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THIEL'S $130M MANSION = felt like $725 to Thiel. Could have paid a year of rent for 7,285 homeless veteransBRIN SPENDS $100M+ FIGHTING A BILLIONAIRE TAX = felt like $83 to Brin. Could have saved 18,545 livesSTORONSKY'S $400M YACHT = Could have given 10 million people clean drinking water27-YEAR-OLD BUYS SEIZED $187M YACHT = felt like $18,985 to Sajwani. Could have given 4.7 million people clean drinking waterLARRY PAGE'S $173M MIAMI BUYING SPREE = felt like $130 to Page. Could have paid a year of rent for 9,718 homeless veteransTAYLOR SWIFT & TRAVIS KELCE'S $20M SPLURGE = Could have fed 182,648 hungry kids for a whole yearDRAKE POSTS $2.5M IN LOSING BETS = felt like $1,206 to Drake. Could have fed 22,831 hungry kids for a whole yearSTEYER'S $213M CAMPAIGN = Could have fed 1.9 million hungry kids for a whole yearKARP'S $28.5M HOUSE NEXT DOOR = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,597 homeless veteransZUCKERBERG'S $170M MIAMI MANSION = felt like $148 to Zuckerberg. Could have fed 1.6 million hungry kids for a whole yearSCHULTZ'S $44M PENTHOUSE = felt like $2,425 to Schultz. Could have fed 401,826 hungry kids for a whole yearLEE'S $38.5M SPLURGE = Could have saved 7,000 livesKARP'S $120M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 6,725 homeless veteransTHE WEEKND'S $50M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,802 homeless veteransWAHLBERG'S $37M MANSION = Could have fed 337,900 hungry kids for a whole yearLUCAS' $52.3M MANSION = Could have fed 477,626 hungry kids for a whole yearDONČIĆ'S $25M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,401 homeless veteransEX-GOOGLE CEO'S $110M MANSION = felt like $598 to Schmidt. Could have paid a year of rent for 6,165 homeless veteransWILLIAMS' $40M MANSION = Could have fed 365,297 hungry kids for a whole yearPARIS HILTON & CARTER REUM'S $63.1M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,536 homeless veteransKARP'S $46M MANSION = Could have fed 420,091 hungry kids for a whole yearJAKE PAUL'S $39M GEORGIA KINGDOM = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,186 homeless veteransBEZOS' VENICE WEDDING = felt like $17 to Bezos. Could have given 500,000 people clean drinking waterCASINO HEIR'S $110M BEL AIR PALACE = felt like $5,735 to Packer. Could have fed 1 million hungry kids for a whole yearHEDGE FUNDER'S $75M MIAMI ISLAND MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 4,164 homeless veteransCOHLER'S $30M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,681 homeless veteransZUCKERBERG'S $23M MANSION = felt like $20 to Zuckerberg. Could have paid a year of rent for 1,289 homeless veteransSCARLETT JOHANSSON & COLIN JOST'S $13M PENTHOUSE = Could have fed 118,721 hungry kids for a whole yearRICHARDS' $19.5M LOT = Could have fed 178,082 hungry kids for a whole yearLOPEZ'S $17.5M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 981 homeless veteransRONALDO'S BRANDED $50M+ JET = felt like $6,889 to Ronaldo. Could have saved 9,091 livesKOCH'S $35M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,961 homeless veteransSELENA GOMEZ & BENNY BLANCO'S $35M MANSION = Could have fed 319,635 hungry kids for a whole yearMUSK'S $277M ELECTION = felt like $64 to Musk. Could have saved 50,364 livesMELLON'S $150M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have fed 1.4 million hungry kids for a whole yearNEYMAR'S $54.5M PENTHOUSE = Could have fed 497,260 hungry kids for a whole yearSUN'S $6.2M BANANA = Could have saved 1,127 livesDAVID BECKHAM & VICTORIA BECKHAM'S $72.3M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 4,052 homeless veteransJORDAN'S $65M JET = Could have saved 11,818 livesGATES' $50M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 9,091 livesMOSKOVITZ'S $39M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 7,091 livesSAGHIAN'S $30M MANSION = Could have fed 273,973 hungry kids for a whole yearNEYMAR'S $26M LOT = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,457 