What a Billionaire Eats

[Simon Ashari]

the restaurant owner must have really seen him coming.

12 dollars for a bottle of water... amazing.


regards

Simon

[GeorgR.]

The meals itself are actually "reasonable" priced, i guess, for a NY restaurant where billionaires eat. Calamari..yummy.

[Adam Carn]

Originally Posted by Kevin Riley

Kevin Riley Inc

Kevin, you're so tall!

Adam

[Frodr]

You see.. i dont get why people criticize..

I mean if you worked hard to get to where you can drop 50 grand on one meal then you definitely deserve it.

Honestly.. what would be the point of all that money if you can't enjoy it.

Im sure the mentality of saving your money is not what made him a billionaire.

Then again who is to say that it wasnt a lunch where he brokered a deal to make him way more than 50 grand.. then you guys would probably call that a sound investment.

Imho, if you got it like that then i see nothing wrong with spending that much on a meal.

And whoever that waiter was probably quit for a month.. lol.

-Felix

[JeffersonB]

Well lets talk about what they Drink also:

Businessman's bar bill hits £105,805 - Telegraph

[dave147]

Now that's just "showing off" it was the wine and champagne that really sent it through the roof!!! pretty expensive restaurant eh?

[JohnMcCabe]

This whole hubbub is over a snapshot of one meal receipt. It doesn't mean it's an everyday occurrence, even if the guy has the money to support it.

Look at the trickle down effect from that one meal check. How many people picked up a piece of that tip? And then went on to spend it on other things, which provided jobs for other people, who took the wages and...

When you play on a stage where you can acquire a billion dollar enterprise to keep as a hobby, you're playing where most of us can't even imagine what it's like.

As for the side discussion going on, all you guys getting so excited about a bunch of men in short pants chasing a ball around a meadow... I don't get it.

Why not a real sport where the teams have to put on body armor before they throw a ball around a meadow?

Go Vikings!

[Andrew Maule]

Not sure if it's been said yet, but this isn't actually Roman Abramovich's bill. I saw this a few weeks ago and his representative said this wasn't theirs.

[Chris Worner]

this thread is soo pointless, as it is their money it is their right to spend it as they please the same way you or I.

Fact of the matter is despite that some people deny it, we all seek recognition for our work, wealth, and the approval of others as well. Deep down we are all egotistic in some way, and we all express it in different ways.

some by dropping $50K on lunch and others by criticising them for it to make up for their own insecurities.

Some advice for you: STOP DREAMING AND START DOING and then one day maybe you to can blow 50K on lunch or use it to help a bunch of kids

[Bob Harmon]

Never saw a tip like that while I waited tables and bartended, $7328.20 WOW. I once bartended a private party for a group of teamsters and got a $300 tip from one guy and you would have thought I had won the lottery.

It's amazing how your perspective of what is a lot of money changes as you get older.

[steve-wilkins]

Haha! Check Roman Abramovich out with all his billions! But that is only one of his chelsea players wages, spare change to him.

I heard he recently doubled his wealth from 8 to 15 billion maybe that is why he was celebrating! Big up the spurs!

[TelegramSam]

It's all about money flow.

By spending it, other people benefit.

Maybe the restaurant owner donates to charity.

Maybe the grape grower etc...

If he didn't spend it someone else would have been a lot poorer.

So yes, it is extravagant, but so what.

Let the money flow.

When you stop the flow, it all dries up.

Maybe he just made a million dollars at the meal. So spread the love baby!

Sam

[GeorgR.]

>>
I mean if you worked hard to get to where you can drop 50 grand on one meal then you definitely deserve it.
>>

i still wouldn't do it. $15.000 for a bottle of champagne - i would feel extremely ****y knowing that somewhere else people die because they starve. I hope that billionaire spends SOME of his money for charities or does *something* useful with it.

>>
By spending it, other people benefit.
>>

Actually, you have a point...

[bluesguy]

It's all about perspective.

47k to him might be $47 to a regular guy.

THINK ABOUT IT.

If he's a billionaire and makes 500k net profit 1 day, 15million a month, what is 47k to him? Its less than 10% of a days work.

I only hope he donates as much to charity.

[Success With Dany]

Originally Posted by Kevin Riley

Warren is one of the smart rich people. I subscribe to his way of thinking. We never waste money, and I hate to watch stupid rich people flaunt it. There are better ways to use that money - such as helping society, instead of some expensive winery.

I read that he still eats at the same inexpensive steakhouse he's been going to for years.

[Darth Executor]

Originally Posted by Kevin Riley

Warren is one of the smart rich people. I subscribe to his way of thinking. We never waste money, and I hate to watch stupid rich people flaunt it. There are better ways to use that money - such as helping society, instead of some expensive winery.

