You inherit a hundred millionn dollars.

You inherit a hundred million dollars.

What would you do?

Multiple choices allowed, public poll.

If other, explain below.

I'd travel, go back to school, and get myself ready to do a career that I wanted to do, without having to worry too much if I wasn't successful. For me at least, that would be a fantastic life.

In a nutshell -- do what I want, when I want.

Spread it around to family, friends, and charity before I have a chance to piss it all away on myself. Quit my job, fix up my jeep, take off down the open road and drive it until the wheels fall off.

Well, since the govmint is going to take about $50 million of that.....

Poll says After Taxes.

So my family really had $200 million.

UK lottery wins are not taxed.
During rare moments of altruistic clarity I've often wanted to start a school where I grew up in place of the state funded shithole I attended which, as far as I can see, now only teaches texting and stabbing.

The usual, same as everyone else as far as looking out for me and mine. But, there's an old 3,000 acre plantation nearby that has been divided into two 1,500 acre plots. I'd begin design and construction of Fort Blues on at least one of those plots. There are also a couple of local businesses that I could and would buy a partnership in.

I'd also donate new equipment to the Police Department, but remain as a member of the reserve so I can keep my certification. I'd also purposefully and openly exclude the Fire Department. Fuck the FD.

I'd probably turn into a real ass... do shit like going up to a couple on their honeymoon, and the bride is hot. And tell her I'd give $100k to spend her honeymoon with me, if she says no keep upping the offer $100k until she says.

Then toss a stack of hundreds at her now ex-husband and say "Dude buy yourself a new girlfriend, I just did."

There should also be a 'coke and hookers' option.

I would become a ghost. Most hard-to-find man in the world.

And then you would all pay . . . .

I think I'd probably attempt to become like Batman or James Bond too...

Would go by the 1/4 rule I have set up in case of a lottery win (unlikely since I never play the thing)

1/4 goes into a variety of stable long term investments, that can't be touched for at least ten years, ensuring I will be set in the the future even if I squander everything else now in the madness that seems to hit many of the newly rich.

1/4 goes to family and friends to pay off mortgages, invest in education etc.

1/4 goes to doing stuff I think is a good idea now. Buying property, investing in crazy business ideas, the type of stuff that could work out but stands a good chance of failing badly.

1/4 goes to the "I'm rich, bitch!" fund. Nice house, fancy car, travel, general spending fund.

Hot bitches everywhere. Washing my cars in bikinis, cooking for me, and anything else I can dream up.

Subhuman liberals in chains. Working around the clock cleaning my sizeable new home and toiling around the clock manicuring my many acres of land.

Eight Mustangs from 1964 to 1971 parked in my sizeable new garage at my sizeable new home.

Travel, School, help family with debts, two chicks at once, basically all of the above except the Baba option and staying at my current job. With that kind of dough I'll be riding in the back, thanks very much.

First of all, I would keep it quiet. It would be nobodies business other than I and my wife's.

Secondly, I would invest a large part of it, and set up charitable giving based off of returns which would, long term, be more beneficial to charity volume of cash wise.

I would start a series of businesses, staggered, over time, to appear to be successful linearly - it would explain me having money to "help out" family and friends. I would probably offer help the way am uncle of mine did to family that struggled: no straight cash gifts, but let me know what you need. Oh, and I will send your kids to the best local private school. My uncle basically financed the raising of my cousins. They turned out well.

I would probably take regular vacations too. I think I would snorkel more.

As far as a house, I would upgrade, but nothing tacky.

Oh, and I'm going to have a guest house and move PedoRay in so I can keep an eye on him and keep the children safe.

Would you buy your own jet?

He's forgotten more about aviation than I'll ever know. But, my understanding is that in something like a GV, you'll go through 1/4 or more of that 100 million in about ten years or less after you factor in crew, maintenance, fuel, insurance, hangering, etc.

I'm guessing he would buy in to one of the shared jet programs.

Yeah, kind of a merging of UA's an Demi's.

I'd like to take a stab at either being, or funding, a Tony Stark.
If you walk in off the street, there's a whole system set up to say "no", but...with a hundred million, I think I could get that going from scratch.

Which part of Tony Starks life? Even 100 million won't get you anywhere close.

Y'know, without wanting to give away anything Blue Room this does make me wonder if you are already a rich fuck.

None of the "jet set playboy", shit, just some magic gadget to change the world.

I am perplexed that most people would, apparently, become poor as soon as possible.

Pay off the parent's mortgage, send them on vacation for a year. Buy myself something around here. 1%

20% on properties in this neighbourhood to preserve it and the people here from gentrification during my life time.

another 5% to a neighbourhood development fund. Small business start up loans and the like.

69% left...

Probably pick up a couple hundre acres somewhere for agricultural purposes. Leasing parts for pasture alone would probably cover the taxes. Definitely a section dedicated to organic/non gmo produce on it.

68% left...I'm sure I can get a nice little island off the west side of Mexico for 8 mill

60% left...

Fuck if I know what I'd do with that much...set it up so it was self sustaining as could be. Spend it to make it back.



After the basic seeing to my family, friends, and own comforts for life thing, I'd be hard pressed with what to do with the rest.

Maybe open a school or five?

Step one:
Disappear

Step two:
Contact my friend/ lover/ confidant Andrew who hooray! is also a brilliant corporate attorney. Can't think of anyone else I'd want by my side.
Contact my Uncle Steve, former big time accountant for Shell Oil.
Meet in undisclosed location.
Work up trusts for my niece. And now sole heir.
Work up annuity type situation for my parents. After that they are cut off.
Work up investment portfolio, and optimal donations to limit tax liability.
This would have to include homes in New York, Nashville, Miami, London, and somewhere off the fuckin map.

Step three/four

Start my own life coaching/ welllness/ holistic health center like I have always dreamed.

Step three/four
Make some babies, and adopt some too.

addendum:
Have one fuckin' awesome party for everyone who has ever helped me or been a friend, somewhere super cool, where a one time gift would be bestowed to each. Projected cost: 2 million dollars