26-30 Millionaire Facts
26. The Chinese government has deemed golf as a facet of corruption, condemning it as “a sport for millionaires”. – Source
27. Millionaire Jimi Heselden bought the Segway company in 2010 then died the same year from falling off an 80-foot cliff on a Segway. – Source
28. A Chinese millionaire went into debt by establishing an animal shelter to save hundreds of dogs from the slaughterhouse. – Source
29. Tigers pitcher Daniel Norris lives in a van despite being a millionaire. – Source
30. Somewhere in the Rocky Mountains is 2M in treasure (Gold, Jewels), buried by a millionaire who wrote a poem of clues as for where to find it. – Source
31-35 Millionaire Facts
31. Only one man was authorized to take official photos of Hitler. This man and Hitler made royalties off the use of these images. His personal photographer quickly became a millionaire. – Source
32. There’s a Chinese millionaire found working as street cleaner for the sanitation department to set an example for her children. – Source
33. A man became a millionaire after discovering an original print of the Declaration of Independence in a $4 picture frame that he had bought at a flea market. – Source
34. Canadian millionaire, JKL Ross owned the 1st Triple Crown Winner, twice broke the record for largest Tuna caught by rod & reel, bought 3 ships for the Navy in WW1, commanded 1, gave millions to hospitals and veterans’ families, went bankrupt and spent his final years as Jamaica’s deputy Governor. – Source
35. Andrew Carnegie proposed a 50% estate tax on millionaires. – Source
36-40 Millionaire Facts
36. Erno Rubik, the inventor of the Rubik’s Cube, was the first self-made millionaire from the communist block. – Source
37. When McDonald’s first became a publicly traded company in 1965, many Wall Street brokers were wary as they had never heard of it. However, investors across the country bought shares and many became millionaires after a week. – Source
38. Pavel Durov, the millionaire creator of Russia’s largest social network, threw paper planes of money out of his office window. Each plane was worth about $160. Instead of creating a ‘festive atmosphere’, the crowd turned violent and the experiment was called off. – Source
39. Howard Hughes, the millionaire, was fond of Baskin-Robbins’ Banana Ripple ice-cream. His ‘helpers’ had to order 200 gallons from the factory because it was discontinued. A few days later Hughes announced he didn’t like it anymore. – Source
40. A Chinese millionaire sold canned air to people on the streets to raise awareness of air pollution and donated the money to charity. – Source
