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Date Posted: 11:36:52 05/17/13 Fri
Author: anonymous biddercharity auction
Subject: coffeeApple chief Tim Cook. Saturday 18/5/2013

.....YOUR FRIENDS' ACTIVITYprev next .....YOU ON YAHOO! FINANCEYour Activity |Social: OFFON Turn Social ONRemind me when I share|Options What is this?Not you? Log out of FacebookHow to remove this experience.......Coffee date with Tim Cook goes for $610,000
Yahoo!7 Finance – Thu, May 16, 2013 3:24 PM AEST
....Email 0Recommend0Tweet0Share0Print.....How much would you pay to have coffee with the CEO of the world’s best technology companies?

An anonymous bidder has paid a staggering $A619,509.47 in a charity auction for coffee date with Apple chief Tim Cook.

The Tim Cook auction tied the record for highest winning bid at charity auction site Charitybuzz, according to a statement from the group and its partner, The Robert F. Kennedy Centre for Justice & Human Rights.

The bid tied a record set by a 2013 Lamborghini Aventador Roadster auctioned in March 2013 for $610,000, the statement said.

The coffee chat had an initial estimated value of $50,000 and is limited to two guests who would be responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses. It was unclear who would be picking up the tab for the coffees. Money raised would be donated to the RFK Centre for Justice and Human Rights.




Would you pay to have coffee with Cook?


"We're truly amazed by the results of Tim Cook's remarkable donation," said Coppy Holzman, Charitybuzz chief executive and founder.

"Sincere thanks goes out to Charitybuzz's community of socially conscious bidders here in the US and overseas... we are thrilled to have amassed more than $1 million this spring for the RFK Centre's powerful work."

It was the first time that Cook made his time available as part of the annual fundraising event.

The fierce competition for Cook’s time seems to be coming from entrepreneurs hoping to do business with Apple or businesses possibly using the auction to gain publicity. Bids included offers from:

* ClearCrate -- Cases and accessories for Macs, iPads and iPhones
* Drbluetooth --High-end bluetooth headsets
* MacMasi -- iOS and Android games
* Povely.com -- Bible apps

The centre is also raising money with other celebrity-laden offers, such as a lunch with famed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola in California wine country, and time with actors Robert DeNiro, Alec Baldwin or William Shatner.

It plans to auction a chance to tour Space-X rocket, a day at training camp with NFL quarterback Peyton Manning and lunch with Robin Williams on the set of his next film.

(inputs from AAP)

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