$610,000 for Coffee with Apple CEO Ties Auction Site’s Record
May 15, 2013 | Read Time: 1 minute
An anonymous bidder won a coffee date with Apple chief executive Tim Cook by pledging $610,000 to charity, matching the biggest donation ever through online-auction site Charitybuzz, CNN and tech-news site CNET write.
The winning offer, which came in minutes before the action closed Tuesday, will benefit the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. Charitybuzz valued the 30- to 60-minute meeting with Mr. Cook at $50,000 when the bidding opened three weeks ago.
The fundraising site also secured $610,000 last month in an auction for a Lamborghini Aventador. Billionaire investor philanthropist Warren Buffett’s annual eBay auction of a steakhouse lunch to benefit charity raised $3.46-million last year.
