What would you do with $1 Billion Dollars?

If you haven’t heard, Facebook just bought Instagram for a cool bil.

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actually make any money.  He saw the potential.  And as an avid Instragram user (feel free to follow me @brynashley) I love it.  While I’m not too keen on seeing advertisements (the inevitable evolution of the product), I’m sure I’ll still use it.

But I digress. The CEO of Instagram is set to take home a cool $400 mil before taxes.  Let’s say he pays his taxes at 33%.  His take home is a mere $268 million.

This guy is 27 years old.  For arguments sake, he’s going to live to be 100, or 73 more years (he works out and eats healthy, non-smoker….I’m just assuming….if he wasn’t already doing all these things, he should start.  And maybe add organic to the mix.  Just saying).  That would mean he could spend $3.67 million each year.  Assuming he’s not investing ANY of it.  Which I doubt.

Aside from the obvious, a trip aboard Virgin Galactic, what would you do with that kind of money?

Quit your job?  Probably.

Travel the world?  Check.

First class.  Ha!

Get a Pomsky?  Duh.

Buy a home good enough to be featured on MTV Cribs.  Then buy a few more in Cabo, Australia, Italy and maybe Thailand.  These ones would not have to be CRIB magnitude, just a nice place to stay while in town.

Buy a nice camera and lens.  Could possibly do this with less than $400 mil.

Probably just work on enjoying life a little more 🙂  Why am I not enjoying it enough now? Eek, that just got too deep for this blog!

But what would be on the top of your list?  And I know you want to cure cancer and stop wars.  But I’m really after the totally vain thing you would do with that kind of money.  It’s assumed that everyone would donate their windfall to deserving charities and non profits 😉  I just want to know what totally fun, super awesome thing you would do with that kind of money (or a portion of it).

I just figured out what I would do.  I’d fly everyone back to Cabo for “fake wedding #2”. So if anyone out there would like to buy brynashley.com, I’ll make you a screamin’ deal!

Happy Tuesday!