Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is selling himself on eBay to raise money for a Jerusalem hi-tech college.
Murdoch has set a reserve price of $25,000 per ticket for the lunch date with him, and all profits will go to the Jerusalem College of Technology, praised by the News Corporation boss as an institute "producing top-notch graduates."
According to Britain's The Guardian newspaper, Murdoch has "long established links with the Israeli hi-tech industry," and has Israel offices for one of his subsidiaries, which develops the company's satellite encryption software.
"Israel has grown from a developing country to a global leader in advanced technologies. The Jerusalem College of Technology is at the forefront of this achievement, producing top-notch graduates whose world-class education will no doubt lead to many innovations and advances in the world of information technology," the eBay introduction to the sale quotes Murdoch as saying.
The online auction begins on November 3, and will last for a week.
eBay states that the winners of the bid "will enjoy lunch in a private executive dining room at News Corporation's world headquarters in Manhattan with Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation."
News Corporation owns a multitude of media companies around the world, including the Fox news and sports satellite television channels, The Sun and The Times newspapers in Britain, and The New York Post.
