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20+ Insane Things Rich People Spend Money On

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According to some recent calculations, an average billionaire spends about $80 million a year. Watching a movie at home on the release day, ghost detectors, and female eggs for $100,000 — all these things are possible in a world where money rules.

Bright Side came across some of the most extravagant examples of investments of wealthy people that Reddit users shared. We want to tell you about the most unusual ones. And in order to make you feel better, we recommend that you read our bonus about a person that makes the world a better place thanks to his fortune.

The CEO for a company I used to work for put a giant tank (pool) with a submerged “sunken ship” inside of it in his back yard so that he could scuba dive around in it. © RedBarnGuy
One of the ways to show that you are insanely rich is to drown your house in gold. A Hong Kong jeweler spent $3.5 million on his bathroom. The toilet bowls, wash basins, toilet brushes, toilet paper holders, mirror frames, wall-mounted chandeliers, wall tiles, and doors are all made out of solid 24-carat gold. The ceiling is decorated with rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and amber and even the floor of the washroom is embedded with 900 g (2 lb) gold bars. It was built in 2001 and still holds the record for being the most expensive bathroom. © Guinness World Records
Seasonal furniture. “Well, it’s getting on into April so we better get the spring couches and chaise lounges out of storage, and swap out the winter dining table and china for the spring set. Better get out all the matching drapes, too.” © 7ofalltrades
Pet cloning. Ex-boss was getting his dog cloned for $100,000. © Jiltedjohn

My ex-wife’s family was uber-wealthy and, for a few years, I got to experience a slice of how the other half lives. It really is like a ‘club.’ But staying on topic, health: everyone had a ton of meds, minor things you wouldn’t pay any attention to, they had meds for. Red skin from the sun? Meds. Going through a tough month at work, they got pills for anxiety at the drop of a hat by their family doctor, who was on speed dial. School stressing you out? You now have ADHD, here’s meds to focus. The more money you have, the less of a doctor you have and more of a ‘legal substance dealer’ you get. © beastgunner
Most people do not know this, but you can purchase a 5, 10, and 20-year visa to Thailand called an Elite Visa ranging in price from $15,000 to $30,000, with various perks and upgrades, like service, golf courses, and hotels available. This visa allows you to enter and leave Thailand any time you want and stay during the duration of the visa. It comes in personal and family sizes. You can’t work on this visa, but some lawyers and elite agents can wrangle a work permit with it, although most people who have this visa aren’t worried about working. © Sixteenbit
Heirbnb. It’s like Airbnb, only it’s rich people borrowing each other’s holiday villas and mansions when they’re not in use. You can go to this website to see the villas that billionaires book. © 0utlawcountry

The villa costs $ 48,000 per night.

Private boarding gates at certain airports. Complete with showers, a spa, a full bar, a lounge, food, a bed, a gym, a sauna, etc. Total privacy. Your luggage is scanned and taken through security by a concierge, and you’re driven to the plane in a BMW 8 series. © bob-lob
Madonna spent $10,000 per month on Kabbalah-blessed water. It was delivered to her, any place in the world during her tours. © hermoments
You think your Platinum Card is cutting it? Please! Centurion is the way to go. It’ll cost $10,000 just to get one (this includes the initial fee to join and the first annual fee), but you get EVERYTHING. Want a table at any restaurant in any town? They’ll get you in tomorrow. Need a full itinerary planned for a week in Paris? Need that new iPhone on day one, but don’t want to stand in line? Want to stay at the most luxurious place in Ibiza? They do this in their sleep. It’s a butler and concierge and local expert and your best friend. © Jackpot777

Kidnapping insurance for wealthy people in case they are kidnapped to get a ransom. Professional negotiators do everything to free them and it can cost several million dollars. © owenpoconnell
Rich people buy out several floors in hotels, entire restaurants, and chefs from any part of the world. I saw all of these things done by a Prince of Saudi Arabia: we estimated it cost him $50,000 just for a private night at our restaurant, given that he had the top 4 floors of our hotel booked (for the hundreds of staff to take care of him, his wife, and his 2 kids). He paid $30,000 just to close our restaurant for one meal. He flew his favorite chef from New York to Orlando to cook for him, on his private jet, and then back again. © durgadas
Lady Gaga not only believes in ghosts, she is also scared of them. She paid $50,000 for a ghost detector. Gaga purchased an electromagnetic field meter. It’s a tool used by professional ghost hunters to detect electrically charged objects. She always has it with her. © cheapism
You can get something called “cloud seeding” for a perfect, rain-free wedding day for $100,000. Companies inject silver iodine, which causes the rain cloud to disperse without actually raining down, allowing your ceremony to stay dry. © VoteLymanZeigler2020

Codex Leicester is a manuscript that was written by da Vinci at the beginning of the 16th century. It was bought by Bill Gates for $30 million.

If you’re willing to fork out $35,000 for the player and $500 per showing, you can watch films that are currently in theaters, in your own private home theater. © goldsendbitcoin
I had a friend who was an insanely gifted individual: Harvard degree, exceptional pianist, etc. A foreign family offered her $100,000 for some of her eggs because she was part of an extremely narrow group of people with the right ethnicity, age, education, skill set, etc. © ward0630
Luxury ice cubes. Gläce Luxury Ice Co. produces perfectly square ice blocks for “minimum dilution and maximum cooling.” Hand-carved and completely clear, these cubes are sold in bags of 50 and each bag costs $325. © eternalrefuge86

Time. All that boring stuff you do — commuting, grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning your house, waiting on hold, paying bills — all those chunks of your life that are eaten up minute by minute — rich people buy out of all that routine garbage. Time is all you really get in your life. Rich people buy it back. © hahahahthunk
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, for another exercise in extravagance, bought a $500 million super-private jet — the Airbus A380 ‘Flying Palace’ has room for the Prince’s Rolls Royce and his horses as well as 5 private bedrooms and 2 dining rooms. © richtopia

Bonus: How to use money for something good

I have a relative, by marriage, who buys land so no one can develop it. The town he grew up in used to be a great natural area and then, the tourism industry turned it into a resort. Now, my relative is trying to buy as much land as possible in his province in order to keep it as pristine as possible. © witchwithflyinghead

Would you ever pay money for anything from these stories?

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