Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the Irish rock band Boomtown Rats, who achieved popularity as part of the punk rock movement.
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The band had UK number-one hits with his co-composition “Rat Trap” and his lone composition “I Don’t Like Mondays”. Geldof starred as Pink in Pink Floyd’s 1982 film Pink Floyd – The Wall. As a fundraiser, Geldof organized the charity supergroup Band Aid and the concerts Live Aid and Live 8, and co-wrote “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, one of the best-selling singles to date.
Age
Bob Geldof was born on 5 October 1951. He is 71 years old.
Wife
Geldof’s longtime girlfriend and first wife was Paula Yates. After 10 years together, Geldof and Yates married in June 1986 in Las Vegas, with Simon Le Bon (of Duran Duran) acting as Geldof’s best man. Yates died in 2000 from a heroin overdose.
Geldof announced his engagement to French actress Jeanne Marine, his partner of 18 years, on 1 May 2014, and they were married in France on 28 April 2015. They currently reside in Battersea, South London.
Daughters
Before he married Yates, the couple had their first daughter, Fifi Trixibelle Geldof, born on 31 March 1983. She was named Fifi after Bob’s aunt Fifi and Trixibelle because Yates wanted a ‘belle’ in the family.
The couple later had two more daughters, Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof (known as Peaches Geldof) on 13 March 1989, and Little Pixie Geldof (known as Pixie Geldof) on 17 September 1990.
After Yates’ death from a heroin overdose in 2000, Geldof became the legal guardian of Tiger Hutchence and later adopted her in 2007. As of 2019, Tiger’s legal name is Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof.
Net Worth
His net worth is $150 Million.
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