Expensive winery helps society too. People get paid to make that wine from the money rich people spend on it. In some cases it may be better than charity since the individuals involved actually work for it.

[Ken Snowdon]

Just goes to show the importance of being that rich. You can do what you want, have what/who you want. Kinda reminds me of a movie that Robert Redford was in, buying a night with Demi Moore for a kool million bucks. talk about kool hand luke.

[InternetMarketingIQ]

21% of Children in the United States are living BELOW the poverty level. This is clearly a misuse of Capitalistic Intent. Resources are being allocated to the Wealthy Elite at the peril of the Lower and Middle Class. In time (And the time is rapidly approaching) there will be a revolt and this kind of inequity will be closed.

The Federal Reserve System of Fractional Reserve Banking and perpetual debt is the root cause of the Economic Crisis. Debt can not be repaid with Debt. And for the few people who truly understand how the Central Banking system works this is clear evidence of why the system can not continue.

In Colorado some of the Ski Resort Towns are so expensive that they can not hire ordinary people to work in the shops and stores that service the Wealthy. Kind of sucks to have so much money and no one to pump the gas into your car or make you lunch.

[Rod Cortez]

Originally Posted by InternetMarketingIQ

21% of Children in the United States are living BELOW the poverty level. This is clearly a misuse of Capitalistic Intent. Resources are being allocated to the Wealthy Elite at the peril of the Lower and Middle Class. In time (And the time is rapidly approaching) there will be a revolt and this kind of inequity will be closed.

Give me a break. The wealthy already donate BILLIONS to charity. It's not their obligation to solve all the worlds problems. Individuals and governments also have to be accountable. How many kids go hungry because of bad decisions made by the parent or parents? A heck of a whole lot.

The Federal Reserve System of Fractional Reserve Banking and perpetual debt is the root cause of the Economic Crisis. Debt can not be repaid with Debt. And for the few people who truly understand how the Central Banking system works this is clear evidence of why the system can not continue.

Agree with you on that point.

[jam52633]

That's my snack bill, lol

[Asher]

I think it's all relative. (as michael_nguyen stated)

I don't know the dude but from the looks of it and
from several responses, he's in the billion dollar worth
range.

For a person who owns billions of dollars to spend
$50,000 on a meal - I don't think in anyway at all
that is extravagant or over the top.

Mathematically speaking... even if he only has
1 Billion Dollars...

$50,000 Divided by $1,000,000,000
= 0.00005 = 0.005%

If a person made $3,000 a month, being on the
same terms... he just spent $15 on a meal with
5 friends. Do we judge him as extravagant? Nope.

But a guy who makes that much money, to spend
that much/little? Yeah, we judge him.

Asher

[Matt Jutras]

Originally Posted by InternetMarketingIQ

21% of Children in the United States are living BELOW the poverty level. This is clearly a misuse of Capitalistic Intent. Resources are being allocated to the Wealthy Elite at the peril of the Lower and Middle Class. In time (And the time is rapidly approaching) there will be a revolt and this kind of inequity will be closed.

Let's start with the $4 billion that goes towards Wordpress themes :P

[Brad Gosse]

Sometimes you have to buy expensive stuff just to celebrate your wealth. It's part of having money.

[neo3006]

he could donate that money to the forum here and help the poor.

[Vagabond 007]

I think the bigger story here is a bunch of people acting like they have a right to tell other people how to spend their money.

All of this talk like "there are starving children". Give me a break. Whether a billionaire spends $50,000 on lunch or not, there will still be starving children. It's not wealthy peoples obligation to save the world.

Without this guys funding, that football team wouldn't be playing games and ENTERTAINING millions of people. But let me guess, people shouldn't spend money on sporting events either.

Personally, I think more power to him. He CAN spend $50,000 on lunch. That's fascinating.

Like you've never splurged and bought something expensive. Even if it seems "pointless". 60 inch TV vs 20 inch TV. Honda vs Lamborghini. One bedroom home vs mansion.

This debate is so stupid. People can spend their money however they choose.

Always a hypocrite.

[Bryan Zimmerman]

I just wish I would have got a tip like that in all the years I bartended and waited tables. Wouldn't of bothered me one bit if they spent 50k to get it at that point lol. Who ever took care of that table has a huge on their face!

[ildarius]

Too bad the full Russian version of the news report is not available.

When they brought the check the guy didn't even move a muscle, he calmly asked "are the tips included?"

the bottles were not even finished, they went to a newly wed couple sitting at the next table

[kendrickyi]

Did anyone forget that Chelsea FC has a transfer window ban? Hahaha! What good is it to have all the money in the world but not buy the best players! LOL.

Money cant buy success (Tell that to Roman Abramovich and Florentino Pérez LOL).

