Who is the wealthiest man you know and what are your thoughts of him as a man?

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1. Wealthiest would be a doctor who owns a fair amount of properties.

   Very nice guy, extremely generous with what he has too.

   In fact, every millionaire I know does not live partially luxurious. They don’t drive cars worth 100k, they don’t wear gucci type brands, they live comfortably and seem to give a lot away.

2. A dude I grew up with actually. He started a tech company and sold some shit to the Medical industry, he’s a millionaire with a thriving business now.

   He’s alright, we grew apart over the years, he’s a bit of a narcissist and crybaby, the kind of person who seems like they’re always trying to impress whoever they’re around and be “cool” with everyone, and you can be his best friend if you just agree with him about everything and feed his ego. He’s a nice guy, but I find people like that kind of annoying and exhausting to be around, fake as fuck, not super trustworthy, opinionated and pretty closed minded.

   Happy for the dude, he’s always pushed 110% and put his dreams above all else, and it worked out, but on a personal level….. ehhhhhhhh, not my kinda guy.

3. I know a guy, owns multiple businesses and is wealthy. He’s awesome. Great guy and of high morale fiber. Been a great friend of mine for 15-20 years

4. The wealthiest person I’ve known was a woman. She is high nine-figures in wealth. She is incredibly bright, ridiculously self-centered, and loves to blame other people for her mistakes.

   She is not a terrible person, just a selfish one.

   The wealthiest man I’ve known is low eight-figures in wealth. He is a decent guy. He works hard. He tries to look out for others, especially his family. He’s easily distracted and likes to hear himself talk.

   He’s a good person, but can be too narrow-focused from time to time.

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6. Describing the wealthiest man I know without giving too much information that could identify him could be tricky, but here goes.

   For convenience I’ll call him Wil. He’s the father of one of my closest friends from school. He started in law and invested well in real estate. Somehow got into the toy business and after some moderate success with a number of other toys ended up inventing one of the best selling toys of the late ’80s/early ’90s. Ended up with a fat settlement (8 figures IIRC) with the toy manufacturer after a disagreement. He still dabbles in the toy business but now owns a beautiful resort in a very touristy part of the state I live in.

   As a person and a man he’s driven but kind and helpful. He’s politically conservative but his kids span the political spectrum. He wants to see his community and the people around him succeed. Intelligent and confident but not arrogant. Judging from what I saw of his interactions with his employees as well as his volunteer work with students at our school, a good leader who knows how to encourage and support people to be their best. Loves his family and his friends. Recognizes his shortcomings and imperfections but generally a good man.

7. The wealthiest person I know is my friend’s dad. Very mixed feelings on the guy. He was always incredible to me. Super nice, very supportive of me professionally when I was younger. Always willing to take time off of work to spend time with his kids, when he wasn’t traveling, which was a lot. Took me to Universal Studios with his family one year.

   But then, his wife had an affair, and he started using his wealth like a weapon against the people who depended on him. Became a completely different person. He basically told his kids “it’s me or her, either you never speak to her again or you never speak to me again.” As far as I know, both kids went with the dad.

   Then his daughter got pregnant in college a year or so later, and he threatened to cut her off completely unless she had an abortion, which she did.

   Granted, I was on the outside looking in and all the information I was getting was through the oldest son, so a lot of the information may not bee 100% accurate.

8. I dont know who is the wealthiest, but several folks are doing well..
   Neighbor to my grandparents- owns some type of board game company. Has a 5m+ house on the water. If theres a party next door he and his wife always pop by to say hello and always bring something food, drinks, a gift. Super nice guy ~40yo. Seems really worn out though.

   A customer of a shop I worked at. Started as an architect in his 20s doing custom homes in cali, then killed it on crypto and became an investor. Has a couple dozen properties in the LA area. Any time my wife and I are in the area he takes us out for dinner to BS and advises me (quite well) on my own investments for nothing.

9. I can’t say I know anyone that’s wealthy and makes sense since I’m poor working class guy the only person I could point to is upper management and I only speak to them in passing just a simple hello as we walk by each other

10. Guy not much older than me who sold a software company he founded recently and probably got a good chunk of $50 million out of it, personally. I think a great deal of him.

