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If we make a brief overview of the hobbies of people from the Forbes top, then it will mainly be one of the activities listed in this selection. For example, Donald Trump is fond of golf, Elon Musk collects things and props from the filming of James Bond movies (did 007 really tweet something in one of the recent films?), and Larry Ellison is seriously interested in yachting - for example, the yachts he owned twice won the most prestigious trophy in the world - the America's Cup.
However, there are no rules without exceptions. For example, Warren Buffett, who has repeatedly headed the list of the richest people on this planet, simply loves playing the ukulele. Moreover, the great investor has repeatedly played in front of an audience, live and even during various interviews. Not a very expensive hobby for a man whose net worth was recently estimated at $106B, according to Bloomberg data, isn't it?
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2. collecting rare, first edition, and out of print literary works
3. collecting "fine art" (from galleries, not flea markets)
4. being a connoisseur of liquor such as elite vodka brands
5. glamping in your Airstream
2. Going on "luxury cruises"
3. having a collection of designer clothes, bags, and accessories purchased entirely at outlet stores
4. belonging to a wine of the month club
5. collecting Airstream branded shirts and hats, although you do not actually own an Airstream
2. collecting hubcaps
3. maintaining a collection of squirrel feeders
4. turning old beer bottles into vases and planters that you give as holiday gifts
5. tent camping in your own backyard
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Of course, there are types of hobbies so expensive that just one opportunity to touch them costs more than you and I will earn in our entire lives, even combined. For example, space tourism. Dennis Tito, who is considered the founder of this very activity, paid $20 million for a seven-day flight in 2001. Thus, each orbit around the Earth cost the first space tourist $150K.
But, for example, Japanese billionaire and philanthropist Yusaku Maezawa reportedly paid $73 million for his flight in 2021. However, this hobby is very contagious - both Tito (who is now at an advanced age) and Miyazawa are planning with might and main to pay for the upcoming commercial flight to the Moon!
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On the other hand, can a hobby be considered expensive if it takes up most of your income to engage in it, although the absolute figures for its cost do not look astronomical? For example, among the hobbies listed in our selection, there is aquarism. "I absolutely agree that aquarism, although it does not look like a hobby for the rich, still takes a lot of money from a person with an average income," says Konstantin Ilyin, an aquarist from Ukraine, with whom Bored Panda got in touch for an interview. "I have several dozen aquariums at home, from small to very large, and keeping all these fish, caring for them, and buying food sometimes take up to three-quarters of my income."
"And this is not counting the purchase of various books about fish, and other expenses that may arise quite by accident, but be significant for the family budget. However, I have not regretted for a minute that I am fond of aquarism, because any hobby is about being a tad bit insane," Konstantin admits.
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And, of course, collecting is often mentioned among the hobbies for rich people - after all, the rarer an item of any collection is, the more it costs. However, very often, people have really weird things at home that even the owners themselves prefer to remain silent about because they are so controversial - as, for example, in this recent selection of ours. And of course, we're already looking forward to your own comments on the activities only the richest people can actually afford.
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