Sometimes, it is uneasy to talk about wealthy peoples or Hollywood actors with their toys and irrational spending allocation.
However, World is not always talking about them. Here is the sample. In this post, we are going to talk about 5 famous, richest and modest billionaires in the face of the planet. They do not collect Bugatti on their garage, They are not Stuart Hughes Loyal clients, they do not buy expensive house somewhere on top Hollywood valley, they don’t indulge their kids birthday on a famous Mall in metro city and some of them even stay in a same house
they bought while they were still poor and not famous.The list of top 5 famous richest, modest and most admired billionaires compose popular businessmen such as Frederik Meijer,Chuck Feeney, Ingvar Kamprad, Carlos Slim and one mystery guest you can find on this link.
Let us talk about the 5th men on the top five list.
5. Frederik Meijer
Frederik Meijer is the leader and founder of one of the largest grocery chain stores in Midwest. Meijer’s business hit huge success in 2009 when most business owner fell because of economic crisis. Following Warren buffet, Meijer does not spend his fortune to make him look rich and wealthy. Although total asset of Meijer is around $5 billion dollar, Meijer still uses cheap motels when he traveling for business or leisure.
Next, we have Chuck Feeney, Ingvar Kamprad, Carlos Slim and 1 mystery guest.
This is top 4 to 1 World’s famous, richest and modest billionaires.
4. Chuck Feeney
Chuck Feeney has cool motto “Live to work hard and not to be Rich”. His parents are American-Irelands. Feeney is the father of Duty free shoppers and the founder of Atlantic Philanthropies. He is also the most active donator for his school Cornell University. Daily, Feeney lives like most of us. He rides economy class airplane, he
does not spoil his children with blings and he purchased his clothes, shoes, suits and shirt on retail stores3. Ingvar Kamprad
Ingvar Kamprad is the father of famous Swedish Brand IKEA. Beside His wealth is known as one of the biggest in the world, his modest live has inspired many people worldwide. He suggests his employees to drive an economic car and stay in a cheap hotel. When he has to go abroad he picked a business class plane and when he goes to his office he seldom use a public bus or his 15th year old Volvo 2400GL
2. Carlos Slim
Several times in the last 10 years, Carlos Slim has crossed Bill gates position as the richest man on earth. Outside this achievement, Different from Bill, Slim lives his life simpler. He does not have an expensive private jet, he does not stay in an expensive apartment and he does not ride a mega yacht during the weekend. Slim stays on a same house he purchased 4 decades ago.
This is our mystery guest.
1. Warren Buffet
Today, fortune magazine estimated warren’s fortune is $47 billion dollar. He is a trader and leader of one of the most profitable public company, Berkshire Hathaway. As a billionaire, he lives outside of his box. He stays on a same house he bought around half decade ago in Omaha, Nebraska, for $31,500. He does not bought super yacht, super Jet, or vacation on Tropical Island every week. Warren Buffet has inspired many souls include mine.