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Are any Mners on here super rich?

368 replies

Felixss · 21/04/2023 11:09

I don't mean upper middle at least a few million. What's life like what staff do you have? What's your daily routine like?How do you earn your money investments etc. Being nosey.

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Divanshi · 22/04/2023 19:57

My family aren't rich but we have a couple of family friends who are billionaires and you wouldn't know it unless you knew them.
They have live in chefs, nannies, housekeepers etc.

We travelled recently with them as we were invited to their sons wedding in tanzania and they brought a housekeeper with them - one of the daughter in laws just casually asked him to take her hand luggage, because she didn't want to. That blew my mind.

They all fly regularly, speak about money such as 100k like it really is nothing, when it comes to investing and all have priority lounge access.

The only thing that gives it away is the cars they drive (they aren't crazy with it but love having decent cars) and if you actually get to know them.

They don't dress to stand out, if anything theyre more low key than those who think they are rich and wear clothes with the designer written across the chest.

I think you've got the rich who don't brag, like the people we know and they invest their money and the women are also quite involved in the businesses and keeping things running behind the doors

And then you've got the rich who live for the fast cars and private jets etc and are absolute a holes with many of them not understanding or giving a shit about reality

But that's just my take

GingerGill · 22/04/2023 21:49

tech start up which IPO’d. Pots of money now but nothing has really changed…..still working, same
house (to be fair it’s a nice house), maybe more
holidays and no stress around paying kids through Uni etc. Buy nicer wine and have fulfilled life time ambition of owning a horse but that’s it’s really!

ZIEVAR · 22/04/2023 22:41

I WOULD PUT MYSELF IN THAT BRACKET. GREW UP IN POOR SITUATION UNDERCLASS THROUGH PARENTS ILLNESSES. LEFT SCHOOL AT 15 WITH NO AWARDS. MARRIED YOUNG. HAD FOUR CHILDREN. I WENT TO UNIVERSITY AGED 40.GOT MY DEGREE. WORKED HARD SO THAT MY FOUR CHILDREN ALSO COULD GO TO UNI. ALL 4 ATTAINED GOOD JOBS AND BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. NOW, IN LATER YEARS I AM BEGINNING TO HAVE ILL HEALTH, AND DIFFICULTIES. AND GUESS WHAT, MY 4 ARE ALL STANDING UP TO THE CHALLENGES I AM PRESENTING TO THEM........YES I AM A MILLIONAIRE 10 TIMES OVER. SORRY FOR CAPS. BAD EYESIGHT. AND SORRY FOR DETRACTING FROM YOUR THREAD OP. XX

SchoolTripDrama · 22/04/2023 23:08

onefinemess · 21/04/2023 12:24

I'm not exactly on the Sunday Times list, but I do OK.

No staff here at the Messy Mansion, just a cleaner, gardener/handyman who does the general maintenance, and we have someone from a detailing company come in once a month to give the "the fleet" a wash and wax.

We call it "the fleet", but it's really just a small collection of runabouts, there's my Rang Rover, the X6 we tend to use for the dogs, my husbands "boy's toys", a Lamborghini Aventador and a Ferrari 355, he did buy a Delorean a few years ago, but there is something wrong with the doors so he doesn't drive it anymore, we also have a Model X, which I bought on a whim because I thought the inside looked lovely, it isn't, and I'm embarrassed to admit that I've never driven it since it was delivered, its sitting at the back of the garage collecting dust. I'll have to do something with it over the summer.

House wise, we have one in the UK, a villa in Mauritius and a house boat on the Thames. There are also my parents old cottages in Devon which were an inheritance, but we don't count those as my sister and her family stay there quite regularly and we never know if there will be an empty one for us to use.

Daily routine would be breakfast, then Yoga with my instructor. I'll check my emails and browse Mumsnet with a coffee until lunch time. We usually eat out, so I'll meet someone for lunch at a cafe then a little shopping after. Evenings are couple time, where we normally go to a restaurant for dinner and drinks.

I grew up "poor", typical council house in the Midlands, but I married rich. I met my husband when I was 29 and not long divorced, he was a client at the solicitors I used to do admin for. He comes from money, serious money, although most of it has been split through inheritance with his sister. My husband used to work as a trader in London before Covid, now advises banks (worldwide) about funds and risks and stuff, I think. It's something to do with money anyway.

Most of my friends are similar to me in terms of lifestyle, only one has ever had a job, all the others grew up rich, married rich and have no concept of cost or affordability. If they want something, they get something. I was in the diamond quarter not so long ago where one of my friends spent 36k on a necklace! That's more than I used to earn in a year! She bought it because it "looked so cute on her".

Being rich isn't as good ad people think it is, you get used to it so quickly and "luxury items" quickly just become "stuff".

