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THIEL'S $130M MANSION = felt like $725 to Thiel. Could have paid a year of rent for 7,285 homeless veterans BRIN SPENDS $100M+ FIGHTING A BILLIONAIRE TAX = felt like $83 to Brin. Could have saved 18,545 lives STORONSKY'S $400M YACHT = Could have given 10 million people clean drinking water 27-YEAR-OLD BUYS SEIZED $187M YACHT = felt like $18,985 to Sajwani. Could have given 4.7 million people clean drinking water LARRY PAGE'S $173M MIAMI BUYING SPREE = felt like $130 to Page. Could have paid a year of rent for 9,718 homeless veterans TAYLOR SWIFT & TRAVIS KELCE'S $20M SPLURGE = Could have fed 182,648 hungry kids for a whole year DRAKE POSTS $2.5M IN LOSING BETS = felt like $1,206 to Drake. Could have fed 22,831 hungry kids for a whole year STEYER'S $213M CAMPAIGN = Could have fed 1.9 million hungry kids for a whole year KARP'S $28.5M HOUSE NEXT DOOR = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,597 homeless veterans ZUCKERBERG'S $170M MIAMI MANSION = felt like $148 to Zuckerberg. Could have fed 1.6 million hungry kids for a whole year SCHULTZ'S $44M PENTHOUSE = felt like $2,425 to Schultz. Could have fed 401,826 hungry kids for a whole year LEE'S $38.5M SPLURGE = Could have saved 7,000 lives KARP'S $120M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 6,725 homeless veterans THE WEEKND'S $50M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,802 homeless veterans WAHLBERG'S $37M MANSION = Could have fed 337,900 hungry kids for a whole year LUCAS' $52.3M MANSION = Could have fed 477,626 hungry kids for a whole year DONČIĆ'S $25M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,401 homeless veterans EX-GOOGLE CEO'S $110M MANSION = felt like $598 to Schmidt. Could have paid a year of rent for 6,165 homeless veterans WILLIAMS' $40M MANSION = Could have fed 365,297 hungry kids for a whole year PARIS HILTON & CARTER REUM'S $63.1M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,536 homeless veterans KARP'S $46M MANSION = Could have fed 420,091 hungry kids for a whole year JAKE PAUL'S $39M GEORGIA KINGDOM = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,186 homeless veterans BEZOS' VENICE WEDDING = felt like $17 to Bezos. Could have given 500,000 people clean drinking water CASINO HEIR'S $110M BEL AIR PALACE = felt like $5,735 to Packer. Could have fed 1 million hungry kids for a whole year HEDGE FUNDER'S $75M MIAMI ISLAND MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 4,164 homeless veterans COHLER'S $30M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,681 homeless veterans ZUCKERBERG'S $23M MANSION = felt like $20 to Zuckerberg. Could have paid a year of rent for 1,289 homeless veterans SCARLETT JOHANSSON & COLIN JOST'S $13M PENTHOUSE = Could have fed 118,721 hungry kids for a whole year RICHARDS' $19.5M LOT = Could have fed 178,082 hungry kids for a whole year LOPEZ'S $17.5M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 981 homeless veterans RONALDO'S BRANDED $50M+ JET = felt like $6,889 to Ronaldo. Could have saved 9,091 lives KOCH'S $35M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,961 homeless veterans SELENA GOMEZ & BENNY BLANCO'S $35M MANSION = Could have fed 319,635 hungry kids for a whole year MUSK'S $277M ELECTION = felt like $64 to Musk. Could have saved 50,364 lives MELLON'S $150M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have fed 1.4 million hungry kids for a whole year NEYMAR'S $54.5M PENTHOUSE = Could have fed 497,260 hungry kids for a whole year SUN'S $6.2M BANANA = Could have saved 1,127 lives DAVID BECKHAM & VICTORIA BECKHAM'S $72.3M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 4,052 homeless veterans JORDAN'S $65M JET = Could have saved 11,818 lives GATES' $50M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 9,091 lives MOSKOVITZ'S $39M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 7,091 lives SAGHIAN'S $30M MANSION = Could have fed 273,973 hungry kids for a whole year NEYMAR'S $26M LOT = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,457 homeless veterans HOFFMAN'S $16M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have fed 146,119 hungry kids for a whole year ADELSON'S $95M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have fed 867,580 hungry kids for a whole year UIHLEIN'S $59M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 10,727 lives FRIEDLAND'S $96M ESTATE = Could have fed 876,712 hungry kids for a whole year KARLIE KLOSS & JOSHUA KUSHNER'S $29.5M MANSION = Could have fed 269,406 hungry kids for a whole year AMBANI WEDDING = felt like $1,161 to Ambani. Could have saved 109,091 lives BEZOS' NEW $80M JET = felt like $69 to Bezos. Could have saved 14,545 lives JOBS' $70M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,923 homeless veterans GRIFFIN'S $44.6M FOSSIL = felt like $173 to Griffin. Could have fed 407,306 hungry kids for a whole year AFFLECK'S $20.5M MANSION = Could have fed 187,215 hungry kids for a whole year HASTINGS' $7M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 1,273 lives JOBS' $94M ESTATE = Could have fed 858,447 hungry kids for a whole year GRIFFIN'S $90M ESTATE = felt like $349 to Griffin. Could have paid a year of rent for 5,044 homeless veterans LAMAR'S $40M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,242 homeless veterans OHTANI'S $7.8M MANSION = Could have fed 71,689 hungry kids for a whole year KHAN'S $360M YACHT = Could have given 9 million people clean drinking water ZUCKERBERG'S $300M YACHT = felt like $261 to Zuckerberg. Could have given 7.5 million people clean drinking water BEZOS BUYS 3 HOUSES ON BILLIONAIRE BUNKER = felt like $204 to Bezos. Could have fed 2.2 million hungry kids for a whole year ZUCKERBERG'S HAWAII HIDEAWAY = felt like $235 to Zuckerberg. Could have fed 2.5 million hungry kids for a whole year RAMASWAMY'S $26M LONG SHOT = Could have fed 237,443 hungry kids for a whole year ZEDD'S $18.4M MANSION = Could have fed 168,037 hungry kids for a whole year SCHMIDT'S $159M YACHT = felt like $864 to Schmidt. Could have given 4 million people clean drinking water MESSI'S $10.75M FLORIDA MANSION = Could have fed 98,174 hungry kids for a whole year MICKELSON'S $100M SPLURGE = Could have fed 913,242 hungry kids for a whole year FORD'S $52M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,914 homeless veterans ROSS' $35M ISLAND = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,961 homeless veterans SCHMIDT'S $67.6M YACHT = felt like $367 to Schmidt. Could have given 1.7 million people clean drinking water JENNIFER LOPEZ & BEN AFFLECK'S $60.9M MANSION = Could have fed 556,164 hungry kids for a whole year SIMONYI'S $250M YACHT = Could have given 6.3 million people clean drinking water BEYONCÉ & JAY-Z'S $200M MALIBU HOME = felt like $10,153 to the Carters. Could have paid a year of rent for 11,208 homeless veterans EPSTEIN'S ISLANDS SOLD FOR $60M = Could have fed 547,945 hungry kids for a whole year PAUL'S $15.8M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 883 homeless veterans PERRY'S $5M MANSION = Could have fed 45,662 hungry kids for a whole year BEZOS' $500M YACHT = felt like $495 to Bezos. Could have given 14.4 million people clean drinking water CAR DEALER'S $170M PALM BEACH RECORD = Could have fed 1.6 million hungry kids for a whole year K-CUP KING'S $66M PALM BEACH SWAP = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,699 homeless veterans ROSS' $61.5M JET = Could have saved 11,182 lives RIHANNA'S $21M PENTHOUSE = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,177 homeless veterans GETTY'S $33M COMPOUND = Could have fed 301,370 hungry kids for a whole year JUSTIN VERLANDER & KATE UPTON'S $15.3M PENTHOUSE = Could have paid a year of rent for 857 homeless veterans BUNNY'S $8.8M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 493 homeless veterans ELLEN DEGENERES & PORTIA DE ROSSI'S $70M ESTATE = Could have fed 639,269 hungry kids for a whole year DRAKE'S $12.5M BLING = felt like $6,028 to Drake. Could have fed 114,155 hungry kids for a whole year MAYWEATHER'S $1.2M BLING = Could have saved 227 lives PRITZKER'S $152M RE-ELECTION = felt like $6,981 to Pritzker. Could