homeless veteransHOFFMAN'S $16M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have fed 146,119 hungry kids for a whole yearADELSON'S $95M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have fed 867,580 hungry kids for a whole yearUIHLEIN'S $59M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 10,727 livesFRIEDLAND'S $96M ESTATE = Could have fed 876,712 hungry kids for a whole yearKARLIE KLOSS & JOSHUA KUSHNER'S $29.5M MANSION = Could have fed 269,406 hungry kids for a whole yearAMBANI WEDDING = felt like $1,161 to Ambani. Could have saved 109,091 livesBEZOS' NEW $80M JET = felt like $69 to Bezos. Could have saved 14,545 livesJOBS' $70M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,923 homeless veteransGRIFFIN'S $44.6M FOSSIL = felt like $173 to Griffin. Could have fed 407,306 hungry kids for a whole yearAFFLECK'S $20.5M MANSION = Could have fed 187,215 hungry kids for a whole yearHASTINGS' $7M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 1,273 livesJOBS' $94M ESTATE = Could have fed 858,447 hungry kids for a whole yearGRIFFIN'S $90M ESTATE = felt like $349 to Griffin. Could have paid a year of rent for 5,044 homeless veteransLAMAR'S $40M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,242 homeless veteransOHTANI'S $7.8M MANSION = Could have fed 71,689 hungry kids for a whole yearKHAN'S $360M YACHT = Could have given 9 million people clean drinking waterZUCKERBERG'S $300M YACHT = felt like $261 to Zuckerberg. Could have given 7.5 million people clean drinking waterBEZOS BUYS 3 HOUSES ON BILLIONAIRE BUNKER = felt like $204 to Bezos. Could have fed 2.2 million hungry kids for a whole yearZUCKERBERG'S HAWAII HIDEAWAY = felt like $235 to Zuckerberg. Could have fed 2.5 million hungry kids for a whole yearRAMASWAMY'S $26M LONG SHOT = Could have fed 237,443 hungry kids for a whole yearZEDD'S $18.4M MANSION = Could have fed 168,037 hungry kids for a whole yearSCHMIDT'S $159M YACHT = felt like $864 to Schmidt. Could have given 4 million people clean drinking waterMESSI'S $10.75M FLORIDA MANSION = Could have fed 98,174 hungry kids for a whole yearMICKELSON'S $100M SPLURGE = Could have fed 913,242 hungry kids for a whole yearFORD'S $52M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,914 homeless veteransROSS' $35M ISLAND = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,961 homeless veteransSCHMIDT'S $67.6M YACHT = felt like $367 to Schmidt. Could have given 1.7 million people clean drinking waterJENNIFER LOPEZ & BEN AFFLECK'S $60.9M MANSION = Could have fed 556,164 hungry kids for a whole yearSIMONYI'S $250M YACHT = Could have given 6.3 million people clean drinking waterBEYONCÉ & JAY-Z'S $200M MALIBU HOME = felt like $10,153 to the Carters. Could have paid a year of rent for 11,208 homeless veteransEPSTEIN'S ISLANDS SOLD FOR $60M = Could have fed 547,945 hungry kids for a whole yearPAUL'S $15.8M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 883 homeless veteransPERRY'S $5M MANSION = Could have fed 45,662 hungry kids for a whole yearBEZOS' $500M YACHT = felt like $495 to Bezos. Could have given 14.4 million people clean drinking waterCAR DEALER'S $170M PALM BEACH RECORD = Could have fed 1.6 million hungry kids for a whole yearK-CUP KING'S $66M PALM BEACH SWAP = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,699 homeless veteransROSS' $61.5M JET = Could have saved 11,182 livesRIHANNA'S $21M PENTHOUSE = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,177 homeless veteransGETTY'S $33M COMPOUND = Could have fed 301,370 hungry kids for a whole yearJUSTIN VERLANDER & KATE UPTON'S $15.3M PENTHOUSE = Could have paid a year of rent for 857 homeless veteransBUNNY'S $8.8M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 493 homeless veteransELLEN DEGENERES & PORTIA DE ROSSI'S $70M ESTATE = Could have fed 639,269 hungry kids for a whole yearDRAKE'S $12.5M BLING = felt like $6,028 to Drake. Could have fed 114,155 hungry kids for a whole yearMAYWEATHER'S $1.2M BLING = Could