10 Successful Businessmen Who are also Cheapskates
There are several businessmen out there who you don’t know about. For instance, you may ask yourself as to Who is David Cheriton and Why Should You Care?
Have you ever thought, what would you do if you had a billion dollars? Sure, you can get yourself a Tesla car or a beach home but not all successful businessmen do that. Many know how important money is, and so don’t want to splurge at their first instinct. Some though take it a bit further in their quest to save money.
The Top 10 Successful Businessmen who are also Cheapskates
Let’s have a look at 10 of these successful and richest cheapskates.
- Charlie Chaplin
Considered to be the greatest silent movie comic, Chaplin is a serious miser. Even when he earned $10,000 a week, his biographer observed, that he always let one of his friends pick the tab when he went out to dine.
- Cary Grant
One of the highest paid actors in the 1930s married one of the richest women of the world, charming, yet cheap. He would charge 25 cents per autograph!
- Leona Helmsley
Popularly known as the Queen of Mean, Helmsley applied her philosophy of not paying taxes to all bills and has fallen into many fights with suppliers and contractors. However, she generously left her $12 million estate to her dog.
- Azim Premji
Premji is the owner of the technology service giant, Wipro. He would always keep count of the toilet paper rolls and would be after his employees to switch off the lights (which is a good thing) but had limited interest in charity.
- Chuck Feeney
As an anonymous donor, Feeney has donated over $4 billion but has never bothered to own a house or a car. He believes that no person can have pockets when wrapped in their shroud.
- Walter Haefner
Bought a house in 1948, and ever since Haefner has been living the six-bedroom home. According to his attorney, he is not a spendthrift compared to other billionaires of his time.
- David Cheriton
Cheriton was a Stanford professor and has a net worth of $1.1 from Google shares. He is offended by people living like billionaires (even though they are one). He uses a 1986 Volkswagen and has been living in the same house since 1981.
- Hetty Green
Hetty Green, also known as the Witch of the Wall is known for her black clothes. A penny pincher, Green wore her shabbiest black clothes to a free clinic whenever she was ill and registered with a false name to avoid payment.
- John F. Kennedy
The 35th President of America was rich and was left a trust fund worth $170 million. Despite that, he never chose to pay for meals with his friends. He even lambasted Jacqueline Kennedy for spending money on clothes.
- Huang Guangyu
Guangyu was once the richest man of China before he was accused of insider trading. He lived in a tiny apartment in Beijing with his family and had no special hobbies. He grew up as a poor rice farmer but never learned to be generous in spite of all the wealth he earned.
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