• 800XL@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I used to see him on Entertainment Tonight and think “this guy is an idiot. How is he so rich?”

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      2 months ago

      Inherited 400M invested in real estate and went bankrupt every time he really crapped out to avoid paying everyone. He still ended up worse off than an index fund until he became a reality TV star.

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        I’d come to learn it was mommy and daddy’s money later. You should have seen my face when I learned that rich people just give their kids money whenever. I thought that the parents made them work for it in order to build character or some such other nonsense