What would you do with $100 million?
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First, I'd pay the taxes on it. Then, I'd keep about 20 to 30% of it and invest some of it.
For myself, I'd
Buy a big house and better cars.
Hire a weekly cleaning lady.
Hire a personal trainer.
Buy hubby whatever tech he wants.
Give my parents a personal assistant/nurse to look after them.
Take my three nieces and nephew on a 7 day vacation at Walt Disney World--all on my dime.
Then, Hubby and I would take our dream vacation to the UK.
What I'd do for others:
set up a charitable foundation to pay people's medical expenses
set up a scholarship fund for kids in foster care
contribute to the ASPCA and to cancer research.
For myself, I'd
Buy a big house and better cars.
Hire a weekly cleaning lady.
Hire a personal trainer.
Buy hubby whatever tech he wants.
Give my parents a personal assistant/nurse to look after them.
Take my three nieces and nephew on a 7 day vacation at Walt Disney World--all on my dime.
Then, Hubby and I would take our dream vacation to the UK.
What I'd do for others:
set up a charitable foundation to pay people's medical expenses
set up a scholarship fund for kids in foster care
contribute to the ASPCA and to cancer research.
Keep five million for myself -- buy and decorate a small condo with a water view, hire someone to clean it regularly, save the rest for a more secure and comfortable retirement than I otherwise anticipate.
Give one million to friends and family.
Divide the rest between my four or five favorite charities.
Give one million to friends and family.
Divide the rest between my four or five favorite charities.
To quote Al Bundy:
1. Pay off all my debts.
2. Make all the repairs that my house has needed for years but I couldn't afford. Also, add a nice sunroom so I can throw outrageous parties...or whatever.
3. College for my kids.
4. Some medical/dental stuff I've been putting off.
5. Set aside whatever I need for the rest of my life.
6. Set up safehouses for victims of domestic abuse. Set up funds to get DA victims back on their feet again, and to send their kids to college. Whatever they need. A place to home their pets if necessary (many places won't take pets, so some victims won't leave for fear of what their abuser will do to their pets).
7. Uh...hire some help to clean out my house. And then decorate it the way I've been meaning to for years. New sofa and chairs...put in a pantry and stuff...
8. A mini cooper for my daughter and an office for my son.
9. More charities.
2. Make all the repairs that my house has needed for years but I couldn't afford. Also, add a nice sunroom so I can throw outrageous parties...or whatever.
3. College for my kids.
4. Some medical/dental stuff I've been putting off.
5. Set aside whatever I need for the rest of my life.
6. Set up safehouses for victims of domestic abuse. Set up funds to get DA victims back on their feet again, and to send their kids to college. Whatever they need. A place to home their pets if necessary (many places won't take pets, so some victims won't leave for fear of what their abuser will do to their pets).
7. Uh...hire some help to clean out my house. And then decorate it the way I've been meaning to for years. New sofa and chairs...put in a pantry and stuff...
8. A mini cooper for my daughter and an office for my son.
9. More charities.
1. Pay off my own debts as well as my family's.
2. Give $5 million to each member of my family.
3. Invest about $20 million.
4. Buy a decent sized house (nothing ridiculously extravagant).
5. Spread about $30 million between various charities.
6. Go back to school (I wouldn't really need the degree anymore, but I'd still want it).
7. Travel, travel, travel.
2. Give $5 million to each member of my family.
3. Invest about $20 million.
4. Buy a decent sized house (nothing ridiculously extravagant).
5. Spread about $30 million between various charities.
6. Go back to school (I wouldn't really need the degree anymore, but I'd still want it).
7. Travel, travel, travel.
Not sure what I would do with $100 million.
I recently inherited $70,000 and I am feeling guilty when I spend it. I put $38,000 of it into fixed term deposit.
I don't think I would like $100 million. If it was one million I would buy the house I am currently renting (cost about $300,000) and modernise the kitchen and the bathroom. I would invest a million or two and live off the interest.
I would probably give most of it away. I have no desire to own a car, or a bigger house or to travel. I might pay someone to do the housework I absolutely hate doing or have a hard time doing (cleaning the stove and the shower etc).
I would give a lot more money to my favourite charities which at the moment are
Interplast (which provides reconstructive surgery to poor people in third world countries)
Kakapo Recovery (saving one of the rarest birds in the world)
Save the Tasmanian Devil Fund (trying to find cure for the disease that is a serious problem for devil survival)
and I would find more 'favourite charities'
I would also probably start collecting something of worth, maybe antique music boxes or Victorian era kaledoscopes. At the moment most of the things I collect are cheap to buy (rubber duckies etc)
I would buy my sons a home each. I still have one son at home (my intellectual disabled son) and I would buy him a unit near me so I could keep an eye on him but allow him to be a bit more independent than he now is. I would set up a trust fund for him so that he wouldn't have to be on a pension. I would probably set up similar trust funds for my other two sons - though I would probably give my youngest son full control over any money I gave him.
I would buy my two best friends a house, I would also buy one of my sisters a house and give my other sister (who already owns her house) an amount of money equal to what I gave my other sister.
I would give my brother nothing.
I recently inherited $70,000 and I am feeling guilty when I spend it. I put $38,000 of it into fixed term deposit.
I don't think I would like $100 million. If it was one million I would buy the house I am currently renting (cost about $300,000) and modernise the kitchen and the bathroom. I would invest a million or two and live off the interest.
I would probably give most of it away. I have no desire to own a car, or a bigger house or to travel. I might pay someone to do the housework I absolutely hate doing or have a hard time doing (cleaning the stove and the shower etc).
