The New York Post is reporting that Oprah Winfrey attended a secret summit held in Manhattan earlier this month involving some of the nation's richest Americans.
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett organized the top secret meeting, with the goal of plotting strategies for weathering the economic downturn and coordinating all of their global philanthropic efforts.
New York's Mayor Bloomberg, George Soros, Eli Broad, Ted Turner, David Rockefeller Sr. and David Rockefeller Jr. were among the attendees at the gathering, which was held inside of the Rockefeller University conference room on the Upper East Side.
Topic No. 1 during the May 5 conclave was which of the moguls' favorite causes -- such as disease control or government reform -- needed extra help during the downturn. They also sought ways to encourage the common man to keep making small-change donations, an aide to one participant said.
IrishCentral.com, which first reported on the powwow, said Gates and Buffett also solicited views on how the group should respond to the global economic climate.
In all, the attendees have donated a collective $70 billion since 1996, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
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