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The secret lives of billionaires

and the things that make them tick

Aphinya Dechalert
Published in
4 min readJan 25, 2019

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There’s something incredibly alluring about having a billion or two in the bank. Hollywood has us living in a fantasy world of champagne, diamonds and bank notes are thrown around like it’s monopoly money. Sure, there’s the glamour of Valentino suits and Prada shoes, most billionaires don’t spend their day playing dress up and going out to parties.

In fact, they’re a lot more like us common people than we realize. The only difference is that they’ve managed to hit jackpot in their pursuits and everyone has elevated them to god status for their extreme wealth.

While millionaires tend to be a bit more showy with their wealth, the top 10 billionaires could easily be mistaken as just your regular Joe Blob if you weren’t paying attention.

Shopping at Walmart

What’s the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire?

Most billionaires look like they buy their clothes from Target and isn’t even ashamed of it. Mark Zuckerberg’s been wearing the same kind of jeans and grey t-shirt for more than a decade. Bill Gates wears a Casio Quartz Diver 200m WR — available from Walmart about around $50 — or cheaper if you’ve got coupons.

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