I would give a lot more money to my favourite charities which at the moment are
Interplast (which provides reconstructive surgery to poor people in third world countries)
Kakapo Recovery (saving one of the rarest birds in the world)
Save the Tasmanian Devil Fund (trying to find cure for the disease that is a serious problem for devil survival)
and I would find more 'favourite charities'
I would also probably start collecting something of worth, maybe antique music boxes or Victorian era kaledoscopes. At the moment most of the things I collect are cheap to buy (rubber duckies etc)
I would buy my sons a home each. I still have one son at home (my intellectual disabled son) and I would buy him a unit near me so I could keep an eye on him but allow him to be a bit more independent than he now is. I would set up a trust fund for him so that he wouldn't have to be on a pension. I would probably set up similar trust funds for my other two sons - though I would probably give my youngest son full control over any money I gave him.
I would buy my two best friends a house, I would also buy one of my sisters a house and give my other sister (who already owns her house) an amount of money equal to what I gave my other sister.
I would give my brother nothing.
Pay off the student loans.
Finance my way through graduate school.
Pay off my mother's debts.
Buy my mother a house.
Pay off my sibling's student loans.
Finance my cousin's education at the college of her choice.
Buy myself a house.
Build my library in the aforementioned house.
Buy my truck, a GMC Sierra 3500 HD with a Duramax diesel engine.
Visit all the sites of ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and Persia possible.
Prudently invest the rest for the long term.
Finance my way through graduate school.
Pay off my mother's debts.
Buy my mother a house.
Pay off my sibling's student loans.
Finance my cousin's education at the college of her choice.
Buy myself a house.
Build my library in the aforementioned house.
Buy my truck, a GMC Sierra 3500 HD with a Duramax diesel engine.
Visit all the sites of ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and Persia possible.
Prudently invest the rest for the long term.
* Buy a nice but not massive house, I have no need for wacking Mansions
* Give large sums of money to family n a few close friends
* Look how I could invest a small portion of my money in safe stocks like Apple, Microsfot, Facebook kind of safe
* Buy a small share in my childhood football team "Nottingham Forest" just cause am a fan not for any real buissness reasons.
* Give some money to different charties and local community projects
* Big shopping spree
* Hoildays (Wouldn't mind travelling up n down USA, among other places)
* Give large sums of money to family n a few close friends
* Look how I could invest a small portion of my money in safe stocks like Apple, Microsfot, Facebook kind of safe
* Buy a small share in my childhood football team "Nottingham Forest" just cause am a fan not for any real buissness reasons.
* Give some money to different charties and local community projects
* Big shopping spree
* Hoildays (Wouldn't mind travelling up n down USA, among other places)
You know the bed is exactly the same size, right?
Rent luxurious suits from top notch hotels, renovate them for my stay, buy unique stamps, then mail them to someone, finance a project sending ice to Sahara and enter the election with the slogan “vote for none of the above”
Oh, you mean if I get to keep it?
First of all, I wouldn’t tell anyone about it! I would make a straw man company which I can control in the background, and then pay off all debts, my family’s debts, invest in property, spread whatever left in multiple banks (don’t want to risk putting everything in one bank, if that bank goes bankrupt then you’re out of luck).
And of course, with the interest money I would be getting, I would just randomly invest, give to charities etc.
If people found out that I got all that money, then I would become a target for beggars and thieves, but if I remain in the shadows I can live my life as I want, without the hassles of people wanting said money
Oh, you mean if I get to keep it?
First of all, I wouldn’t tell anyone about it!
I would make a straw man company which I can control in the background, and then pay off all debts, my family’s debts, invest in property, spread whatever left in multiple banks (don’t want to risk putting everything in one bank, if that bank goes bankrupt then you’re out of luck). And of course, with the interest money I would be getting, I would just randomly invest, give to charities etc.
If people found out that I got all that money, then I would become a target for beggars and thieves, but if I remain in the shadows I can live my life as I want, without the hassles of people wanting said money
Crush my enemies, see dem driven before me, an hear duh lamendayshuns of duh women.
If we're talking $100 million free and clear, I would divide it up like this:
- 20 million to invest for the future.
- 20 million split amongst charities and research projects I support.
- 20 million divided amongst my family.
- 20 million for purchase of properties including a mansion, vacation home, yacht, cars, etc.
- 20 million to live a life of luxury, leisure, learning, travel, and never having to work for anyone ever again. I would do all the things I always wanted to do but never had the time or money to do.
If we're talking $100 million free and clear, I would divide it up like this:
- 20 million to invest for the future.
- 20 million split amongst charities and research projects I support.
- 20 million divided amongst my family.
- 20 million for purchase of properties including a mansion, vacation home, yacht, cars, etc.
- 20 million to live a life of luxury, leisure, learning, travel, and never having to work for anyone ever again. I would do all the things I always wanted to do but never had the time or money to do.
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One of the research projects I support is a death ray.
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One of the research projects I support is a death ray.
That's more like it. What's the point of millions of dollars if you're not going to threaten civilized society!
I would spent the lot on teaching myself how to become financially secure.
A $90 million Star Trek fanfilm.
The other $10 million produce an annual interest income of more than $100,000. That's more than enough, even after taxes.
The other $10 million produce an annual interest income of more than $100,000. That's more than enough, even after taxes.
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1) New house.
2) Enough groceries to last several years so I never have to leave said house ever.
3) Totally pimped-out gaming laptop.
4) Several Steam games.
5) A new house & wardrobe for each of my less-fortunate friends. And maybe a dinner-party at a fancy restaurant.
6) Anything I haven't already spent, I'll save for later.
2) Enough groceries to last several years so I never have to leave said house ever.
3) Totally pimped-out gaming laptop.
4) Several Steam games.
5) A new house & wardrobe for each of my less-fortunate friends. And maybe a dinner-party at a fancy restaurant.
6) Anything I haven't already spent, I'll save for later.
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