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> I just hope if one of my friends ever made it big I'd have the prudence not to treat them that way.
I grew up in an upper middle class household, but my mom liked to pretend that we were genuinely rich and engaged in equestrian sports and dressage.
These people have serious money.
Horses and their upkeep cost more than boats, and a quality trained dressage horse can cost a million bucks and drop dead from a stupid accident.
I met several truly wealthy people from hanging around the stables and show ring, and one comes from a family with a name that also happens to be on products that 90% of people have in their house.
His great grandfather started that company, and every family member gets dispersed payments from a trust fund.
He got a million dollars at 18, and 25 million at 25, and another 25 million at age 30.
He’s socked most of it away and has it working for him and quietly runs a nice guitar shop in a nice area, and only people like me who know would think he’s anything other than a small business owner.
He’s still friendly with me, and once told me that I’m one of the few people who ever picked up a bar lunch tab for him that knew who he really was…
