Exotic houses, private planes and sports cars: How two of our editors would spend the $1.5 billion if they won the Powerball
Initial cash prize: $567.1 million
Protection: $30 million
- Lawyers: $15 million ($250,000/year)
- Money managers: $15 million ($250,000)
House: $55 million
- Primary house: $3 million
- Parents’ house: $3 million
- Exotic location houses (in France, Italy, St. Thomas, Swiss Alps, and New York City): $15 million
- Decor: $4 million
- House staff: $30 million (5 people)
College: $2 million
- For me: $250,000
- For our kids: $1.75 million
Transportation: $20 million
- Cars: $2 million
- Plane: $6 million
- Hired pilot: $5 million
- Plane fuel: $5 million
- Boats: $2 million (to rent)
Charity: $40 million
- Cancer research: $10 million
- Conservation efforts: $10 million
- Human trafficking: $10 million
- Education in Less Economically Developed World: $10 million
Invest: $10 million
Savings: $10 million
Grand total: $167 million
When we die, each kid would receive $10 million and the rest would go to charity.