What do the Billionaires Drive??
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What do the Billionaires Drive??
Here is what I found on the Forbes web-site... http://www.forbesautos.com/advice/to...rtner=netscape.
What gets me is number 4, Ingvar Kamprad (the owner of IKEA). He is worth $23 Billion dollars and drives that. I understand not every wealthy person doesn't have to be all flashy but... something up to date.
What do ya'll think?
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What gets me is number 4, Ingvar Kamprad (the owner of IKEA). He is worth $23 Billion dollars and drives that. I understand not every wealthy person doesn't have to be all flashy but... something up to date.
What do ya'll think?
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I would have thought that there would be better cars. They are like everyday cars. But I do work for a millionaire and he drives a Lincoln Continental. He says that he doesn't want to be noticed, but he as a few toys that he has to have fun with on the weekends.
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Originally Posted by jfan
Maybe Forbes should show their homes instead. Still, it's quite surprising that they don't own the most fanciest of cars.
Anyways... I guess I see not wanting to be publicized in the media like the actors do.
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Originally Posted by exturbo6
just b.c you got alot of money doesnt mean you have to drive a expensive car!
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I understand not every wealthy person doesn't have to be all flashy but... something up to date.
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Originally Posted by texascivic2k1
Like I said above^ I understand totally not being flashy but upgrade a little. Example: Owner of IKEA owns a 1993 Volvo wagon... Upgrade to a Nissan Altima / Honda Accord. Not unless that 93 Wagon is a collectors item.
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i think id have a 93 talon, 98 civic, 05 evo.. lol
^ yup very true. they're probably not used to being spend thrifts on a daily basis. people that just know how to invest wisely and are very business minded/oriented. these are guys that probably get orgasms making huge trades on the stock exchange or something and read Financial Magazines like they're Maxim or Playboy.
you gotta understand, the value they have on their heads it not how much $$ they make n stuff, its the value of thier assets n such. Like bill gates, 46 billion is the value of everything he owns, not how much money they have in the bank. Who knows what kind of paycheck they get every month, i'm sure its a high amount, but its not like they can spend all 46billion of it to buy what they want.
I'm sure they can buy what they want if they wanted to, no doubt, but I highly doubt being frugal or thrifty made them into billionaires.
And they dont drive fancy cars cause they not interested in that stuff. Most of us are car fanatics so we expect ourselves to own fancy cars if we made alot of cash, but as you can see, most of those people chose function over fancy.
and as another member mentioned, "Show their homes", their houses are out of whack. Apparently that's what drives their fancy, and that's what they spent alot of their money on.
I'm sure they can buy what they want if they wanted to, no doubt, but I highly doubt being frugal or thrifty made them into billionaires.
And they dont drive fancy cars cause they not interested in that stuff. Most of us are car fanatics so we expect ourselves to own fancy cars if we made alot of cash, but as you can see, most of those people chose function over fancy.
and as another member mentioned, "Show their homes", their houses are out of whack. Apparently that's what drives their fancy, and that's what they spent alot of their money on.
I sure wish my car was newer
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Ill tell you why most of them dont have fancy cars its because there billionaires they have airplanes and boats and houses. Why drive when you can fly. But most probably have more than just the cars listed too.
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Originally Posted by johnmao123
that's why they are billionaires. Because they know how to manage money and spend it wisely.
Lawrence Ellison has 2 bentlys so thats like $300,000....at least
but this list really surprised me. WTF a Dogde Dakota Truck? I can almost see the Lincolns cuz those guys are really old and probably dont even drive them all they do is ride in back
I would have about 10 cars if I was a billionaire all pimped to the fullest with any mod that I wanted
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Rep Power: 288 regarding the ikea dude, ppl in sweden dont drive nice cars, even political leaders take the bus to work. thats what they get for like 60%+ income tax. some of those cars are pretty normal cars, cuz i guess these ppl are pretty normal people. they probably got into their rich position by being a good steward of their money. and after they got rich, their habits did not change.
props to the IKEA owner for being so humble
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Originally Posted by texascivic2k1
Yeah... I would like to see some of there homes. I remember Bill Gates home being build years ago in some magazine.
Anyways... I guess I see not wanting to be publicized in the media like the actors do.
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Anyways... I guess I see not wanting to be publicized in the media like the actors do.
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Originally Posted by Civicccc
You can go look for Alice Waltons house. I'm pretty sure she lives in Fort Worth.
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Originally Posted by johnmao123
that's why they are billionaires. Because they know how to manage money and spend it wisely.
