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Fundraising drive abroad challenges dominance of Paris and New York

Ed Pilkington in New York
Wednesday May 9, 2007
The Guardian

The guest list read like a rollcall of New York's power 100. From the world of fashion came Calvin Klein and several members of the Estée Lauder cosmetics empire. The old American dynasty of the Rothschilds was represented by Lady Lynn Forester; the new American Clinton dynasty by Chelsea. Big money came in the form of Carlos Slim Helú, the Mexican businessman just dubbed the world's second richest man. There was even a royal - Queen Noor of Jordan. (Ours was otherwise engaged in Washington.)"