have fed 1.4 million hungry kids for a whole year CARUSO'S $104.8M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 19,063 lives MUSK'S $78M JET = felt like $18 to Musk. Could have saved 14,182 lives BANKMAN-FRIED'S $39.9M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have fed 364,384 hungry kids for a whole year MAYWEATHER'S $3.1M ART BUY = Could have saved 564 lives MAYWEATHER'S $1.7M ART BUY = Could have fed 15,525 hungry kids for a whole year AMBANI'S $243M DUBAI DOUBLE = felt like $470 to Ambani. Could have fed 2.2 million hungry kids for a whole year KARDASHIAN'S $70.4M ESTATE = felt like $7,147 to Kardashian. Could have fed 642,922 hungry kids for a whole year MARCIANO'S $35.5M MANSION = Could have fed 324,201 hungry kids for a whole year ANISTON'S $14.8M FARMHOUSE = Could have paid a year of rent for 829 homeless veterans SPIEGEL'S $119.9M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 6,718 homeless veterans KYLIE: “MINE OR YOURS?” = felt like $20,062 to Jenner. Could have paid a year of rent for 4,080 homeless veterans PITT'S $40M MANSION = Could have fed 365,297 hungry kids for a whole year ELLISON'S $173M FLORIDA PALACE = felt like $176 to Ellison. Could have paid a year of rent for 9,695 homeless veterans KIM'S $150M CASHMERE JET = felt like $15,229 to Kardashian. Could have fed 1.4 million hungry kids for a whole year THIEL'S $10M POLITICAL SPENDING = felt like $56 to Thiel. Could have saved 1,818 lives CONNOR'S $55M SPACE TRIP = Could have fed 502,283 hungry kids for a whole year ADAM LEVINE & BEHATI PRINSLOO'S $52M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,914 homeless veterans JOVOVICH'S $10.2M MANSION = Could have fed 93,151 hungry kids for a whole year DRAKE'S $75M ESTATE = felt like $36,169 to Drake. Could have fed 684,932 hungry kids for a whole year ADELE'S $58M COMPOUND = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,250 homeless veterans OSAKA'S $6.3M MANSION = Could have fed 57,534 hungry kids for a whole year TINA TURNER & ERWIN BACH'S $76M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 4,259 homeless veterans RUPERT MURDOCH & JERRY HALL'S $200M RANCH = Could have paid a year of rent for 11,208 homeless veterans COINBASE CEO'S $133M BEL AIR COMPOUND = felt like $2,915 to Armstrong. Could have fed 1.2 million hungry kids for a whole year ZEKELMAN'S $150M YACHT = Could have given 3.8 million people clean drinking water SUN'S $78.4M ART BUY = Could have fed 715,982 hungry kids for a whole year GRIFFIN'S $43.2M ART BUY = felt like $167 to Griffin. Could have saved 7,855 lives COSTANTINI'S $34.9M ART BUY = Could have saved 6,345 lives ANDREESSEN'S $177M MALIBU ESTATE = felt like $17,970 to Andreessen. Could have fed 1.6 million hungry kids for a whole year BRAUN'S $65M FARMHOUSE = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,643 homeless veterans YE GUTS A $57M MASTERPIECE = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,211 homeless veterans WILL SMITH & JADA PINKETT SMITH'S $11.3M MANSION = Could have fed 103,196 hungry kids for a whole year ELTON JOHN'S $8.5M HOUSE NEXT DOOR = Could have paid a year of rent for 476 homeless veterans THE WEEKND'S $70M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,923 homeless veterans MCGREGOR'S $3.6M YACHT = Could have given 90,000 people clean drinking water JEFF BEZOS & LAUREN SÁNCHEZ'S $78M ESTATE = felt like $67 to Bezos. Could have fed 712,329 hungry kids for a whole year TOMMY HILFIGER & DEE OCLEPPO'S $21M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,177 homeless veterans BET-DAVID'S $20.4M MANSION = Could have fed 186,301 hungry kids for a whole year ADELE'S $10M MANSION = Could have fed 91,324 hungry kids for a whole year HART'S $7M HOUSE NEXT DOOR = Could have paid a year of rent for 392 homeless veterans MALONE'S $1.6M BLING = Could have saved 291 lives KARDASHIAN'S $12M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 672 homeless veterans BRADY'S $6M YACHT = Could have given 150,000 people clean drinking water ELLISON'S $80M ESTATE = felt like $81 to Ellison. Could have paid