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12. My uncle. Non executive director for an Oil and Gas major. Now advisor to Chatham House on renewables. Chemical Engineer by trade.

    One of the most humble, non flashy people I know. Amazing musician (Piano, guitar, drums)

    Clearly has money (house and cars) but oiutside that you wouldnt know. He isnt in flashy brands. He has earned his wealth.

    But also as I work in the same industry now, I understand his business persona would have to be completely different. His career got more time than his family. And he would have to be borderline sociopathic to get where he did.

13. My grandpa. He is atleast in the eight figures I think. I look up to him an extrodinary amount and I try to emulate his confidence and vision often. True example and grateful to be his grandson

14. I knew a dude who’s a lobbyist. Every time he drove, he split the difference between two lanes, he barely followed speed limits/stop signs/traffic lights, he cheated on my sister, and he’s generally very materialistic. Had a few houses, like 5-6 cars, etc.

    For background, he grew up EXTREMELY poor; dunno how that tracks for people who were born into wealth and continued it on down the road.

15. My uncle, a cheap pos who looks down on other fam members. His wife came from humble beginnings and is even worse in this regard. I always thought humble beginning type folks who made it would be nicer and understanding, nope not her. Crooked eye bitch is her nickname.

16. Old friend. Terrible human being, selfish, arrogant, asshole. Karma got him so good. It’s amazing how much help from less fortunate people he got, and he never helps back. Guess that’s how you stay rich.

17. My father in law. And he’s an ASSHOLE.

18. He was my last employer, ok bloke to work for, massive ego 10 properties and about 50 cars most of them high end luxury cars, as a man he was very cold and self centered and a stickler for rules, he had no friends as he didn’t trust anyone once he became wealthy and wasn’t really interested in other peoples opinions

19. my buddy Scott, about $500M+ . he’s cool as HELL. has the nice house and all that and does amazing things for green technology and science in the world. travels around on boats exploring and meeting amazing people. always asks me how I’m doing and never talks about himself. sick guy

20. I know a man who owns a Major League Baseball team, and he has a large controlling interest in a US national brand. He is completely miserable. He balances his accounts more than once a day. He accuses, or deeply suspects people are stealing from him. Not able to have close, intimate friendships.

21. My daughters did is wealthy on paper. He has assets that easily value him into the millions, but it’s all in real estate.

    He makes decent money on his properties and isn’t a horrible guy by any means, but he can be pretty flippant about money (when we go in on expenses for our daughter I’ll have to remind him repeatedly to pay his portion not because he doesn’t have it but because $100 is nothing to him and groceries to me so he just forgets).

    That being said he has a problem being a bit self centered and not always considering how his actions and words can impact those around him. He’s aware and learning to be better though.

22. Probably some of the clients I work with. There is a guy who owns a home building company. They do a ton of projects all around the city where I live. He has developed enough land in the area that there is a relatively major roadway named after him. I know he and his family fly their helicopter down to his lake house pretty frequently.

    Dude is nice enough to me. But he is your typical rich, sexist, old white guy stereotype. Like he’s creepy and hits on our younger female employees. Makes the company happy hours pretty awkward. The guy has been kicked out bars for getting belligerent and obnoxious to women and aggressive to men. I guess when you are that wealthy and friends with local politicians you don’t really care about consequences.

    When he hosts events and my company attends I generally hang out for whatever I feel is the minimum to be considered “business development” and then find a reason to leave.

23. Met the guy through my girlfriend’s former colleague. It was the first few years after finishing school and he was the only one I look knew who owned a Tesla. And a pretty sick fully reno’d house. And a chalet in the Alps.

    Dude was an absolute loser, incredibly boring conversationally and lacking self-awareness. He only worked a couple years before giving up and living off the family wealth. They fought all the time and seemed like miserable people.

    I try to be open minded and judge the individual, but not gonna lie that it kinda turned me of rich folks.