have saved 227 livesPRITZKER'S $152M RE-ELECTION = felt like $6,981 to Pritzker. Could have fed 1.4 million hungry kids for a whole yearCARUSO'S $104.8M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 19,063 livesMUSK'S $78M JET = felt like $18 to Musk. Could have saved 14,182 livesBANKMAN-FRIED'S $39.9M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have fed 364,384 hungry kids for a whole yearMAYWEATHER'S $3.1M ART BUY = Could have saved 564 livesMAYWEATHER'S $1.7M ART BUY = Could have fed 15,525 hungry kids for a whole yearAMBANI'S $243M DUBAI DOUBLE = felt like $470 to Ambani. Could have fed 2.2 million hungry kids for a whole yearKARDASHIAN'S $70.4M ESTATE = felt like $7,147 to Kardashian. Could have fed 642,922 hungry kids for a whole yearMARCIANO'S $35.5M MANSION = Could have fed 324,201 hungry kids for a whole yearANISTON'S $14.8M FARMHOUSE = Could have paid a year of rent for 829 homeless veteransSPIEGEL'S $119.9M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 6,718 homeless veteransKYLIE: “MINE OR YOURS?” = felt like $20,062 to Jenner. Could have paid a year of rent for 4,080 homeless veteransPITT'S $40M MANSION = Could have fed 365,297 hungry kids for a whole yearELLISON'S $173M FLORIDA PALACE = felt like $176 to Ellison. Could have paid a year of rent for 9,695 homeless veteransKIM'S $150M CASHMERE JET = felt like $15,229 to Kardashian. Could have fed 1.4 million hungry kids for a whole yearTHIEL'S $10M POLITICAL SPENDING = felt like $56 to Thiel. Could have saved 1,818 livesCONNOR'S $55M SPACE TRIP = Could have fed 502,283 hungry kids for a whole yearADAM LEVINE & BEHATI PRINSLOO'S $52M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,914 homeless veteransJOVOVICH'S $10.2M MANSION = Could have fed 93,151 hungry kids for a whole yearDRAKE'S $75M ESTATE = felt like $36,169 to Drake. Could have fed 684,932 hungry kids for a whole yearADELE'S $58M COMPOUND = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,250 homeless veteransOSAKA'S $6.3M MANSION = Could have fed 57,534 hungry kids for a whole yearTINA TURNER & ERWIN BACH'S $76M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 4,259 homeless veteransRUPERT MURDOCH & JERRY HALL'S $200M RANCH = Could have paid a year of rent for 11,208 homeless veteransCOINBASE CEO'S $133M BEL AIR COMPOUND = felt like $2,915 to Armstrong. Could have fed 1.2 million hungry kids for a whole yearZEKELMAN'S $150M YACHT = Could have given 3.8 million people clean drinking waterSUN'S $78.4M ART BUY = Could have fed 715,982 hungry kids for a whole yearGRIFFIN'S $43.2M ART BUY = felt like $167 to Griffin. Could have saved 7,855 livesCOSTANTINI'S $34.9M ART BUY = Could have saved 6,345 livesANDREESSEN'S $177M MALIBU ESTATE = felt like $17,970 to Andreessen. Could have fed 1.6 million hungry kids for a whole yearBRAUN'S $65M FARMHOUSE = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,643 homeless veteransYE GUTS A $57M MASTERPIECE = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,211 homeless veteransWILL SMITH & JADA PINKETT SMITH'S $11.3M MANSION = Could have fed 103,196 hungry kids for a whole yearELTON JOHN'S $8.5M HOUSE NEXT DOOR = Could have paid a year of rent for 476 homeless veteransTHE WEEKND'S $70M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,923 homeless veteransMCGREGOR'S $3.6M YACHT = Could have given 90,000 people clean drinking waterJEFF BEZOS & LAUREN SÁNCHEZ'S $78M ESTATE = felt like $67 to Bezos. Could have fed 712,329 hungry kids for a whole yearTOMMY HILFIGER & DEE OCLEPPO'S $21M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,177 homeless veteransBET-DAVID'S $20.4M MANSION = Could have fed 186,301 hungry kids for a whole yearADELE'S $10M MANSION = Could have fed 91,324 hungry kids for a whole yearHART'S $7M HOUSE NEXT DOOR = Could have paid a year of rent for 392 homeless veteransMALONE'S $1.6M BLING = Could have saved 291 livesKARDASHIAN'S $12M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 672 homeless veteransBRADY'S $6M YACHT = Could have given 150,000 people clean drinking waterELLISON'S $80M ESTATE = felt like $81 to Ellison. Could have paid a year of rent for 4,483 homeless veteransJOHNSON'S $27.8M ESTATE = Could have fed 253,881 hungry kids for a whole yearMADONNA'S $19.3M MANSION = Could have fed 176,256 hungry kids for a whole yearWAYNE'S $15.4M MANSION = Could have fed 140,639 hungry kids for a whole yearRIHANNA'S $10M HOUSE NEXT DOOR = Could have paid a year of rent for 560 homeless veteransMARK ZUCKERBERG & PRISCILLA CHAN'S $53M MANSION = felt like $46 to Zuckerberg. Could have paid a year of rent for 2,970 homeless veteransADAM LEVINE & BEHATI PRINSLOO'S $22.7M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,272 homeless veteransRIHANNA'S $13.8M MANSION = Could have fed 126,027 hungry kids for a whole yearKOUM'S $87M HOUSE NEXT DOOR = Could have paid a year of rent for 4,876 homeless veteransJAMES' $14M MANSION = Could have fed 127,854 hungry kids for a whole yearMCGREGOR'S $1M BLING = Could have fed 9,132 hungry kids for a whole yearIVANKA & JARED'S $32.2M EMPTY LOT = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,805 homeless veteransNOAH'S $27.5M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,541 homeless veteransJENNER'S $20M MANSION = Could have fed 182,648 hungry kids for a whole yearKARDASHIAN'S $17M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 953 homeless veteransBRADY'S $2M YACHT = Could have given 50,000 people clean drinking waterMOSKOVITZ'S $20M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have fed 182,648 hungry kids for a whole yearMANN'S $15.5M MANSION = Could have fed 141,553 hungry kids for a whole yearHOFFMAN'S $12M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 2,182 livesKATY PERRY & ORLANDO BLOOM'S $14.2M COMPOUND = Could have fed 129,680 hungry kids for a whole yearELLEN DEGENERES & PORTIA DE ROSSI'S $49M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,746 homeless veteransJAMES' $36.8M COMPOUND = Could have fed 335,616 hungry kids for a whole yearWILLIAMS' $8M ESTATE = Could have fed 73,059 hungry kids for a whole yearBIEBER'S $25.8M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,446 homeless veteransJOHN LEGEND & CHRISSY TEIGEN'S $17.5M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 981 homeless veteransEX-TWITTER CHAIR BUYS THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR = Could have fed 123,288 hungry kids for a whole yearBEZOS' $10M HOUSE NEXT DOOR = felt like $8.61 to Bezos. Could have paid a year of rent for 560 homeless veteransSCOTT'S $23.5M MANSION = Could have fed 214,612 hungry kids for a whole yearGRANDE'S $13.7M MANSION = Could have fed 125,114 hungry kids for a whole yearGRANDE'S $6.8M MANSION = Could have fed 61,644 hungry kids for a whole yearJENNER'S $15M LAND = felt like $4,134 to Jenner. Could have paid a year of rent for 841 homeless veteransBLOOMBERG'S $44.8M RANCH = felt like $79 to Bloomberg. Could have fed 409,041 hungry kids for a whole yearJENNER'S $36.5M COMPOUND = felt like $10,058 to Jenner. Could have fed 333,333 hungry kids for a whole yearBEZOS' $16.1M MANSION = felt like $14 to Bezos. Could have fed 147,032 hungry kids for a whole yearGOMEZ'S $4.9M MANSION = Could have fed 44,749 hungry kids for a whole yearBLOOMBERG'S $1 BILLION CAMPAIGN = felt like $1,851 to Bloomberg. Could have saved 190,909 livesBILL GATES & MELINDA GATES' $43M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,410 homeless veteransALTMAN'S $27M MANSION = felt like $5,208 to Altman. Could have paid a year of rent for 1,513 homeless veteransREESE WITHERSPOON & JIM TOTH'S $15.9M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 891 homeless veteransMALONE'S $1M BLING = Could have fed 9,132 hungry kids for a whole yearSTEYER'S $342M CAMPAIGN = Could have fed 3.1 million hungry kids for a whole yearBEZOS' $165M BEVERLY HILLS ESTATE = felt like $142 to Bezos. Could have fed 1.5 million hungry kids for a whole yearGABRIELLE UNION & DWYANE WADE'S $17.9M MANSION = Could have fed 163,470 hungry kids for a whole yearMURDOCH'S $150M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 8,406 homeless veteransSTAR'S $14.6M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 818 homeless veteransJOHNSON'S $9.5M MANSION = Could have fed 86,758 hungry kids for a whole yearALICIA KEYS & SWIZZ BEATZ'S $20.8M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,166 homeless veteransLAMAR'S $9.7M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 544 homeless veteransSTING'S $65.7M PENTHOUSE = Could have fed 600,000 hungry kids for a whole yearCURRY'S $31M MANSION = Could have fed 283,105 hungry kids for a whole yearCOHEN'S $91M ART BUY = Could have saved 16,545 livesBEZOS' $80M MANSION = felt like $69 to Bezos. Could have paid a year of rent for 4,483 homeless veteransELLEN DEGENERES & PORTIA DE ROSSI'S $45M MANSION = Could have fed 410,959 hungry kids for a whole yearADELE'S $10.7M MANSION = Could have fed 97,260 hungry kids for a whole yearSNYDER'S $192M YACHT = Could have given 4.8 million people clean drinking waterBLANK'S $180M YACHT = Could have given 4.5 million people clean drinking waterGRIFFIN'S $238M PENTHOUSE = felt like $922 to Griffin. Could have paid a year of rent for 13,338 homeless veteransSTEYER'S $40M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 7,273 livesNOAH'S $20.5M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,149 homeless veteransJERRY JONES' $250M SUPERYACHT = Could have given 6.3 million people clean drinking waterRICK SCOTT'S $63.6M SENATE SEAT = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,564 homeless veteransMAYWEATHER'S $5.3M BLING = Could have saved 964 livesKHALED'S $25.9M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,451 homeless veteransGREENE'S $30M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have fed 273,973 hungry kids for a whole yearMILLER'S $33M ISLAND = Could have fed 301,370 hungry kids for a whole yearMAYWEATHER'S $18M BLING = Could have saved 3,273 livesBURKLE'S $15M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 841 homeless veteransMICHAEL S. SMITH & IRIS SMITH'S $110M COMPOUND = Could have fed 1 million hungry kids for a whole yearAFFLECK'S $19.2M MANSION = Could have fed 175,799 hungry kids for a whole yearKATZ'S $85M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 4,764 homeless veteransMAYWEATHER'S $1.9M SPLURGE = Could have fed 17,352 hungry kids for a whole yearTELEVANGELIST'S GULFSTREAM JET = Could have saved 1,073 livesWILLIAMS' $6.7M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 375 homeless veteransBEYONCÉ & JAY-Z'S $88M COMPOUND = felt like $4,467 to the Carters. Could have paid a year of rent for 4,932 homeless veteransMAEZAWA'S $110.5M ART BUY = Could have fed 1 million hungry kids for a whole yearCOHEN'S $165M ART BUY = Could have saved 30,000 livesTRUMP'S $66M CAMPAIGN = Could have fed 602,740 hungry kids for a whole yearMAEZAWA'S $22.3M ART BUY = Could have fed 203,653 hungry kids for a whole yearBURKLE'S $13M ESTATE = Could have fed 118,721 hungry kids for a whole yearBEZOS' $23M MANSION = felt like $20 to Bezos. Could have paid a year of rent for 1,289 homeless veteransUSMANOV'S $600M YACHT = Could have given 15 million people clean drinking waterMAEZAWA'S $57.3M ART BUY = Could have saved 10,418 livesCOSTANTINI'S $15.7M ART BUY = Could have saved 2,855 livesBROAD'S $11.8M ART BUY = Could have fed 107,763 hungry kids for a whole yearWINFREY'S $28.9M RANCH = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,620 homeless veteransMAYWEATHER'S $10M BLING = Could have fed 91,324 hungry kids for a whole yearMAYWEATHER'S $1.5M BLING = Could have saved 273 livesLIU YIQIAN & WANG WEI'S $170.4M ART BUY = Could have saved 30,982 livesLAU'S $48.4M BLING = Could have fed 442,009 hungry kids for a whole yearLAU'S $28.7M BLING = Could have saved 5,218 livesGRIFFIN'S $300M ART BUY = felt like $1,162 to Griffin. Could have fed 2.7 million hungry kids for a whole yearGRIFFIN'S $200M