Ali Hewson Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Alison "Ali" Hewson (née Stewart; born 23 March 1961) is an Irish activist and businesswoman. She is the wife of singer and musician Paul Hewson, known as Bono, from the rock group U2.Raised in Raheny, she met her future husband at a young age at Mount Temple Comprehensive School and married him in 1982. She was awarded a degree in politics and sociology from University College Dublin in 1989. The couple have four children together and live at residences in Ireland, France, and the United States. She has inspired several U2 songs, most famously "Sweetest Thing".Hewson became involved in anti-nuclear activism in the 1990s. She narrated Black Wind, White Land, a 1993 Irish documentary about the lasting effects of the Chernobyl disaster, and has worked closely with activist Adi Roche. She has been a patron of Chernobyl Children's Project International since 1994 and has participated in a number of aid missions to the high-radiation exclusion zones of Belarus. She has also campaigned against Sellafield, the northern English nuclear facility. In 2002 she helped lead an effort which sent more than a million postcards, urging the site be closed, to Prime Minister Tony Blair and others. Hewson has repeatedly been discussed by tabloid newspapers as a possible candidate for political offices, including President of Ireland. None of these suggestions have come to fruition.Hewson is the co-founder of two ethical businesses, the EDUN fashion line in 2005 and Nude Skincare products in 2007. The former, intended to promote fair trade with Africa, has struggled to become a viable business. French conglomerate LVMH has made substantial investments into both companies.
Full Name
Ali Hewson
Net Worth
$3 Million
Date Of Birth
March 23, 1961
Place Of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Height
1.57 m
Occupation
Activist and businesswoman
Profession
Businessperson, Film producer, Activist
Residence
Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland
Education
Mount Temple Comprehensive School, University College Dublin
Religion
Church of Ireland
Nationality
Irish
Spouse
Bono
Children
Eve Hewson, Jordan Hewson, Elijah Hewson, John Hewson
Parents
Terry Stewart, Joy Stewart
Siblings
Ian Stewart
Nicknames
Ali Hewson, Alison Hewson, Hewson, Ali
IMDB
Movies
Black Wind, White Land
Star Sign
Aries
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Quote
1
The whole point of your life, I think, is to give some chance to even one person. I don't want to end my life feeling I've only looked after myself, that everything I did was to protect myself. I want when I die to believe that I've achieved what I was supposed to achieve - that is, to help other people in whatever way I could.
2
On her car of choice: "I've always driven Golfs; this one runs really well. I know there are people who see their car as an extension of themselves; they need a car that says a lot about them. But I don't need a car to confirm my personality. I think this one says a lot about me.
3
On studying sociology and politics: "I wanted to do something that would give me an understanding of social policy and help me effect change in that area, something that was akin to nursing."
4
On not becoming a nurse: "That's still my biggest regret. I wanted that personal contact with people, the one-to-one, the medical expertise. I still do. But Bono's life had taken off in one direction and I realised that if I went into nursing, I was going to have to live-in for four very intensive years. It would have been too much on the relationship. I was always going to end up doing something. I suppose I'd prefer to be wandering up and down some hospital ward handing out medicine, feeling that I was contributing, but I don't have the experience, I don't have the training. I always wanted to be hands-on; it's about showing solidarity, about physically being with the people in some way, spending time with them - almost the same as you'd do as a nurse. And whatever comfort that brings them, then that's what it's about for me. It's the way I operate."
5
I've no desire to be a star. I see how hard it is, how cruel it is; how to be in that place you have to expose yourself, and how relentlessly cruel that can be to a person.
Patron of the Chernobyl Children's Project since 1994.
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Awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 2002 from University of Ireland, Galway in recognition of her work with the Chernobyl Children's Project.
4
Her biggest regret in life is not being able to fulfill her dream of becoming a nurse.
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She started dating Bono when they were 15 and 16 at Mount Temple school in north Dublin. Later she worked in motor insurance ("glamorous, eh?") and with her father in his electrical business, before hitting the road with Bono and marrying him at 21.
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Has a Bachelor's degree in Sociology & Political Science from University College, Dublin (UCD)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Red Alert
2014
Documentary short performer: "Mister Glitz" / writer: "Mister Glitz"
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Black Wind, White Land: Living with Chernobyl
1993
Documentary producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 2nd Meteor Ireland Music Awards
2005
TV Special
Herself
The Late Late Show
2004
TV Series
Herself
U2: The Best of 1980-1990
2002
Video documentary
Herself (uncredited)
Black Wind, White Land: Living with Chernobyl
1993
Documentary
Narrator
Known for movies
Red Alert (2014) as Soundtrack
Black Wind, White Land: Living with Chernobyl (1993) as Producer
The 2nd Meteor Ireland Music Awards (2005) as Herself