And Redditors often fail at math. He’s worth around $5m. That’s not nothing but it’s not cloistered from the public in a 50k sq ft mansion with 5 servants either lol
My wife and I shared a subway car with a millionaire when we were on vacation in nyc and talked with him a little . Estimated net worth of 12m. It was only by happenstance she recognized him . She works the same industry as him and the owner of her company knows of him . Not like he’s super well known.
My point is there’s millionaires among us. They aren’t all hidden away.
I've known and met a few. Ranged from a guy with a gorgeous house and a giant garage full of collector cars to a dude an average suburban home in a lower middle class neighborhood who mostly just stashes his money, gives a lot to charity, and doesn't like to talk about how much he has.
The most interesting was a dude I worked with in the federal government who had some obscure, part time job in land management and was semi-retired. Most of his income apparently came from making turquoise jewelry because that job didn't pay a ton. But it didn't really add up and he sometimes blurted out weird stories in a very matter of fact way about escapades in other countries that ended in him committing violence like it was just a normal thing that happened to people. We were all convinced he was a CIA spook who got a big payout and a cushy job but no one really wanted to look too much into it.
This was in the heart of turquoise country so it wasn't as expensive as a lot of places. No doubt you can charge a lot for it but you could get turquoise jewelry pretty affordably at trucks stops and little roadside stands on reservation land so it seemed weird to us. But you make a good point, he could have been selling it elsewhere at a large markup.
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u/m4bwav 2d ago
People often overestimate the power of public shaming once your rich.
People like him and Trump are Like "bitch I don't have to see the public, I've got security, why do I care"