You lucky, lucky thing. I can’t even afford tea bags this month 😳 My child got a voucher for a free play at Wacky Warehouse today and honestly, felt like we’d won the lottery. My little girl cried with happiness. Oh what I’d do for your life. I know you said the novelty has worn off, but enjoy every moment!! You’d be thoroughly miserable without it

SchoolTripDrama · 22/04/2023 23:13

My goodness I would be enjoying it so so sooo much more than you are! If I had enough money to, I’d give up work and travel permanently (whilst home educating my daughter along the way)

Toddlerteaplease · 22/04/2023 23:26

I know a family on the Sunday times Rich list. And they are some of the nicest people you could meet. Completely self made. Don't think they drive posh cars or have domestic staff.

Abcdefgh1234 · 23/04/2023 00:14

My aunt used to be super rich. She was a partner of a royal family in asia. Cant say the country i’m afraid due to privacy. But its a religious royal family. Which is having a partner outside marriage its a big no. But you dont know behind a closed door.

very rich. Go everywhere with her own private jet. Living in a mansion. Have a big pent house in mayfair as she likes to go to uk. But her life was shit. Have to be secretive about everything, basically life as a mistress because she only a partner and the prince cant marry normal people, need to be same background. First fee years she living her ‘pretty woman’ life. I remember she went to jakarta and closed chanel shop just because she wants to shop only with our family. She bought lots lots of diamonds, bag and other luxury stuff. And after awhile its just became stuff. She got depression. She living that life for 10 years and got son with the prince. Her son cant be royal family but he got money from his daddy. Meanwhile my aunt decided to broke off the relationship as the prince got other younger partner.

now my aunt married with normal man. Still have comfotable live but no where near what she used to be. She said she is much happier now. And she always says money isn’t mean happiness. It does make your life easier but not happier. Because when you have a lot its just becoming more and more useless. Being comfortable much more nicer than ultra mega rich. Because being comfortable means you still have some desire to do and to achieve something, you still have your passion. But being ultra mega rich you dont have your desire anymore because you just can get it now. You will kill your passion because you can have everything you want. And it will become meaningless.

i always remember her sayings, but still i play euromillions and wants to experience it myself 😂😂

MumApril1990 · 23/04/2023 00:19

Are there are MNeters that aren’t rich??

squidgybits · 23/04/2023 01:38

MumApril1990 · 23/04/2023 00:19

Are there are MNeters that aren’t rich??

me!

marmaladeone · 23/04/2023 02:22

AL257 · 21/04/2023 15:23

Not “super rich” I’d say but my dad has a company worth around £5 million so I grew up with money.

I didn’t go to private school, nor did my siblings but my parents paid for our University fees and expenses plus our first cars and insurance we also had help buying houses.

We didn’t ever go on any crazy holidays it was mainly summers in my mums native country, we had a house there (It was in Asia) plus a house in Europe. The house I grew up in was 6 bedrooms.

My dads prised possession is his Range Rover for some reason and my mum has a Mercedes. They have a third car that’s a 7 seater for when needed (it’s another range).

I guess the most surreal part was the fact that I had unlimited access to money from around the age of 13, my dads card which he gave me the numbers for so if I wanted something I brought it ( within reason of course I wasn’t buying cars or anything but clothes and shoes, entertainment like toys and books, makeup etc) I think the most expensive things I brought were tech like my computer which was about 1500 and the odd piece of jewellery.
Even to this day I still have the numbers to one of his cards, I don’t use it anymore but it’s still there.

That was my childhood, very privileged, and I guess the most privileged part is although I’m an adult with a job who supports herself if I ever need help I have my parents who are more then willing to always help and I’m very lucky to have that especially in the current climate.

Perhaps ask your parents for some spelling and grammar lessons?

WhatHoMarjorie · 23/04/2023 02:56

marmaladeone · 23/04/2023 02:22

Perhaps ask your parents for some spelling and grammar lessons?

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Why do you sound so chippy and insecure?

Boredwitholdname · 23/04/2023 03:33

I’m super rich in many things that matter. Money isn’t one of them.

Scalottia · 23/04/2023 05:50

WhatHoMarjorie · 23/04/2023 02:56

Why do you sound so chippy and insecure?

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Probably jealousy.

@marmaladeone a comment like this isn't really necessary, it's just mean.

Eggybrains · 23/04/2023 07:14

CurlewKate · 21/04/2023 14:58

Anyone who owns an island, for example?

This really isn't a big deal. Some available for <£100k.

AndyandTeddyarewavinggoodbye · 23/04/2023 10:14

@SchoolTripDrama

I hope your daughter has fun with her voucher and I'm sorry that things are hard for you atm, but the post you quoted is made up fantasy so please don't give it another thought and enjoy your day with your daughter.

sunshineandstrawberryjam · 23/04/2023 10:35

I'm not super rich myself but I guess I grew up in a fairly wealthy family - multiple houses, ponies, yacht (small yacht, not a mega yacht or anything!) etc. I have to admit, I sort of just took it for granted. A friend of mine did once say that she knew I came from money because she never saw me worry about it or even really think about it.

