Bono Bio, Family, Wife, Children, Age, Net Worth, U2, One and Songs

Bono Biography

Bono (Real name – Paul David Hewson) KBE OL, is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, businessman, philanthropist, and venture capitalist. He was born on 10 May 1960, Dublin, Ireland where he grew up. He is most popular as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of rock band U2 and by his stage name Bono (/ˈbɒnoʊ/).

Bono went to Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met Alison Stewart, his future wife, and also three schoolmates with whom he formed the U2 rock band in 1976.

Bono Family

Bono was born to Iris (née Rankin), a member of the Church of Ireland, and Brendan Robert “Bob” Hewson, a Roman Catholic. He grew up alongside his brother who is eight years his elder, in the Northside suburb of Fingla. Bono attended Church of Ireland services with his mother and brother even tough his parents had originally agreed that their first child would be raised Anglican and the second as Catholic.

Bono Wife | Ali Hewson

Bono and his future wife Ali Hewson met when he was age 13 at Mount Temple Comprehensive School where they were both students. Bono was a year ahead of Hewson, they didn’t start dating until they were 15. They got Married in 1982 and have four children together. The couple have been married for 37 years. The family lives at different residences in Europe and the United States. Hewson has inspired several of her husband’s U2 songs, most famously Sweetest Thing.

Bono Children

Bono and his wife Ali Hewson have four children. Their first daughter Jordan was born in 1989. The couple welcomed their second daughter, actress Memphis Eve Sunny Day, in 1991. They later had two sons Elijah Bob Patricus Guggi Q and John Abraham born in 1999 and 2001 respectively.

Bono Age | Net Worth

Born on 10 May 1960, Dublin, Ireland, Bono is 58 years old as of 2018. He is estimated to have a net worth of $700 million.

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Bono Band | U2

In 1976, when studying at the Mount Temple Comprehensive School, Bono met David Evans (The Edge), his brother Dik, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr who were also students at the school. Together, they formed a band that went by several names before settling on U2 after the departure of their colleague Dik. He initially played the guitar before becoming the group’s lead singer and lyricist.

His expressive vocal style and magnificent gestures, songwriting and passion soon endeared him to become the frontman for the U2 band. His lyrics are known for their religious imagery inspired by his Christian beliefs as well as their social and political themes. His lyrics contributed to the group’s rebellious and spiritual tone during it’s formative years.

His lyrics became more and more inspired by personal experiences shared with the other U2 members as the band’s maturity set in. Bono has received 22 Grammy Awards in the cause of his U2 membership and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Bono Philanthropy | Charity Work

He was named the most politically effective celebrity of all time by the National Journal for his philanthropic performers. The phrase the face of fusion philanthropy has even been used to describe him. He has been involved in raising awareness of the plight of African countries and the AIDS pandemic and has become increasingly involved in campaigning for third-world countries’ debt relief since 1999.

Bono, Ali Hewson, and designer Rogan Gregory co-founded the EDUN fashion label in 2005. The intention was to positively impact change in Africa through a fair trade-based relationship as opposed to direct aid. EUDN was to demonstrate ethical examples in an industry they felt had long exploited child labour.

Bono One

Bono is the o-founder and spokesperson of The ONE Campaign which has a worldwide membership of more than 9 million people. He co-founded the Campaign in order to fight extreme poverty and preventable diseases in Africa and in other developing countries. This was to be by raising awareness and pressing political leaders to support policies and initiatives that’d save lives and improve futures as an international, nonpartisan, non-profit, advocacy and campaigning organization.

Bono Woman Of The Year | Man Of The Year

Bono launched a campaign dubbed Poverty is Sexist, which is Particularly aimed at helping the world’s poorest women. This development saw Glamour break their 26-year tradition in 2016, by naming Bono Man of the Year. This was in lieu of announcing the usual Woman of the Year award which is a preserve for women only.

Bono Trump

Bono is known to have a low opinion of U.S. President Donald Trump. He has on several occasions expressed disappointment on Trump’s policies and leadership style. In Seattle before going on stage Bono said that:

“Trump’s supporters… the people who voted for Trump, are welcome at U2 gigs in America, but Donald Trump himself is not welcome at U2 gigs in America. I welcome his supporters. But him? I don’t want him here. A person like that… Bill Gates will be here tonight, he will tell you ‘but that doesn’t work guys.’ He can’t level it off because people will die’.” He was furious that Donald Trump was cutting funding for HIV research.

Bono Home

Bono and his family live at different residences in Europe and the United States.

Bono Songs (The Best U2 Five Songs)

Pride in the Name of Love (1984)
With or Without You (1987)
Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (1987)
Mysterious Ways (1991)
Staring at the Sun (1997)

Bono Fimography