ART BUY = felt like $775 to Griffin. Could have saved 36,364 livesSWIFT'S $25M ESTATE = Could have fed 228,311 hungry kids for a whole yearBLOOMBERG'S $25M MANSION = felt like $44 to Bloomberg. Could have paid a year of rent for 1,401 homeless veteransZHONGJUN'S $29.9M ART BUY = Could have fed 273,059 hungry kids for a whole yearJIANLIN'S $20.1M ART BUY = Could have saved 3,655 livesDELL'S $100.5M PENTHOUSE = Could have fed 917,548 hungry kids for a whole yearZHONGJUN'S $61.8M ART BUY = Could have fed 564,384 hungry kids for a whole yearLIU YIQIAN & WANG WEI'S $45M ART BUY = Could have saved 8,182 livesBILL GATES & MELINDA GATES' $18M RANCH = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,009 homeless veteransMARS' $6.5M MANSION = Could have fed 59,361 hungry kids for a whole yearYIQIAN'S $36.3M ART BUY = Could have fed 331,507 hungry kids for a whole yearMAYWEATHER'S $1M BLING = Could have fed 9,132 hungry kids for a whole yearWYNN'S $142.4M ART BUY = Could have saved 25,891 livesELLISON'S $300M SPLURGE = felt like $305 to Ellison. Could have saved 54,545 livesMURDOCH'S $28.8M ESTATE = Could have fed 263,014 hungry kids for a whole yearPARKER'S $4.5M SPLURGE = Could have fed 41,096 hungry kids for a whole yearRYBOLOVLEV'S $127.5M ART BUY = Could have fed 1.2 million hungry kids for a whole yearSWIFT'S $17.8M ISLAND = Could have paid a year of rent for 995 homeless veteransCOHEN'S $155M ART BUY = Could have fed 1.4 million hungry kids for a whole yearELLISON'S $300M ISLAND = felt like $305 to Ellison. Could have fed 2.7 million hungry kids for a whole yearPAULSON'S $49M RANCH = Could have fed 447,489 hungry kids for a whole yearBEYONCÉ'S $40M JET = Could have saved 7,273 livesBLACK'S $119.9M ART BUY = Could have saved 21,800 livesECCLESTONE'S $19M SPLURGE = Could have saved 3,455 livesECCLESTONE'S $85M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 4,764 homeless veteransWHITMAN'S $141.5M CAMPAIGN = Could have saved 25,727 livesSLIM'S $44M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,466 homeless veteransCOHEN'S $110M ART BUY = Could have fed 1 million hungry kids for a whole yearBLOOMBERG'S $100M CAMPAIGN = felt like $176 to Bloomberg. Could have fed 913,242 hungry kids for a whole yearABRAMOVICH'S $86.3M ART BUY = Could have fed 788,128 hungry kids for a whole yearABRAMOVICH'S $33.6M ART BUY = Could have saved 6,109 livesSHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL THANI & SHEIKHA MOZAH BINT NASSER'S $72.8M ART BUY = Could have fed 664,840 hungry kids for a whole yearSCHWARZMAN'S $3M SPLURGE = Could have saved 545 livesCOHEN'S $137.5M ART BUY = Could have fed 1.3 million hungry kids for a whole yearWINFREY'S $87.9M ART BUY = Could have saved 15,982 livesGRIFFIN'S $80M ART BUY = felt like $310 to Griffin. Could have fed 730,594 hungry kids for a whole yearLAUDER'S $135M ART BUY = Could have saved 24,545 livesMITTAL'S $55M SPLURGE = Could have fed 502,283 hungry kids for a whole yearALLEN'S $200M YACHT = Could have given 5 million people clean drinking waterBONDERMAN'S $7M SPLURGE = Could have saved 1,273 livesSTEVE FORBES' $66M FOR TWO LOSSES = Could have saved 12,000 livesGATES' $30.8M ART BUY = Could have saved 5,600 livesMACKENZIE SCOTT = 25% of the fortune, given in one yearELON'S CHARITY COMES UP SHORT = 4 years in a row below the legal minimum
Beyoncé & Jay-Z

the Carters' waste could have fed

2.6 million

hungry kids for a whole year.

Or saved 52,364 lives. $288 million in all.

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Beyoncé & Jay-Z

$288 million

documented on 2 purchases (1 in the last five years). To the Carters, all of it felt like $14,620. It could have fed 2.6 million hungry kids for a year.

A charity in their name, Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund, took in $28.4 million. Who paid for it, on WhatTheyGive.com →

Fortune: $3.8 billion (Forbes: Jay-Z $2.8 billion (Oct 2026) plus Beyoncé $1 billion)

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