Nowadays almost every MBAer wants to be in Private Equity (see New York Sun, via Karibu) but of course not everyone can make it. You need connections, you need talent, you need to be an artist to spot opportunities…

Therefore, firms need someone special for that kind of position. Who is more special than Bono? Apparently no one, he is an artist and now he has become a member of the Elevation Partners Investment Team

Sand Hill Slave has a very funny post on this, with links to his profile and smart remarks about how weekly partner meetings might go.

Myself, I can only thing of Blade Runner: “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched a rocker become a PE partner…”

I hope they can create a lot of value! Good luck to Mr. Paul David Hewson in his new position!