(I support the devils and they don't have the best players in the world, but their players have been groomed from this level to a higher level.)

Anyway, give a percentage of your earnings to charity. Don't be selfish. But PAY YOURSELF FIRST! lol...

buy what you want. If you have that much money you might as well have the lifestyle you desire.

But I have to say this. If you keep buying luxury items and if you withhold from giving back to the community, you will feel that life is meaningless/mundane/sucks. There are rich people who are unhappy.

P.S. $12 for water?! Over here, the most we pay for a glass of water is... $1? I think?

Edit:
I'll have cookies for my lunch. Thank you.
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM! ^^

[CopyMonster]

How about these apples?

$330,000 on a funky fungus (BBC NEWS)

For whom it matters, the proceeds went to charity.

I wonder if it tasted any good... my bet is anyone eating it will never admit in public if it didn't.

Buffett is a unique individual indeed. If you get the chance, watch a British doco on him "The World's Greatest Money Maker" (from memory).

You get the impression the man just enjoys making money, spending it - not so much. With that much wealth, you might think he eats at fancy restaurants and while sometimes he might through the deluge of invitations he must get, his regular is a plain jane diner that serves one of his favorite meals - T-bone steak and two cherry cokes (hold the veges). He lives in the same house he bought 30 years ago - he doesn't believe in owning several homes. And like someone else commented, while he could afford a fleet of the most expensive cars on the planet, his current car is a snow damaged (ie. "deal") that his daughter found for him.

Food for thought indeed for wannabe millionaires.

[Michael Worthington]

They didn't have a very expensive desert, looks like.

Check this one out -

My $1000 Sundae… Yes, I Ate Gold!

Michael

[baybossplaya]

Originally Posted by Kevin Riley

Warren is one of the smart rich people. I subscribe to his way of thinking. We never waste money, and I hate to watch stupid rich people flaunt it. There are better ways to use that money - such as helping society, instead of some expensive winery.

agreed....

[Daniel E Taylor]

The only thing worse than someone who doesn't donate to
charity are the people who criticize them for it.

I find it more egotistical to take a "I'm better than you because
I donate to charity" stance than anything else.

You are not perfect. How about you worry about your own life
and living it better than criticizing others.

I find those people more of the problem then greedy corporations.

Daniel

[Darth Executor]

Originally Posted by KatyaSenina

Basically what they ate and drank was spaghetti, pasta's, espresso, cappucino, wine, champagne, dessert...does it have to be so expensive? you can get this for a lot cheaper and 2 bottles Crystal champagne doesn't have to be $10 000...I think you can get it for $2000 elsewhere

Rich people have awful tastes when it comes to food. If I was a billionaire no spaghetti or pasta would come anywhere near my plate. Lasagna doesn't count.

[Alexchan338]

ummm.....i wish to serve them...thats a lot of tips.....
Now i know... "you should be thinking of ways to become that billionnaire not the server".

[blalock61]

I were a billionaire I would try my best to eat this for lunch as much as possible. Just saying though.

[Buildingfutures]

Originally Posted by Bryan Zimmerman

I just wish I would have got a tip like that in all the years I bartended and waited tables. Wouldn't of bothered me one bit if they spent 50k to get it at that point lol. Who ever took care of that table has a huge on their face!

No joke!

I didn't even think about being the waiter. But what kind of experience do you have to have to work somewhere they sell 35k wine?

[AndrewCavanagh]

There's an interesting education in marketing in that bill.

The restaurant owner (or the internet marketer helping him) might note that $35 to $60 for a meal is high but not excessive.

The money is in all the add ons...drinks and desserts.

It's kind of like a high end McDonalds add on "would you like drinks and dessert with that?"

A great restaurant is really good at promoting and selling those add ons.

Kindest regards,
Andrew Cavanagh

[Jill Carpenter]

Originally Posted by rosetrees

Scariest thing is that between the 6 of them they drank 7 bottles of wine and two of those were MAGNUMS!! I hope the chauffeur drove them home.

I heard they were all given straws, so it's ok.

Originally Posted by agentsully

holy crap, thats like a hooked up lexus for lunch. Just 5 people? This man must party like a rockstar. The meal didn't sound like it was worth it though. Plus a lot of the items bought were expensive wines.

That is along the lines of a true liquid lunch.

Dang, they could have called me up and I would have run down to wait on them for that kind of tip.

I'm in support of the economic flow it provided.

