If you legally came into $100 million today, what would you do with the rest of your life?

Well, one of my first O.O.B.s (orders of business) for the new age, with this kind of money, is to improve the community and do public service. The free market system works best when the players are honest and understand modern science, virtue, etc. and even a billionaire's investments will turn to ruin if the underlying essential parameters falter. symbiotic long term outlooks.

Invariably, that would mean hiring some scholars to finally organize and moderate the Lets run forums in a competent fashion. Organize the new library of alexandria, by categorizing many of the countless millions of threads. An index for other runner geniuses. Basically, updating salary and equipment, this might cost no more than 200,000 dollars a year.

If any profitable ideas were generated from the catalogues of this library, a council of representative elders, noble trolls, shall decide to what use the profit is put and how its proceeds are distributed.

Then, I would try to secure choice real estate, secure harmony in society and the preservation and posterity of the land and the land-people-happiness.

Then, I would encourage a young entrepreneur's initiative and talent scouting program, whereas young talent that may have not been a fit for modern mediocre secondary and tertiary education, can have their vocational and human brilliance appreciated, counseled and connected.

I would arrange and complete a new encyclopedia, with better educational, social and investment techniques. This would make a smarter and more moral work force in the future. Competent buyers and consumers. Responsible people. The honest guardianship of knowledge, also, is intended to bring about more venture capital and profitable innovations, to benefit the triple bottom line of stakeholder revenue sharing, social and environmental responsibility and stewardship. Once again, with competent entrepreneurship with wise oversight, we can see character built, value given, goodness done, and uh what was I going to say, erhm... uh, something very important. Hmmm.

I ran out of gas! XC is the best yo.

TAA wrote:

Spend 50 million on drugs and women, then waste the other half.

One of the more humorous & clever response.

Conundrum wrote:

TAA wrote:

Spend 50 million on drugs and women, then waste the other half.

One of the more humorous & clever response.

No wonder you liked it. It's as old as you.

1. Blank checks to my siblings and my Mom, knowing them as I do they'd be respectful and responsible

2. Keep my current job but announce my terms: 10:30 am-1 pm and full benefits, take it or leave it

3. Buy some high end rental property from Mr Trump and live off the rent

4. Confer with my wife on which charities to support and in what fashion--lump sum vs sustaining gifts, etc

5. A Bentley with a driver on call 24/7 so I never have to get behind the wheel again--one of my most aggravating and unhealthy experiences of life.

Give Ashton Eaton and Rich Froning $1Mil each to train for CrossFit for a year. And then put up a $1Mil prize for the winner of a head-to-head competition.

Put up $1Mil for Bolt vs Rudisha over a distance to be chosen by this forum.

Two things:

Coke and hookers

Wollef wrote:

Give much away to charity? Ensure your family/relatives live a good life? Travel? Play?

I would first pay mike Rossi 10 million dollars to confess that he cheated to get into Boston.

I would then use 10 million dollars and buy a lot of land.

Then use 10 million to build myself a small village with its own stores etc

Then take 10 more million and higher friends and family to work at the stores

Take another 10 million and invest in stocks

Take 20 million dollars and build a track and athletic facility.

Take 5 million and pay people to work there and host sporting events.

Take 24 million and save it for future adventures

Take 1 million dollars and save it for the first women to break 4 in the mile

start a foundation for homeless children:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIYb_NH3rrQ

I would divide it into baskets.

The first basket would be an educational trust that pays for the schooling of all of my kids, friends kids, nieces, nephews and cousins. Most of them are pretty young at the moment so basket one doesn't need to be that big. I probably could throw in the whole neighborhood.

The second basket would be for charity, foundation giving. I would give directly to some places but more likely give as a matching grant. Charity X if you can raise this much this year I will match it. Makes them work for the money.

I would definitely give to the Alma Maters.

Basket three

Personal project - I would set up a trade school. My area lacks one and I think young kids need to learn skills with there hands. Always going to need HVAC, plumbers and electricians.

Another would be a really nice indoor/outdoor training facility. I would probably just donate this to the county and let any school use it. Indoor facilities are certainly lacking.

Small basket -

Travel with family and friends.

I'm thinking of this roadside bar on the side of a mountain in Tortola right now. It overlooks the bay. Its clean, open air and these old timers sit in there and broadcast track meets, cricket, and soccer matches all day. They also make a nice Pina Colada.

I would definitely travel the earth and give some money as I go along.

I'd quit my job as a firefighter, and donate a big chunk to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation. Also make direct donations to some I've known that have been injured or killed and their families.

Hire the best researchers and physicians to try to restore my blind cousin's vision that he lost in an accident.

Pay off my relatives' mortgages, and give them cash gifts.

I'd go back to college. I never finished after I started working. No one in my family has ever graduated university; I was the first to go. I'm disappointed that I didn't finish. I'd try to become a veterinarian.

I would buy a farm or ranch and build a house myself, then spend my days pursuing my hobbies. Probably start an animal rescue.