Anyone ever worked for truly rich people

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I know they bleed blood but what other things did you notice about them?

What is the definition of 'truly rich' for the purpose of this thread?

I have a client who is a billionaire. His wealth is just a business. He spends a lot on his hobby - about £100,000 a year. A loaf of bread is the same price in Tesco for him and me. Most of his income gets reinvested.

A friend sold his business for £15m. He doubled it through careful investments. He never buys a new car until the old one is rusting.

Both have a wide range of friends from all walks of life. The bread is the same cost.

They're all different really. One multi billionaire was gracious and polite to us lowly staff, his son and heir was a right twat and pretended we were invisible.

My dad, who was a postman, did odd jobs for some extremely rich people to make ends meet. Clearly, it was a very unequal relationship, but they were polite, fair and never took advantage of him.

Not worked for them but I have friends who are in the 100s-of-millions bracket. He is a workaholic. She is very tanned, very well dressed and has a maid to clear up after her. We were at her house once having tea & cake, I'd barely started my cake when she told me about a beautiful hand-carved Indian swing seat in the orangery off her bedroom. I asked to see it. By the time we got back (5mins or so), both cake & tea had been cleared away! Fresh was brought out. I guess having an orangery off your bedroom says it all really.. They're exactly the same as us, just in more £££ surroundings.

DH worked for a guy and family who were worth $100m. The most striking thing, which is kind of obvious, is that they could, and did, act on any whim. Sometimes they would go to the airport for a flight somewhere, see a destination on the board and think hey how about we go there instead and just do it - first class of course.
See a car in a showroom- have that, see a property, have that. Anything they fancied and no thought had to go into it because money wasn’t a factor.

I do. I’m very conscious that whilst they’re very polite to me I’m only staff in their eyes not actually “one of them”. There is an ease to their lives that I haven’t encountered elsewhere; a sort of lack of anxiety. Money really does insulate against most things - not all though.

I worked for a family based primarily in the Swiss Alps who also had homes in Bel Air, France, Canada, Sydney & Portugal.

They were American, lovely people, so much nicer and kinder than other families I’ve worked for in this country who were narrow-minded, judgemental and just down-right rude. One British family I had the dis-pleasure to work for, who had a fraction of their wealth, looked down on everyone, and their comments were horrible.

The wealthier ones owned private jets, two super yachts, but you’d never have known if you randomly met them.

He was an architect.

Despite wealth, money doesn’t necessarily buy manners and it certainly doesn’t buy you genuine friends. It does give you options though.

I've worked with quite a few people whose net worth was in the £50-300m bracket.

Essentially they are just people and some are really nice are others are well, wankers but their money isn't a factor in that they'd be the same without the money.

The difference IME is as a PP has already posted, is the ability to act very spontaneously in any situation. A friend asks if you want to meet up in New York for a weekend ? - great..see you in 24 hrs.

The biggest difference is the freedom they have in spending time as they wish as every life "chore" (which in one case seemed to include parenting ) could/was outsourced. Worried about what to wear to a friends wedding ?- don't post on S&B on MN, just call your stylist who will be round in a jiffy with 4/5 designer options including every possible accessory and will book a hairdresser and MUA to make you look your best on the day.

Some were, as I've indicated really nice, happy people and very aware of their good fortune but money certainly doesn't make everyone happy.

For others nothing was "enough", there's always someone with a bigger yacht, a better fleet of super cars, plusher houses (or a younger better looking wife ).

Ultimately, they for the most part still experienced the same problems such as divorce, challenging family relationships etc that many other people do and arguably the money made dealing with these issues harder, not easier or even was a factor in instigating these issues in the first place.

As a general observation I'd say the people at the lower end of the levels of wealth I've indicated were the happiest. Rich enough to have an amazing lifestyle, but not so rich as to have "option anxiety" about how to spend it, paranoia that "everyone" wanted a slice of their pie and still have their feet in the ground in sense of not getting swept up in a very rarefied "mega rich" lifestyle where they were embarrassed that their mates super yacht was 20 meters longer than theirs.

