Name: BarryNet Briefs
Date/Time: 10/29/2019 9:41 PM
Subject: Rebels With A Cause Gala hosted by Marc Benioff for USC

"Rebels With A Cause Gala hosted [by] Marc Benioff [for] USC" by Taylor Nicole Rogers
Business Insider (Malaysia), 28 October 2019

Marc and Lynne Benioff know how to throw a party. The billionaire couple hosted the fourth annual Rebels With a Cause Gala on Thursday in a Santa Monica office park. The event benefitted research at USC’s Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine. Ellison – a close friend and former mentor of Benioff’s – was there alongside Ashton Kutcher and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. James Corden was the gala’s emcee. The Gala was held in the Los Angeles area in Santa Monica, California in the courtyard of an office park called The Water Garden. Guests included Ashton Kutcher and USC research Dr. David Agus’ children, original Fab 5 member Jai Rodriguez, Japanese musician Yoshiki Hayashi, Barry Manilow and Lorna Luft, and Canadian musician David Foster and his daughter, 90210 star Sara Foster ... All in all, the event raised over $12 million for the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC.