Bill Gates shares his biggest splurges, including 'a trampoline room' in his house via CNBCMakeIt
Shortly after Microsoft went public in 1986, Bill Gates became the youngest billionaire in the world at age 31. Today, at 63, he's worth nearly $100 billion. During his"Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit on Monday, a user asked,"What's the most 'treat yo self' rich guy thing that you do?" Two big ticket items came to mind, Gates said."I have a nice house.
He is far from the only billionaire to splurge on a private plane. Mark Cuban, John Paul DeJoria and Tilman Fertitta have all made the same investment. var mps=mps||{}; mps._queue=mps._queue||{}; mps._queue.gptloaded=mps._queue.gptloaded||[]; mps._queue.gptloaded.push { ); }); "Honestly, when I first really made a lot of money, I bought a plane," Cuban told Money in a 2017 interview."That was my all-time goal because the asset I value the most is time, and that bought me time.
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