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by jjeaff 3030 days ago
I believe Bill Gates at one point said that there wasn't a lot of idfference, lifestyle wise between $10m and $10b.

I think the biggest difference would be the outsized political, social influence and your own private jet.

But of course even at $10m you could easily afford to rent a jet pretty frequently.

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if you have $10mil, you're not burning much more than ~$400k a year if you're smart. a charter flight across the continental US costs at least $6k. so you could definitely do that from time to time, but if you do it even once a month you are blowing almost a fifth of your yearly budget on transportation. you are probably gonna feel that.

edit: the figure I used is just the cheapest possible aircraft you can rent. if you actually want a jet, you are looking at $10,500 and up, which would make your monthly flight eat more like 32% of your budget. most people are going to find this untenable.