[voynich61]

There are myriad ways to make obscene sums without doing anything for the world, as there are myriad ways to make an incredible impact while making relatively little.

PS: the 'spend too much' situation is the one where the poster spends $500,000 on Bengal Tigers and blow.

[JackFr]

I seem to have missed the parent, and a couple of siblings.

Yikes. So scratch the 'absent any context'. Context was there I missed it.