20 Questions

[DejaBoo]

Ok, so I bet you are a musician then ???

[DejaBoo]

(sorry for using up so many numbers, nna)

[Butty Brennan]

Ok, so I bet you are a musician then ???

no. 
One more left!

[DejaBoo]

nooooooo, go all in nna - you got this!

[NNAHere]

What we have: male, over 50, US based, not a politician/actor/businessman/academic/author or musician or dancer (but possibly involved in 'art' or 'the arts') /not a religious figure/ not military/ not a sportsperson, not particularly known for TV appearances.

Are you a wealthy philanthropist?

[Butty Brennan]

What we have: male, over 50, US based, not a politician/actor/businessman/academic/author or musician or dancer (but possibly involved in 'art' or 'the arts') /not a religious figure/ not military/ not a sportsperson, not particularly known for TV appearances.

Are you a wealthy philanthropist?

Wealthy- yes.
Philanthropist- yes, but more in a private rather than overly public way.

Would anyone like to hazard a guess?

[NNAHere]

It can't be Warren Buffett as he's still active in Berkshire Hathaway. It can't be Bill Gates as he is still involved in non-Microsoft businesses per Wikipedia. I'll need to sit on this one.

[Butty Brennan]

It was director Steven Spielberg.

[NNAHere]

Hmm...

Not particularly known for TV appearances?! (perhaps, as he's not on our screens every month but arguably has had a reasonably good TV profile)

Not involved in the arts? (surely he would qualify under this by virtue of having directed multiple global movie hits, by being ranked as one of the most successful directors ever and with some of his movies assessed as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", per Wikipedia)

Not in business? (chairman of Amblin Entertainment!)

[DejaBoo]

huh, so he falls into alot of grey areas I guess ... agree there's plenty to qualify him as being on tv, arts and business.