a year of rent for 4,483 homeless veterans JOHNSON'S $27.8M ESTATE = Could have fed 253,881 hungry kids for a whole year MADONNA'S $19.3M MANSION = Could have fed 176,256 hungry kids for a whole year WAYNE'S $15.4M MANSION = Could have fed 140,639 hungry kids for a whole year RIHANNA'S $10M HOUSE NEXT DOOR = Could have paid a year of rent for 560 homeless veterans MARK ZUCKERBERG & PRISCILLA CHAN'S $53M MANSION = felt like $46 to Zuckerberg. Could have paid a year of rent for 2,970 homeless veterans ADAM LEVINE & BEHATI PRINSLOO'S $22.7M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,272 homeless veterans RIHANNA'S $13.8M MANSION = Could have fed 126,027 hungry kids for a whole year KOUM'S $87M HOUSE NEXT DOOR = Could have paid a year of rent for 4,876 homeless veterans JAMES' $14M MANSION = Could have fed 127,854 hungry kids for a whole year MCGREGOR'S $1M BLING = Could have fed 9,132 hungry kids for a whole year IVANKA & JARED'S $32.2M EMPTY LOT = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,805 homeless veterans NOAH'S $27.5M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,541 homeless veterans JENNER'S $20M MANSION = Could have fed 182,648 hungry kids for a whole year KARDASHIAN'S $17M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 953 homeless veterans BRADY'S $2M YACHT = Could have given 50,000 people clean drinking water MOSKOVITZ'S $20M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have fed 182,648 hungry kids for a whole year MANN'S $15.5M MANSION = Could have fed 141,553 hungry kids for a whole year HOFFMAN'S $12M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 2,182 lives KATY PERRY & ORLANDO BLOOM'S $14.2M COMPOUND = Could have fed 129,680 hungry kids for a whole year ELLEN DEGENERES & PORTIA DE ROSSI'S $49M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,746 homeless veterans JAMES' $36.8M COMPOUND = Could have fed 335,616 hungry kids for a whole year WILLIAMS' $8M ESTATE = Could have fed 73,059 hungry kids for a whole year BIEBER'S $25.8M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,446 homeless veterans JOHN LEGEND & CHRISSY TEIGEN'S $17.5M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 981 homeless veterans EX-TWITTER CHAIR BUYS THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR = Could have fed 123,288 hungry kids for a whole year BEZOS' $10M HOUSE NEXT DOOR = felt like $8.61 to Bezos. Could have paid a year of rent for 560 homeless veterans SCOTT'S $23.5M MANSION = Could have fed 214,612 hungry kids for a whole year GRANDE'S $13.7M MANSION = Could have fed 125,114 hungry kids for a whole year GRANDE'S $6.8M MANSION = Could have fed 61,644 hungry kids for a whole year JENNER'S $15M LAND = felt like $4,134 to Jenner. Could have paid a year of rent for 841 homeless veterans BLOOMBERG'S $44.8M RANCH = felt like $79 to Bloomberg. Could have fed 409,041 hungry kids for a whole year JENNER'S $36.5M COMPOUND = felt like $10,058 to Jenner. Could have fed 333,333 hungry kids for a whole year BEZOS' $16.1M MANSION = felt like $14 to Bezos. Could have fed 147,032 hungry kids for a whole year GOMEZ'S $4.9M MANSION = Could have fed 44,749 hungry kids for a whole year BLOOMBERG'S $1 BILLION CAMPAIGN = felt like $1,851 to Bloomberg. Could have saved 190,909 lives BILL GATES & MELINDA GATES' $43M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,410 homeless veterans ALTMAN'S $27M MANSION = felt like $5,208 to Altman. Could have paid a year of rent for 1,513 homeless veterans REESE WITHERSPOON & JIM TOTH'S $15.9M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 891 homeless veterans MALONE'S $1M BLING = Could have fed 9,132 hungry kids for a whole year STEYER'S $342M CAMPAIGN = Could have fed 3.1 million hungry kids for a whole year BEZOS' $165M BEVERLY HILLS ESTATE = felt like $142 to Bezos. Could have fed 1.5 million hungry kids for a whole year GABRIELLE UNION & DWYANE WADE'S $17.9M MANSION = Could have fed 163,470 hungry kids for a whole year MURDOCH'S $150M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 8,406 homeless veterans STAR'S $14.6M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 818 homeless veterans JOHNSON'S $9.5M MANSION = Could have fed 86,758 hungry kids for a whole year ALICIA KEYS & SWIZZ BEATZ'S $20.8M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,166 homeless veterans LAMAR'S $9.7M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 544 homeless veterans STING'S $65.7M PENTHOUSE = Could have fed 600,000 hungry kids for a whole year CURRY'S $31M MANSION = Could have fed 283,105 hungry kids for a whole year COHEN'S $91M ART BUY = Could have saved 16,545 lives BEZOS' $80M MANSION = felt like $69 to Bezos. Could have paid a year of rent for 4,483 homeless veterans ELLEN DEGENERES & PORTIA DE ROSSI'S $45M MANSION = Could have fed 410,959 hungry kids for a whole year ADELE'S $10.7M MANSION = Could have fed 97,260 hungry kids for a whole year SNYDER'S $192M YACHT = Could have given 4.8 million people clean drinking water BLANK'S $180M YACHT = Could have given 4.5 million people clean drinking water GRIFFIN'S $238M PENTHOUSE = felt like $922 to Griffin. Could have paid a year of rent for 13,338 homeless veterans STEYER'S $40M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have saved 7,273 lives NOAH'S $20.5M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,149 homeless veterans JERRY JONES' $250M SUPERYACHT = Could have given 6.3 million people clean drinking water RICK SCOTT'S $63.6M SENATE SEAT = Could have paid a year of rent for 3,564 homeless veterans MAYWEATHER'S $5.3M BLING = Could have saved 964 lives KHALED'S $25.9M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,451 homeless veterans GREENE'S $30M POLITICAL SPENDING = Could have fed 273,973 hungry kids for a whole year MILLER'S $33M ISLAND = Could have fed 301,370 hungry kids for a whole year MAYWEATHER'S $18M BLING = Could have saved 3,273 lives BURKLE'S $15M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 841 homeless veterans MICHAEL S. SMITH & IRIS SMITH'S $110M COMPOUND = Could have fed 1 million hungry kids for a whole year AFFLECK'S $19.2M MANSION = Could have fed 175,799 hungry kids for a whole year KATZ'S $85M ESTATE = Could have paid a year of rent for 4,764 homeless veterans MAYWEATHER'S $1.9M SPLURGE = Could have fed 17,352 hungry kids for a whole year TELEVANGELIST'S GULFSTREAM JET = Could have saved 1,073 lives WILLIAMS' $6.7M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 375 homeless veterans BEYONCÉ & JAY-Z'S $88M COMPOUND = felt like $4,467 to the Carters. Could have paid a year of rent for 4,932 homeless veterans MAEZAWA'S $110.5M ART BUY = Could have fed 1 million hungry kids for a whole year COHEN'S $165M ART BUY = Could have saved 30,000 lives TRUMP'S $66M CAMPAIGN = Could have fed 602,740 hungry kids for a whole year MAEZAWA'S $22.3M ART BUY = Could have fed 203,653 hungry kids for a whole year BURKLE'S $13M ESTATE = Could have fed 118,721 hungry kids for a whole year BEZOS' $23M MANSION = felt like $20 to Bezos. Could have paid a year of rent for 1,289 homeless veterans USMANOV'S $600M YACHT = Could have given 15 million people clean drinking water MAEZAWA'S $57.3M ART BUY = Could have saved 10,418 lives COSTANTINI'S $15.7M ART BUY = Could have saved 2,855 lives BROAD'S $11.8M ART BUY = Could have fed 107,763 hungry kids for a whole year WINFREY'S $28.9M RANCH = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,620 homeless veterans MAYWEATHER'S $10M BLING = Could have fed 91,324 hungry kids for a whole year MAYWEATHER'S $1.5M BLING = Could have saved 273 lives LIU YIQIAN & WANG WEI'S $170.4M ART BUY = Could have saved 30,982 lives LAU'S $48.4M BLING = Could have fed 442,009 hungry kids for a whole year LAU'S $28.7M BLING = Could have saved 5,218 lives GRIFFIN'S $300M ART BUY = felt like $1,162 to Griffin. Could have fed 2.7 million hungry kids for a whole year GRIFFIN'S $200M ART BUY = felt like $775 to Griffin. Could have saved 36,364 lives SWIFT'S $25M ESTATE = Could have fed 228,311 hungry kids for a whole year BLOOMBERG'S $25M MANSION = felt like $44 to Bloomberg. Could have paid a year of rent for 1,401 homeless