Former US president Barack Obama transfixed an audience in Zurich on Saturday night.
Using a talk show format, Obama spoke to 15,000 at the Hallenstadion who paid between CHF 59 and CHF 534 to be there.
Some paid CHF 2,500 to have their picture taken with the former White House resident.
Obama’s Zurich date is the first in a short European tour. He’s also talking in Berlin and Amsterdam.
The German newspaper, Der Spiegel, estimates he’ll earn USD 1.5m from the visit.
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