The wealthy Only 2% of the world's people own half of all the money in the world. 90% of the world's assets are in high-income places in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. Believe it or not. A website called www.whatbigboyswant.com explains all of this. The site says that you can't even look at it if you're not in the top 1% of earners. This site gives you a look at not just the rich, but the very rich as well.
But it does show some things about how the top 1% live. First of all, the site is only meant for men. When you look at the Forbes Rich List, it's easy to see that people with better looks don't have a lot of money. What do big boys really want? They seem to like yachts more than blondes, since the 269-foot Oceanco 702 starts at $112 million (not the blonde, though they can be expensive too) and has six staterooms and suites for 12 guests and space for 28 crew members. At 14 knots, it can go 5,500 nautical miles on two 4,680-horsepower MTU diesels, or it can speed up to 19 knots. Working your way down the list, you can get a yacht for just $20 million, which is a steal.
The next thing on the list is fast, expensive cars, which are often thought of as toys for big boys. For only $1,700,000, you can buy a Bugatti Veyron. The Bugatti Veyron is the most powerful, most expensive, and fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a top speed of over 400 km/h (407 km/h or 253 mph). In September 2005, it was made in full. The car is made by Bugatti Automobiles SAS, which is a division of Volkswagen AG. It is sold under the famous Bugatti brand name. It is named after Pierre Veyron, a race car driver who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the first Bugatti company. The engine in the Veyron is a W16, which has 16 cylinders in 4 banks of 4.
A bottle of fine wine, such as A Dom. Romane Conti 1997, will only cost you $1540. This red Burgundy wine from France smells like berries, spices, and leather. It has a dark colour and tastes like soy sauce, flowers, and licorice. The smell is strong and deep without being too strong. Romane Conti is a rare wine that has carved out a special place for itself over time. At more than $1500 a bottle, it doesn't have anything left to prove.
If you do choose to get married to that platinum blonde, you can do so in style with a diamond wedding cake at $20 million and a weeding present of a $6.5 million diamond bra from Victoria's Secret, take the wedding photos with a gold plated ASHI Pentax, watch the TV on the honeymoon (yeah right!!) with a diamond studded TV and listen to music with your 18 carat gold plated MP3 player.
Who said you can't buy happiness with money?
