EfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL the highest paid athlete of all time was Roman charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles, earning total ~$15 billion over his careeren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down117cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1221arrow-down1external-linkTIL the highest paid athlete of all time was Roman charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles, earning total ~$15 billion over his careeren.wikipedia.orgEfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square33linkfedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squarenibblerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agomore like $11M today, and it still checks out, right? How much is a nice mansion or two today?
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoAlong the lines of the original post. Compare Angelina Jolie and Elizabeth Taylor, for example. On paper, Angelina is far wealthier, but in terms of day-to-day lifestyles, they are pretty comparable. Only the 0.01% of multi-billionaires have reaped any rewards.
more like $11M today, and it still checks out, right? How much is a nice mansion or two today?
Along the lines of the original post.
Compare Angelina Jolie and Elizabeth Taylor, for example. On paper, Angelina is far wealthier, but in terms of day-to-day lifestyles, they are pretty comparable. Only the 0.01% of multi-billionaires have reaped any rewards.