10 Risky Investments That Thrill Billionaires


8. High Speed thrills billionaires

Like moving up the ladder of success in speed, billionaires like their commutes to be faster too. Co-founder of Elon Musk, Tesla Elon is interested to come up with a ‘Hyperloop’ system through which people could travel between major cities at 800 miles per hour. The American businessman Steve Fossett invested a lot of his money in sports and was known for his record-setting performance as an aviator, sailor and adventurer. He however lost his life in a plane crash in 2007.

9. Investments made in hometown

For some, hometown can be the best place to invest, for others it could be just wastage of money.  Warren Buffet finds it easier to invest when in Omaha, Nebraska, whereas Mukesh Ambani had a tough time investing in Mumbai for his multi-storey building and sank almost $2 billion into a high-rise towering over the masses in slums.

10. Investments in making music

Music loving billionaires especially of the Woodstock era pay millions to experience personal concerts by Stones or Springsteen. Edgar Bronfman Jr., an admirer of rhythm and blues, has even convinced his family to abandon chemical maker DuPont and Seagram beverage company, with a current worth of $25 billion, and invested in a music business that was later sold for $3 billion.

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