What would you do with ten million dollars?

[Pyrite]

I'd buy a huge house and start a commune.
I'd buy another house and start a community space/library/venue/computer lab thing.

Probably after i went to college.

 

[farting bob]

5 mil, i'd give my current employer.

You'd give half of your fortune to your boss???? why?
che's idea sounds good. i can get 10 jam doughnuts for £1. so 10 million pounds gets me 100,000,000 doughnuts, although i'd probably have to leave a few, i couldnt get through that many before they go stale..

 

[Che Guava]

If we both get 10 mill, we can build a donut and taco palace with a jam/tabasco moat...

 

[amadeus]

$750,000 for a house, $200,000 for furniture, appliances, electronics, and $50,000 for a car.

$500,000 to pay off assorted extended-family debts.

$500,000 for basic living expenses.

$8,000,000 in low and medium risk mutual and index funds.

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Hmmm.

Sponsor my five (or so) favorite cartoonists to the tune of $20,000 each. [100k]
Buy myself a new computer of ownage. [20k]
Buy myself lots of MtG cards. [small change]
Donate some to MSF, Red Cross, my church, and Amnesty. [2mil]
Dump most of the rest in the bank or in funds, where it will stay until I finish school, and then university, which is about 4.5 years in the future. By locking it in place for over two years, I get a much much better interest rate.
After that, I'd set up research labs, sponsor hackers to design us a brighter future, and generally work on grandiose plans for the Betterment of Mankind.

 

[BCLG100]

If you ever get your hands on 10 million dollars, I've got 10 million pennies I'd love to sell you.

Yep i never thought that one through

 

[El_Machinae]

I would do a lot of good with that kind of money. I could start all kinds of companies, and feed them through their growing pains.

 

[~Corsair#01~]

Put it in various overseas accounts. And then spend the rest of my life exploring the world, having fun and getting a job I can really enjoy.

 

[Panda]

- pay all my debts
- extensive travelling, spiced up with drink & babes
- open a metal bar
- give my brother enough money to start his own business
- pay my best friend's loan
- invest some & live comfortably

 

[marioh]

1)1,000,000 - purchase house in Rye area
2)500,000 - purchase condo in Amsterdam
3)750,000 - purchase condo on the Las Vegas strip
4)1,000,000 - to reputable charitable organizations
5)1,000,000 - spending cash for furniture for the 3 newly purchased residences, a new car, racing modifications for my current car, and some badly needed golf lessons.

The rest gets invested/banked and I live off of the interest for the rest of my days, which will be spent either partying or golfing.

 

[Whomp]

Honestly I wouldn't change that much. I'd continue to create more wealth...
I like how Aurora Greenway put it...

"Work like you don't need the money, love like your heart has never been broken, and dance like no one is watching”

• $1,000,000 in a charitable remainder trust throwing off 6% a year.$60,000/year inflow.
• $6,000,000 in absolute return vehicles. My hedge fund, other hedge funds, private equity deals, municipals (likely used as pledged assets) and timber. $300,000 coming in conversatively.
• $2,000,000 equity for $5,000,000 in property value. 50% to 100% financed. This would include residences in Chicago, Amalfi or Positano, Cape Cod. Say $210,000 outflow
• $1,000,000 likely 100% equity of new development funds to Puerto Penasco and proceeds to another deal. Maybe off the coast of South Carolina.