veterans ZHONGJUN'S $29.9M ART BUY = Could have fed 273,059 hungry kids for a whole year JIANLIN'S $20.1M ART BUY = Could have saved 3,655 lives DELL'S $100.5M PENTHOUSE = Could have fed 917,548 hungry kids for a whole year ZHONGJUN'S $61.8M ART BUY = Could have fed 564,384 hungry kids for a whole year LIU YIQIAN & WANG WEI'S $45M ART BUY = Could have saved 8,182 lives BILL GATES & MELINDA GATES' $18M RANCH = Could have paid a year of rent for 1,009 homeless veterans MARS' $6.5M MANSION = Could have fed 59,361 hungry kids for a whole year YIQIAN'S $36.3M ART BUY = Could have fed 331,507 hungry kids for a whole year MAYWEATHER'S $1M BLING = Could have fed 9,132 hungry kids for a whole year WYNN'S $142.4M ART BUY = Could have saved 25,891 lives ELLISON'S $300M SPLURGE = felt like $305 to Ellison. Could have saved 54,545 lives MURDOCH'S $28.8M ESTATE = Could have fed 263,014 hungry kids for a whole year PARKER'S $4.5M SPLURGE = Could have fed 41,096 hungry kids for a whole year RYBOLOVLEV'S $127.5M ART BUY = Could have fed 1.2 million hungry kids for a whole year SWIFT'S $17.8M ISLAND = Could have paid a year of rent for 995 homeless veterans COHEN'S $155M ART BUY = Could have fed 1.4 million hungry kids for a whole year ELLISON'S $300M ISLAND = felt like $305 to Ellison. Could have fed 2.7 million hungry kids for a whole year PAULSON'S $49M RANCH = Could have fed 447,489 hungry kids for a whole year BEYONCÉ'S $40M JET = Could have saved 7,273 lives BLACK'S $119.9M ART BUY = Could have saved 21,800 lives ECCLESTONE'S $19M SPLURGE = Could have saved 3,455 lives ECCLESTONE'S $85M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 4,764 homeless veterans WHITMAN'S $141.5M CAMPAIGN = Could have saved 25,727 lives SLIM'S $44M MANSION = Could have paid a year of rent for 2,466 homeless veterans COHEN'S $110M ART BUY = Could have fed 1 million hungry kids for a whole year BLOOMBERG'S $100M CAMPAIGN = felt like $176 to Bloomberg. Could have fed 913,242 hungry kids for a whole year ABRAMOVICH'S $86.3M ART BUY = Could have fed 788,128 hungry kids for a whole year ABRAMOVICH'S $33.6M ART BUY = Could have saved 6,109 lives SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL THANI & SHEIKHA MOZAH BINT NASSER'S $72.8M ART BUY = Could have fed 664,840 hungry kids for a whole year SCHWARZMAN'S $3M SPLURGE = Could have saved 545 lives COHEN'S $137.5M ART BUY = Could have fed 1.3 million hungry kids for a whole year WINFREY'S $87.9M ART BUY = Could have saved 15,982 lives GRIFFIN'S $80M ART BUY = felt like $310 to Griffin. Could have fed 730,594 hungry kids for a whole year LAUDER'S $135M ART BUY = Could have saved 24,545 lives MITTAL'S $55M SPLURGE = Could have fed 502,283 hungry kids for a whole year ALLEN'S $200M YACHT = Could have given 5 million people clean drinking water BONDERMAN'S $7M SPLURGE = Could have saved 1,273 lives STEVE FORBES' $66M FOR TWO LOSSES = Could have saved 12,000 lives GATES' $30.8M ART BUY = Could have saved 5,600 lives MACKENZIE SCOTT = 25% of the fortune, given in one year ELON'S CHARITY COMES UP SHORT = 4 years in a row below the legal minimum

Lau's waste could have fed

704,110

hungry kids for a whole year.

Or saved 14,018 lives. $77.1 million in all.

Joseph Lau

$77.1 million

documented on 2 purchases (0 in the last five years). It could have fed 704,110 hungry kids for a year.

Fortune: no published estimate. (No published estimate)

The receipts

Joseph Lau

Splurges Nov 2015

Lau's $48.4M Bling Paid $48.4 Million for a 12-carat Blue Diamond

Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau paid $48.4 million at Sotheby's for the 12.03-carat Blue Moon diamond, then the most ever spent on a jewel at auction.

Could have fed 442,009 hungry kids for a whole year.

Joseph Lau

Splurges Nov 2015

Lau's $28.7M Bling Paid $28.7 Million for a Pink Diamond One Day Before Buying a $48.4 Million Blue One

Bloomberg reported Lau paid 28.7 million Swiss francs for a 16.08-carat pink diamond at Christie's in Geneva, one day before his record-setting blue-diamond purchase.

Could have saved 5,218 lives.