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He's got a place to live, and food to eat, and he spends 200% of his time at work. At that point money is really just a thing that idles in the bank.

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No, money is the thing you use to allow yourself to spend 200% of your time at work. Private tutors to school your kids so you don't have to. Cleaning services so you don't have to spend time cleaning. First class plane tickets so you can relax, sleep or work on the flight. Private driver or Ubers so you can work while driving places. A personal assistant to book travel, appointments and everything else mentioned so far.

I'm sure he has an EA at the company's expense at this point.

None of the items you mentioned cost much

> None of the items you mentioned cost much

The average private driver salary's in NYC is about 60k a year according to Google btw[0]. The average yearly -household- income in the US is 68k.

It's a massive luxury to be able to afford such a thing.

[0]: https://www.quora.com/How-much-does-a-full-time-driver-cost-...

"or Ubers"

Uber XL or black (need space and comfort to work efficiently) for 1 hour a day probably adds up to $200/day or around $50k/year. Which isn't cheap.

edit: That's a rough estimate and probably a low estimate. You'd be using Uber for commuting, going to work social events, driving kids on weekends, driving out of the city on vacation, etc.

>The average private driver salary's is about 60k a year according to Google btw

Wow, that's crazy. I pay 28000USD/yr in London, most of my friends pay about the same.

Wow, you're lowballing your chauffeur... Explains why mine loves working with me.

Presumably this would be a perk provided by Airbnb directly rather than employed by the CEO himself?

That's not at all how most rich people behave. They want more money, and they wanna make sure nothing stops them from getting even more.

> he spends 200% of his time at work

Perhaps the money goes towards cloning costs?

Or some kind of space-time warp drive

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