Many leisure activities of the super-rich have one thing in common: if you do it right, you won’t lose any money, in fact you’ll even gain some. Of course, this applies in particular to collecting passions such as buying old watches, old cars or special art.
But adventure and special experiences are also very popular with people with a lot of money – this was most recently discussed when five people tragically lost their lives diving to the wreck of the “Titanic”. Because many of the really expensive experiences are associated with great dangers.
Why do rich people put themselves at risk?
Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer explains that “Business Insider” with the fact that these people want to escape from everyday life and want to “experience themselves and the world visually” through such trips. They ignore the danger to life, which is not only great under the sea surface. Many believe that professional success is automatic even with such a risk, she explains.
Peter Anderson, managing director of luxury travel agency Knightsbridge Circle, agrees in Business Insider. It’s about “unique experiences”. As a result, trips to the top of Mount Everest and, more recently, flights into space have become very popular. The exclusivity is already guaranteed by the price.
Passions and limitless dinners
But not all wealthy people devote themselves to danger. Some also simply live out a passion on a level that is financially unattainable for mere mortals. Sometimes they even make good money doing it. For example, people like Francis Ford Coppola and Günther Jauch are dedicated to winegrowing, ex-banker and management consultant Andreas Thümmler set up Germany’s largest whiskey distillery in tranquil Rüdenau.
But the investments and experiences mentioned are by no means everything. In a very old one Reddit Discussion the users were asked what the rich would do, about which one otherwise learns little.
There is talk of private trains, dinners in other countries, for which a helicopter or private jet is rented, and private cinemas in which the same films are shown as in the movie theaters of the big chains – just without a public audience.
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