For most of us, the idea of spending $1 million in a day — or even in a year — is unfathomable. But for the richest people in the world, $1 million is a mere drop in the bucket. Billionaires such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos could spend $1 million every single day and never run out of money.
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A new study conducted by Gold IRA Custodians revealed how long the world’s 10 richest billionaires could sustain spending $1 million every single day before exhausting their net worth — and it’s more than their lifetimes by a long shot.
Elon Musk
- Source of wealth: Tesla, SpaceX
- Net worth: $419.3 billion
- Time it would take to go broke spending $1M a day: 1,148 years and 9 months
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Larry Ellison
- Source of wealth: Oracle
- Net worth: $259.5 billion
- Time it would take to go broke spending $1M a day: 710 years and 11 months
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Mark Zuckerberg
- Source of wealth: Facebook
- Net worth: $245.8 billion
- Time it would take to go broke spending $1M a day: 673 years and 5 months
Jeff Bezos
- Source of wealth: Amazon
- Net worth: $227.4 billion
- Time it would take to go broke spending $1M a day: 623 years
Warren Buffett
- Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
- Net worth: $153.9 billion
- Time it would take to go broke spending $1M a day: 421 years and 7 months
Steve Ballmer
- Source of wealth: Microsoft
- Net worth: $139.6 billion
- Time it would take to go broke spending $1M a day: 382 years and 5 months
Larry Page
- Source of wealth: Google
- Net worth: $138.5 billion
- Time it would take to go broke spending $1M a day: 379 years and 5 months
Bernard Arnault and Family
- Source of wealth: LVMH
- Net worth: $138.5 billion
- Time it would take to go broke spending $1M a day: 379 years and 5 months
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Sergey Brin
- Source of wealth: Google
- Net worth: $132.5 billion
- Time it would take to go broke spending $1M a day: 363 years
Jensen Huang
- Source of wealth: Semiconductors
- Net worth: $129 billion
- Time it would take to go broke spending $1M a day: 353 years and 5 months
Editor’s note: Data was sourced from Gold IRA Custodians and is accurate as of July 2, 2025.
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