A more generous approach would be: “This person is a billionaire. He has every toy, every house, every plane he could ever hope for. What he might be missing is status and legacy. What might mean more to him than anything he could get right now is the knowledge that for the next hundred years, generations of smart, up-and-coming young people will be saying his name. For him, two million dollars is a bargain.”
On being empathic to billionaire
