8 absurd purchases of millionaires, gold Drapes, an artificial beach and Hillary Clinton

We earlier told you about rich people who prefer to spend their money not on gold and diamonds, and to help others. Now let's talk about millionaires and billionaires, not denying yourself the pleasure to buy the next trinket. And sometimes these gadgets are so strange that inadvertently begin to doubt the adequacy of those people... See for yourself.

The king of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdul-Aziz al Saud is the gilded ladder by which he descends from a private plane. And it's not just the ladder, and the ladder-escalator! After all, it is unbecoming for the king to waste his strength on such a futile exercise, as the movement of feet.

Chinese billionaire Liu Ican has long been famous as a lover of all things extravagant and very expensive! And even his habit to pay for expenses with an American Express card to accumulate bonus points and will not pay for flights not greatly help the situation. For example, one billionaire has acquired at auction a porcelain "bowl of cock" era of the Ming dynasty over 36.3 million dollars.

And though most of the time, mark Zuckerberg leads a pretty modest life, engaged in charity and helps young talents when it comes to his privacy, he will spare no million. That is why the founder of Facebook and bought 4 houses set around your luxurious mansion, thereby freeing themselves from prying neighbors.

In principle, the fact that a millionaire is an expensive car, no surprise. But only if we are not talking about a whole fleet of several thousand rare cars owned by the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah. In his collection of more than 2500 cars of the different brands and all of them for many years just gathering dust in the basement. To do an exhibition and even more to sell their Sultan is not going to.

What to do if you want to live on a quiet lake, but at the same time, I like to luxuriate on a sandy beach? The answer is simple: just bring the sand from the Caribbean! At least, so decided Billy gates. He regularly imports tons of sand from Saint Lucia to maintain the artificial beach. However, the mansion of the founder of Microsoft is notable not only for it...

One businessman Mukesh Ambani has spent $ 100 million to invite Hillary Clinton and Beyonce for his daughter's wedding. Why not do it for your baby, when you're the richest man in India. However, the choice seems a little strange...

Dennis Kozlowski, nicknamed "Deal-a-Month-Dennis" is "Dennis-for-deal-in-a-month" is a known fraudster, convicted for "abuse of power for personal enrichment." During the search of the property billionaire in bathroom cleaners (of course, they had their own bathroom!) found gold Drapes cost 6 thousand dollars. And though the man himself claimed that he knows nothing about these curtains and they do not belong, I doubt that a servant could afford.

Howard Hughes is known for his extravagant antics. For example, in 1966 he hired a whole floor for high rollers in DesertInn for 10 days, but when it came to the day of discharge, did not want to move out and just... bought the entire hotel. In the same period, Hughes acquired Silver Slipper casino, which was opposite the hotel. Why? First, the man was annoying bright sign casino immediately after the purchase things went bad. Second, he was afraid that from the terrace of the building behind him can be observed by journalists.