlikely shareholders. The investment firm that Bono co-founded and is managing director of, Elevation Partners, spent $210million on buying around 1% of Facebook in 2009 - which could yield a return of around $1billion, representing a huge profit for the humble rocker.

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