Liberia: America's Billionaires Discuss Liberia's Future

Liberia and its President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, were centerpiece on Wednesday, June 5, at the 2nd Forbes 400 Philanthropy Summit, a gathering of 150 of the world's richest men and women who have committed to finding solutions to extreme poverty.

According to a dispatch from New York, among those in attendance were: Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft and Co-Chair, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway; John Chambers, Co-Founder Wesray Capital and Special Envoy for Malaria UN; Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media; Jeff Skoll, former President of EBay and founder of the Skoll Foundation; UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and Bono, Co-Founder of One and Red and lead singer of U2.

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