Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?
Yeah - he decided he wanted a billion dollars more than he wanted his friends. All he had to do was share.
If you have to share your money for your friends to stick around you, they’re not really friends.
In addition to suddenly being a billionaire, I’m sure life in the public eye didn’t help his situation at all, especially to someone who I imagine spends/spent a lot of time online reading comments from armchair psychologists speaking about him.
Look, if someone wants to give me a billion dollars I will prove that it doesn’t turn you into a Nazi unless you’re already secretly a Nazi.
If I had to pin an exact date on it, it’d be when he bought the most expensive mansion in Beverly Hills (at the time, $70M was a lot for a mansion).
Why? Because you need to deal with life changes one thing at a time. Pro-tip for the future billionaires currently scrolling this comment section: don’t move away from your friends, family, and home country immediately after getting rich – it might screw with your head a little bit. Do what the old money does: stay grounded, dress down, and pretend to be normal.
Far be it from me to demand frugality from a billionaire. It would have been wiser to waste money without simultaneously scoring an “own goal” on his mental health, though…
pretend to be normal
Me, penniless: Yep, I’m so normal *nervous laughter*
