Yeah. He’s a very good con-artist. He glommed onto the crises in Africa. The Ethiopian famine and a few others and got his musician buddies involved. He did Live Aid and made tons of money. Some of it he gave to Africa. He was asked about why he was worth $60 million a few years back and he went ballistic on the reporter. Couldn’t explain how a middling punk rocker got so rich off doing charity. Probably worth a lot more now.
Unlike others, I don't begrudge him (or anybody) their riches. The Live Aid stuff is sort of silly and pretentious but he's done way more than that in his life.