Just how much money does Bernie (Ecclestone) have?

[airshifter]

Apparently enough to buy his 22 year old daughter a house. A 57,000 square foot house. I just hope some of these kids of the obscene wealthy have the common sense to not self destruct. Can you imagine the parties you could have with that much space on hand?

U.K. Heiress Buys America's Most Expensive Mansion - Yahoo! Real Estate

[555-04Q2]

The last estimate was around US$ 3-4 billion if I remember correctly. Problem is, no one actually knows. All I know is he has a lot of real cash in the bank, unlike a lot of other billionares.

[GridGirl]

Didn't Bernie just buy her a £65m house in London a couple of months ago too. That's over £100m in two houses. Alright for some.

I was recently reading something about Bill Gates and him gifting his wealth away. It's reported that his three kids will inherit as little as £10m each. It sounds a fair sum is only a minute fraction of his wealth.

[The Black Knight]

Didn't Bernie just buy her a £65m house in London a couple of months ago too. That's over £100m in two houses. Alright for some.

I was recently reading something about Bill Gates and him gifting his wealth away. It's reported that his three kids will inherit as little as £10m each. It sounds a fair sum is only a minute fraction of his wealth.

Well considering he was at one stage worth over 80 billion it is not very much at all. Bill Gates is a man I have huge admiration for. He is doing great work for poverty and has already given over 30 billion US $'s to charity, as far as I'm aware. Some of his TED conferences are brilliant. The man really sees the bigger picture. He is a true philantropist.

[schmenke]

Bernie’s personal fortune is vast indeed, but let’s not forget his financial responsibility to manage the debt held by the CVC group, of which he is a shareholder, who owns the FOM group. Last I heard the CVC net debt is several $ billion. There's a lot riding on Bernie's shoulders

[markabilly]

Well considering he was at one stage worth over 80 billion it is not very much at all. Bill Gates is a man I have huge admiration for. He is doing great work for poverty and has already given over 30 billion US $'s to charity, as far as I'm aware. Some of his TED conferences are brilliant. The man really sees the bigger picture. He is a true philantropist.

yeah, but bernie is giving it to a charity, ie, his kid

Mine all think that pop should be more charitable...........TO THEM

[ioan]

Too much, way too much.

[CaptainRaiden]

Too much, way too much.

It's his money afterall, he can do whatever the heck he wants with it. Same way I don't understand why people waste electricity and water the way they do, just because they pay for it.

[Daniel]

Well considering he was at one stage worth over 80 billion it is not very much at all. Bill Gates is a man I have huge admiration for. He is doing great work for poverty and has already given over 30 billion US $'s to charity, as far as I'm aware. Some of his TED conferences are brilliant. The man really sees the bigger picture. He is a true philantropist.

Yup.

[ioan]

Well considering he was at one stage worth over 80 billion it is not very much at all. Bill Gates is a man I have huge admiration for. He is doing great work for poverty and has already given over 30 billion US $'s to charity, as far as I'm aware. Some of his TED conferences are brilliant. The man really sees the bigger picture. He is a true philantropist.

Mentioning Bill Gates and BE in the same thread is a blasphemy.
While Ecclestone made a fortune for himself by the means we all know, and mostly don't approve, Gates made a fortune that is used to help the less lucky people on Earth, huge difference.