@Qik loaf of bread price is same true, but the billionaire I know doesn't have a concept of price, has never gone grocery shopping, generous, polite, but different and superficial relations with the world and his own children.

The other multi millionaire sports person, signs off all claims, close family, self-absorbed but a present parent.

Yes, lots. Including some of the wealthiest people in the UK. 1 was/is absolutely lovely, kind, generous, very invested in his family and spends lots of time with his kids. The others have been a mix, like all people, 1 was a total bastard, destroyed his children's mental health entirely.

I've worked with and Have UHNWI as friends. Some are cocks, some got lucky, some are generally lovely people. They're not buying their bread in tesco and worrying about the price of it.

I work with 2 billionaires and lots of millionaires (and probably am myself on paper)

you could pass them on the street without knowing
they are lovely people

the ones who flash the cash and have the bling lifestyle are generally not the richest

I once worked for a very well known extremely rich lady. Her and her husband were formal but very polite and courteous. Out of four kids, 3 are very nice, polite, well mannered people and 1 is an odious, arrogant cunt! I don't think its hard to work out who they are lol

I used to be a PA for a very rich barrister in Paris. He was an arsehole. I used to have to go to the Champs Elysées with his credit card to buy his kids birthday presents etc because he didn't have a clue.

Worked for one of the richest men. Was pleasant and clearly bright. But was stingy and nasty to all staff and was mean and penny pinching. Presumably that's how he'd become so rich?

Have friends who are like this and they vary as much as anyone else. One friend who has a full staff and cooks dinner for her kids with two sous chefs to do the boring bits like peeling potatoes 😄 Others who are very down to earth.

I work with both. Billionaire’s are in a different league entirely. Billionaires don’t think, every last whim and detail is catered for by managers and pa’s. A very stark difference and vastly different to to a millionaires lifestyle.
If I didn’t work in my industry I would be totally naive to the wealth in my area (south east). It is mind boggling!!

I work with a lot of entrepreneurs who own different successful businesses.

they’re all a bit geeky but very pleasant. Minted too!

Not all billionaires
some are very grounded

I know 1 that flies jet2 to one of his homes
he can’t believe we pay to fly CE on BA

He doesn't sound very "pleasant" to be honest...

I'd love a sous chef just for the peeling bits 😊

Know a few multi/multi millionaires some are genuinely the nicest guys. So generous and total gentlemen. Kids are delightful too.

Worked for a Saudi Prince years back. Unreasonable arsehole.

HMQ?

My fils half brother is minted-he’s a millionaire

he’s also the biggest cock I’ve ever met-and so is his wife

he looks down his nose at everyone while she stands behind him doing the same

he got it handed to him on a plate as he hit adulthood and yes,he’s worked hard but he didn’t start at the bottom

his kids-eldest 2 went to a comp and have always worked

the younger two went to private school and live off daddies dime-and have a very entitled air about them

one had a boob job on a whim,fucked off around the world in posh 5* hotels (she claimed to be ‘slumming it’) without even thinking about it came back and buys expensive dogs as a ‘hobby’

their weddings ran into thousands and thousands of pounds

they think nothing of waking up,booking an expensive holiday and off they all go-their grandchildren are nasty,spiteful and entitled-I was once sat with them and I almost chewed my tongue off

i remember when his mother died and he was all for paying someone to clear out the house,and forget she existed-it was my in-laws that had to spend every weekend for months clearing the house out and dealing with everything while the millionaire kept tapping his watch as he wanted his slice of the house when it was sold

i really can’t stand him but thankfully,since my lovely fil died,I rarely have anything to do with him

im so glad I’m skint but work for what I get and don’t have to rely on my parents money or think I’m better than anyone else just because I have a lot of pound notes in the bank

I worked for a family in Italy who had a housekeeper, tutor, nanny and cook. I lived with them ( I was the tutor) and was on the computer one day. I clicked on something thinking it was my holiday info but it was the info on a multi million holiday house they were buying. They were lovely, very thoughtful etc but the kids were awful, no-one had taught them manners and they were a bit bratty.