Billionaires and ugly wifes

[xantarex]

Would you rather be a co-founder of Google or Microsoft, influence billions of people and have (below) average-looking wife or be (above)average Joe with a wife that happens to be born with a symmetrical face?


Jeff Bezos - $32 billions

Mark Zuckerberg - $28.5 billions

Sergey Brin - $31.8 billions

Bills Gates - $76 billions

 

[trashKENNUT]

Xantarex,

It tells me three things

1)"Ugly" is subjective. (Bill Gates wife is reasonably good looking, i have seen her other photos)

2)Money doesn't constitute success with women. Same thing as confidence = success? no, article.

3)Personality, and what role does the women play. All too often, most men never really pay attention to the wife's of a successful person and what her role is. As example, Bill Gates wife objective is much like Bill himself. She plays the supporting role while she is also independent nevertheless.

Zac

 

[luego]

A number of those guys kept the same girl they fell in love with when they were just poor nerds. If you have billions, it might be tough to find a girl who loves you for your quirky sense of humour rather than your yachts.

 

[Eric]

These people not only date their wives but also high end women on the side. Think F. Underwood from house of cards.

My ex-girlfriend had a billionaire paying for her (he had a family and kids). Her mother would date CEOs and directors (they live in the silicon valley).

Even if the wife finds out they have so much power that they don't need to put up with it.

 

[trashKENNUT]

Eric,

I don't think all billionaires are that. What's your take?

Zac

 

[Eric]

Eric,

I don't think all billionaires are that. What's your take?

Zac

Well, the question was "Would you rather be someone like the co-founder of Google / Microsoft or date a hottie", and is a loaded question (atleast as far as I am aware in respect to google, idk about microsoft's ceo)

I don't think all billionaires are like that, but yeah, putting some perspective here.

 

[Estate]

Just to throw my 2 cents in...

"Don't be a hater!"

Look, there's something to be said about these guys. Do they have the hottest smokeshows as partners? No.
Ok, but lets be honest, they are million and billionaires, they made their money and while they COULD use it to get super model type women, they stood true to those women they were with before being million and billionaires. For them they met partners they were happy with earlier in life and then persued other things (i.e. whatever made them billions of $$$) instead of ditching it all to ask every girl on MainStreet "Who lies more" in a holloween costume.

All I'm saying is different people live their life to different standards and goals. They could equally look at you and wonder why you are not trying to be CEO of one of the world biggest companies and wasting your time on PUA boards.

Have some perspective.

 

[PinotNoir]

As others have alluded to, I tend to respect the ones that have kept their girlfriends/wives before billionaire status more than playboys after (but this may be a societal thing that has been ingrained into me).

3 big things here:

1.) When you go through a powerful experience with someone, you form a greater a connection. Imagine having a girlfriend for a year. She makes you feel warm and motivated, and you push through working hard on projects, and she supports you and motivates you. Even if she is in the shadows, it feels like a "team" and like you experienced "greatness" together (isn't that why women prefer high status men?). This can form a very strong connection, just like if you and a lover survived a plane crash together on a remote island or something.

2.) It's difficult to trust women (and men) after becoming a billionaire. Who is using me? Who really likes me? Is she going to keep asking me to buy stuff? Does she expect a diamond ring every birthday? Crap like that.

3.) When you're in the spotlight, all of that fame/attention can be tough on your dating life. If you're a "secret" billionaire (i.e., not that well known), then it's probably amazing. But, if you go and ask out a bunch of women or try to have sex with a bunch of women and then they tell reporters, this is going to hurt your reputation. You have to evaluate risk-of-reputation vs. sex-drive. Will people still want to do business with you? Will girlfriend-material-type girls want to even agree to dates?

But, I do think those women are fairly unattractive (Jeff's, Mark's) or just plain/average (Sergey's, Bill's). Zuckerberg's probably makes the least amount of sense because I don't think he was dating her before the billions, but I may be wrong here?

Lastly, check this site out:

http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/world/the-hottest-wives-and-girlfriends-of-billionaires/

Ideally, you'd want to be a secret/lesser-known billionaire or live in a country where you're not as well-known and still able to flaunt your money around (but not overboard to reveal identity).

 

[trashKENNUT]

In a way, it is always men who have to figure how to protect his money in case of a bad divorce.

damn it, all this women.

Zac