What billionaires save

Conventional ideas about the beautiful life of the rich do not always correspond to reality. Luxury yachts, hand-made cars, private islands, business jets, servants' palaces and 100-year-old wines delivered from France - often all this is just fantasy. Many tycoons of American and European business lead a relatively modest lifestyle, in accordance with the saying "penny saves the ruble."

«Lenta.ru report»Tells what fat cats save.

Buffet Burger Indicator

In the days when the financial market is plummeting down sharply, you have to save money for breakfasts at McDonald’s, one of the richest people in the world, the famous American investor Warren Buffett, recently admitted. The head of the investment company Berkshire Hathaway said that in difficult times he would prefer the $ 2,95 sandwich instead of the “McMuffin” with bacon, egg and cheese for $ 3,17.

A businessman with a fortune of $ 73 billion is serious about spending, even if it is just a 22 cent. He says that you first need to postpone a certain amount and only then spend the rest. The billionaire uses a lifetime card, which allows him to grab a bite to eat at McDonald’s for free. True, it acts only in the city of Omaha.

In addition to fast food, Buffett has a weakness for his old car Lincoln Towncar, surprising the inhabitants of Wall Street. The billionaire lives modestly - in the 2-storey house in Omaha, bought back in the middle of the twentieth century. One of the most successful investors of our time, who earned his first $ 5 on the resale of shares in 11-year-olds, knows the value of money. For all his frugality (this word is even written on the number of his car) Buffett is considered the world's largest philanthropist. In 2010, he gave half of his fortune to various charitable foundations. The only luxury in which the “oracle from Omaha” cannot deny itself is a private jet.

Wedding "Student"

Facebook’s social network founder Mark Zuckerberg, who regularly occupies the top lines in the Forbes world ranking, doesn’t sin in wastefulness. First of all it concerns the unpretentiousness of a young man in clothes. Often he appears before the public in jeans, sneakers and a gray T-shirt. The billionaire himself says that in this way saves the time that would have to be spent on the selection of wardrobe.

Modestly passed the wedding of Zuckerberg and his girlfriend Priscilla Chan, with whom he met while studying at Harvard. In May 2012, the couple unexpectedly announced their marriage, which they noted not somewhere on the island of millionaires St. Barts, but in the courtyard of the Zuckerberg house in the city of Palo Alto. The celebration gathered about 100 people who believed that the party was arranged in honor of the graduation of Priscilla Medical School of the University of California. According to rumors, the guests were treated to dishes from their favorite snack bars of the newlyweds.

By the way, the head of Facebook bought a mansion in Palo Alto for a $ 6 million in a mortgage with a floating interest rate. A couple of months after the wedding, the youngest billionaire in the world refinanced him at a record low percentage - 1,05% per annum. The couple spent their honeymoon without excesses: Mark and Priscilla admired the sights of Rome, settling in an ordinary room of an inexpensive hotel. We walked around the city on foot: we visited the Sistine Chapel, walked around the Coliseum.

No clothes

He learned to earn and save money as a child: he bought matches, pencils and pens at wholesale prices in Stockholm and resold at exorbitant prices to his classmates and neighbors. In 17 years founded IKEA. While his friends were chasing the ball and caring for the girls, Kamprad created the world's largest retail business. He flies economy class, dines in cheap restaurants, stops at 3-star hotels. Sometimes he travels free of charge by public transport with a pension certificate.

Furnished house Kamprad, as you might guess, only the products of the network IKEA. The entrepreneur has never been seen in the Maldives in the company of some supermodel, he prefers to relax with his family and fishing rod on the river bank.

At the beginning of 2000's, the story of Rausing’s second-hand Niva was widely publicized in the media. Prior to that, he traveled around the county of Sussex, where his estate is located, on the old British Morris Minor. Rausing did not want to overpay and purchased a 12-year-old Russian SUV with a decent mileage.

The businessman does not hide his good attitude towards Russia, speaks Russian well. After parting with Tetra Pak, he invested about $ 500 million in various business projects in the Russian Federation and the CIS. The survivability of Rausing in domestic matters did not prevent the British queen from honoring him with the title of knight for charity.

Thrifty grandfather

In 1973, the owner of Getty Oil Company was kidnapped by his grandson, Paul Getty III. For nearly six months, negotiations were held on the ransom. But the fat cat, who turned over billions, was in no hurry to part with $ 17 millions. The bandits cut off the ear of a teenager and sent the tycoon in an envelope. As a result, the Getty still paid about $ 3 million. “I have 14 grandchildren, if I pay at least one penny today, then I will have 14 kidnappings,” he explained his obstinacy.

Paul Getty Sr.'s fortune, which at the time of his death in 1976 was estimated at $ 4 billion, was largely written off by the J. Paul Getty Museum founded by him.

With heat from the battery

Henrietta Green significantly increased his father's inheritance by investing in securities and real estate. For some time the family lived in London, where the spouses had 2 children. The owner of entire neighborhoods of real estate in Chicago, stocks and bonds all her life huddled in cheap rented apartments, fed in eateries and went on the old carriage.

The brilliant financier in everyday life saved literally everything. She did not use hot water, did not wash her hands, warmed the food on the radiator in the office, wore the same black dress for years, and in the local grocery store bought discounted broken cookies. Once, Henrietta spent the whole night looking for a lost postage stamp in 2 cents. When her little son broke his leg, Getty spent several days to get him to a free hospital for the poor, as a result the boy’s leg was amputated.

She died at the age of 82 years old - she was hit by a blow during an altercation with a cook who overpaid for milk. The state left after her at that time was fabulous - $ 200 million.

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