If you win powerball, are you in 1%?

[laklak]

Maybe, I've seen that bruited about, but it doesn't take into consideration the amount of money he's spent in the meantime. No matter what you think of the guy's politics or personality, he's far from stupid.

[pErvinalia]

He's a sociopath, of sorts. Again, being a cunt and making money from it doesn't mean one is smart. It just means one is good at screwing other people over.

[Hermit]

No matter what you think of the guy's politics or personality, he's far from stupid.

He has heaps of peasant cunning. One can have a lot of that and still be as thick as two planks.

ETA:

...it doesn't take into consideration the amount of money he's spent in the meantime.

Aeroplanes, their running costs, golf courses, a solid gold urinal in genuine Louis XIV style and whatever are all parts of his wealth. Even parties are business expenses to promote the Trump brand.

[Tero]

Are you implying that those who inherit their billions are meritorious and wise?

As vanishingly small a number of people that is (the overwhelming majority of people with wealth having made it themselves), no, not even slightly. As Tero points out:

There is no difference between the idiots and millionaire heirs. The heirs just have a built in protection structure around them from birth.

Of course, intelligence is mostly inherited too, so if your ancestor was smart enough to make money, chances are you aren't an idiot.

Actually, no. Intelligence passes mostly from female to child, not so much the dad.

[Tero]

Wanczyk, who has two adult children, said her big plan is to retire early, and she's already called her boss and said, "I will not be coming back." Asked what she planned to do to celebrate Thursday night, she responded, "I'm going to just hide in my bed."

[Brian Peacock]

Exactly. I couldn't believe it when I saw her on the tele. I would be telling the bare minimum of people.

The press would have hunted her down like a dog anyway.

[laklak]

Easy enough to avoid. Set up a trust to get the money, within a series of shell companies. Wait to claim the prize for 9 months or so. In the meantime, get yourself sorted out. Maybe fake your death. Definitely disappear the ex.

[JimC]

Hire a bunch of bodyguards built like brick shithouses...

[Brian Peacock]

If won the lottery jackpot I'd probably get a dog. I've always liked red setters.