Wine that expensive is either very old, or typically is very scarce. The winery gets a cut, the importers get a cut, the US distributers get a cut, the restaurant gets a cut, and server + staff get a cut (provided they didn't get stiffed as some people don't tip on the booze )

Hey, you only go around once. Honestly, if that kind of money was only a drop in the bucket for me, I could totally see myself having some good wine with friends. I've spent a hundred bucks for a shot of Louis Tres. That could have fed someone in a third world country for months. Was I supposed to give that to charity? It was my money. I earned it. Could I have had a 5 dollar shot of something instead? Well, I probably would not have remembered it and I doubt it would have tasted nearly as good.

(get a nice cigar too if you are going to try the louis tres )

It's all a matter of perspective.

[Jill Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Buildingfutures

No joke!

I didn't even think about being the waiter. But what kind of experience do you have to have to work somewhere they sell 35k wine?

Just above average, but it's not that hard to get there.

Not everyone is coming in to order that wine every day. I've worked in places that had wine that was over 10k, and cheese that was smuggled into the country and was pretty expensive itself.

The majority don't go for the over the top stuff every time they go out, and a lot of times the rich are a lot cheaper than the middle class.

Usually, it was the people you didn't peg for having money that left the best tips.

[Diana Lane]

Originally Posted by MarkAndrews IMCopywriting

I take it that a few of you guys do not
know who Roman Abramovich is?

He's the owner of Chelsea Football Club,
one of the best Premiership football clubs
in this country at the top of the league.

Have you seen how much these guys
spend on getting the best players?

When your talking this kind of money,
it's peanuts.

As a poster noted above, it's all relative.

This made me think of Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand, hardly underpaid, who took his family on holiday to a caravan park in Prestatyn, pretty much like the place where me and mine went earlier this year, but had to concede that he could no longer 'afford' to do such mundane things for fun and probably wouldn't be doing it again...

Rio Ferdinand disliked attention on caravan park holiday - Telegraph

I'm lucky that as a Bristol Rovers supporter (stop laughing at the back!), indulging in the glamorous lifestyle associated with team is well within my reach. Such exotic delicacies as pie and chips are often on the menu, with the occasional pickled egg to demonstrate that we really are capable of pushing the boat out. A glass of vintage Tizer (that's gathered dust on the back of the corner shop shelf since 2002) makes a perfect complement to this opulent feast.

'Up The Gas!' (and come back, Rickie Lambert - we need you! )

[kendrickyi]

Poor Rio...

[TelegramSam]

Apparently, there is a McDonalds near his Mansion.

Everytime he goes in for a burger the guy behind the counter asks:

"Would you like a Ferrari with that?"

Sam

[Chrissy Allen]

Hey

Waste of money, big waste

I would never spend that sort of cash regardless of how much i had

Chunkynuts

[Dan Briffa]

That dude is seriously rich man !! I remember seeing his super Yacht while on vacation in Malta a couple years ago.. :-)

[Scott Ames]

I like Dr. Mani's answer to this. He is a thinker for sure.

Often I muse about money that is "wasted" on expensive things. Take a yacht for example. Who really "needs" a yacht? Wouldn't the money be best spent helping people?

Well it turns out the money spent on the expensive boat goes to the builders, the material supplies, who all have employees that feed their families by building yachts. The money they spend goes to the local grocery, churches, house payments, and charity.

One could argue the money is wasted, but there is another way to see it.

[Karen Blundell]

people who are so quick to judge rich people and how they spend their money, bug me. Why? Because, first of all, it's no one's business what a rich person spends his money on. Secondly, money is not meant to be horded. It is meant to flow in and out of our lives. Thirdly, most of the time when people criticize rich people's spending habits they do so out of pure jealousy. There is nothing more evil than jealousy. And it is needless. Everyone one of us is capable of being a millionaire. There is enough abundance to go around and the moment we accept that and keep that mindset, then we would not worry about what people do with their money because we'd be too busy spending our own.

I agree with Dr. Mani's comments too.

[Jamie Lewis]

The expensive part of that was the champagne. Aren't those two items at the bottom there the 4 foot high Cristal bottles? The 10 gallons or whatever. Someone was having a party.

[Buildingfutures]

Lots of ways to see how this kind of money affects things.

But Scott, I really like that Idea. He pays for something really expensive, and he's paying someones check that they'll use to keep other people in business. Its a good cycle of life there.

[TelegramSam]

Originally Posted by Scott Ames

I like Dr. Mani's answer to this. He is a thinker for sure.

Often I muse about money that is "wasted" on expensive things. Take a yacht for example. Who really "needs" a yacht? Wouldn't the money be best spent helping people?

Well it turns out the money spent on the expensive boat goes to the builders, the material supplies, who all have employees that feed their families by building yachts. The money they spend goes to the local grocery, churches, house payments, and charity.

One could argue the money is wasted, but there is another way to see it.

It's not just Dr Mani who said this. A number of people pretty much said the same, so perhaps they are thinkers too