24. Like legit know know…? Hrm… that’s hard because I grew up in a tech scene and know 6 that were founders at different companies that went public or sold and another that just arbitraged a certain situation to maximum profits. I could look it up and pull numbers together and compare/contrast but I think all 7 are worth talking about quickly:

    * 50+: Sold a company, hung out for a bit, built another, sold it. Wealthy wealthy wealthy. Really cool, interesting guy. Stuck to a niche (travel), hasn’t changed much, does what he thinks is fun (travels some, loves chess). Low ego, enjoys problem-solving.
    * 40+: Went from founder to silent partner, wasn’t a great love story inside the company, the company kind of sucks but it went public and has done okay. He’s the closest to my age, spends time protecting his money, learning about tax loopholes, now just building a family. He definitely likes the attention the money brings which I don’t enjoy so we’ve lost touch.
    * 50+: Cofounder – awesome. Awesome person. Was hard for me to believe he’s that kind/awesome. Also ruthless in business but just a genius-level marketer/salesman. Confidently stuck to his life and what he needed from it.
    * 50+: Cofounder – more awesome. Just a constant builder/engineer. Great, thoughtful speaker. Constant machine, super duper kind. Inspires a lot of the approaches I use today of just prioritizing what I need so that I can be great.
    * 20+: Definitely stereotypical young guy with loads of money. Insecure, searching for something, spending in a lot of directions trying to figure it out. Drugs, drinking, etc. Wealth at a young age is usually detrimental (at least in the short term).
    * 50+: Founder – awesome. Constant learner, pusher, innovator. I imagine he’s done after this next exit.
    * 40+: Cofounder – awesome. I watched this one grow up, hyper-aggressive, large ego, insecure. And now finding his path and being cool with being more hands-off and pivoting to serving his under-served community. Love it.

    So what’s the takeaway – everyone that I know with wealth that I respect are constant learners, low ego, and happy to help.

25. My Uncle is low key a millionaire. He doesn’t look or act like one. He’s just great at saving and investing his money. He lives a very frugal lifestyle, doesn’t drink or party. He just loves to take care of his wife n kids plus he just retired in his 50s. Good guy all around.

26. They are all just like me, but they go on much nicer vacations. Everything else is about the same really.

27. Me, I have a spiritual world in Christianity that frees me from want.

    He (ME) is a devout follower of the word.

28. The guy I learned to build pools from.

    He’s the hardest worker I’ve ever known. He’s a giant too, not Andre the Giant, but close. He tells funny stories and can be a cool dude.

    The problem is he thinks he’s better than everyone since nobody can keep up with him. He will screw over anyone if he perceives any kind of slight and rationalizes it saying it’s business. He has a passion for holding onto grudges. He’s a bit vindictive really.

    He hates his wife – his own admission, and lives to work. He’s rich, but wears Meijer clothing and has no hobbies, so just continues to accumulate for no reason beyond that he likes to work, and also, the amount he makes is so addicting he can’t walk away from it. He said that to me and I was disturbed honestly. I suddenly saw how he became himself and I was walking that same path.

    It was him that made me start to change my priorities. Because I **could** keep up with him. I was him in a lot of ways. I was afraid of that future when I saw myself in him and have since made necessary changes to my perspective and have realigned my priorities with what really matters.

29. Now it’s my turn to tell you about the time I met Donald Trump! I don’t want to share my thoughts about him though. Regardless of what I say half this forum is going to tell me to go fuck myself 🤣

30. An ex-gf has a relative who owns about $4M in assets, almost all of it in his business.

    Overall he’s a good man, but that fact is not readily apparent to most people because he plays his cards close to his vest.

    When I first met him I thought he was just another cowboy with family money, stoic almost to the point of aloofness, a man whose trust and respect are not easily earned and who is not inclined to give people the benefit of the doubt – especially not to people like me who work for one of his competitors. But once he realized I was not out to screw him over I began to gain his trust and he started opening up to me, allowing me to see that he actually has a heart under that tough exterior. He is very devoted to and protective of his wife and kids, and is very patient with his wife’s family – they definitely put the fun in dysfunction. When surrounded by those he has let into his circle of trust he’s easygoing and will engage in banter. He drinks good whiskey, and when he’s had a few I can see that there’s still a little bit of “kid at heart” inside of him.

    If people were dogs he’d be a blue heeler.