Mostly, it gave me a lot of security to figure stuff out when I was younger. My mother died under very distressing circumstances when I was in my teens, and my MH collapsed. I tried to kill myself, and spent some time in hospital. Dad's money meant I had private healthcare, all the support I needed and the time to volunteer for a bit, then go back to university and start again. I had a trust fund as well which got me through my PhD and bought my first house for me and my then DP (now DH). I don't spend thousands on jewelry tho and my dad is actually super stingy about lots of little things and was really tough about not wasting cash - he has had the same tumble dryer for 20 years and it only works if you kick it in the exact right spot for example. He tends to either spend loads of money to get the exact right thing he wants or nothing at all. So he liked sailing so we had the boat but we'd drive up to the yacht club in a car with actual grass growing out of the rusty bits on the side. That's not rubbed off me nearly as much as I'd like - probably why I am not rich!

Onefootinthegroove · 23/04/2023 10:58

Not me, my brother.
Worked hard, moved up in his industry to director level , now retired but does consulting, invested in commercial property ect.
Yes to staff - housekeeper , cleaner, gardener.
He also provides financially for his parents and parents in law as well as my sister in laws late sisters children.

Millie22 · 23/04/2023 12:03

@onefinemess I find your story believable and I think it is not right and not fair to ridicule your contribution to this discussion.
It might be a description of your lifestyle or somebody you know but it is irrelevant because most of us will share our experiences or the experiences of the people we know.
The council estate house story is believable because some secure council tenants could

sell their properties located in desirable areas ( usually to first-time buyers ) for example in Kensington and Chelsea or Mayfair, later in life, and purchase cottages as retirement homes in small villages.
Super rich do have partners from different backgrounds and especially self-made types are not arrogant, so they will be casually involved in a pleasant conversation with all employees they meet when they visit the offices they do business with. So, your storey is believable to me as I know a few examples like that.
The rest, the lifestyle you described is normal for most upper-middle to super-rich families. There is a very small but important difference.
Super-super rich have one major problem which is the security and safety of their children and family members and even extended family members, so they are extremely focused on that. They value their anonymity in order to be safe and intentionally keep a low profile to be able to enjoy their life. The rest of the lifestyle is similar to what has been described already.
Some of them are sick of the attention of people they have to meet and socialise with and they are particularly trying to involve as little help as possible to minimize interaction with employees in order to manage them. The usual requirement is to make hose help invisible and that most of the housekeeping is done in their absence from home.
I have first-hand experience because my job is in architecture and design for high-end luxury residential projects so I have to know their lifestyle first in order to help them.

In short, the real super-rich values their freedom and privacy and normally will try to simplify their lifestyle in order to enjoy it.

AliceOlive · 23/04/2023 12:46

@Millie22 she told everyone she made it up.

travellinglighter · 23/04/2023 12:59

GidgetGirl · 21/04/2023 14:46

Most of my clients are super-rich and I have to spend a lot of time visiting their houses (which they have usually bought for £20mil+). Anyway their defining feature seems to me to be their fucking awful, AWFUL taste in home decor. They invariably end up looking like something out of a DFS advert from 20 years ago.

I’ve been to a house for work that I’ve later seen up for sale for millions and the whole style of the place was incredibly naff. Tudor style, Roman statues, massive chandeliers and fountains in the garden with multiple bronze dolphins in a modern(ish) build.

Millie22 · 23/04/2023 13:08

@ Alice Olive, she was clearly drawing some references from real-life stories as the most post here are. My criticism was of aggressive posts following her writing, remarks related to council tenants not being able to have cottages or admin girls not being in a position to meet and be a partner or wife of somebody super-rich.
As I said, it was irrelevant whether it was her storey or description of somebody else's lifestyle but the story is believable.

downtonabi · 23/04/2023 13:19

I work for a super-rich heiress as a nanny/PA. I doubt she is on MN though!

Two homes (London and country) both fully staffed eg housekeeper, cook, nanny, gardener, driver.

AliceOlive · 23/04/2023 13:20

onefinemess · 21/04/2023 13:16

Of course its Bullshit!

What kind of responses do people think they'll get on these threads!

🙄

@Millie22

No, she was mocking the OP for starting the thread.

Daisiesandprimroses · 23/04/2023 13:46

Millie22 · 23/04/2023 13:08

@ Alice Olive, she was clearly drawing some references from real-life stories as the most post here are. My criticism was of aggressive posts following her writing, remarks related to council tenants not being able to have cottages or admin girls not being in a position to meet and be a partner or wife of somebody super-rich.
As I said, it was irrelevant whether it was her storey or description of somebody else's lifestyle but the story is believable.

I think everyone gets you feel it’s believable…even though it’s not true.

Millie22 · 23/04/2023 13:50

@AliceOlive Ah, how strange, that she will invest her time to invent a believable story to mock someone else’s post😳. I cannot find humour in that. My point and concerns are that it triggers unacceptable snobbish remarks by others instead.