# Sharon Stone raises $1 million in five minutes

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/02/01/sharon-stone-raises-1-million-five-minutes/
- Published: 2005-02-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Actress Sharon Stone raised $1 million in five minutes from her fellow audience 
members at the Davos World Economic Forum last Friday. 
Moved by an appeal from 
Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa for bed nets to fight malaria, she stood up and
announced her pledge of $10,000, calling on others to match it.

After this lead gift, business people and politicians in the audience made their
pledges too, and within minutes Ms Stone had raised $1 million.

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