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Emma Burleigh

Multimillionaire hedge fund manager Bill Perkins says money should ‘drive your fulfillment while you're alive’—so he’s spending it all before he dies

Bill Perkins, founder of Skylar Capital (Credit: Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty Images)

While many Americans hope their bank balances will hold up through retirement, others are strategizing how to spend their golden nest egg. Unlike some of his wealthy peers, hedge fund entrepreneur Bill Perkins is keen to spend his many millions before he dies.

“My money philosophy is that money is a tool to drive your fulfillment, and that’s it,” Perkins said in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal. “And if you don’t have these big, expensive dreams, you don’t necessarily need that much money.”

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