What would you do with £125 Million???

the usual =D
i would then buy the most comprehensive film collection in the world
hire bloc party to do a gig for me and about 8 friends
give my dad enough money so that he would never have to contemplate working again!
 
On the rarest of chances that a handful of us from OcUK win a share of the Euro millions, would any of you be interested in collaborating together to create an organisation or body of sorts that would run like a charity?

Id deffo like to give that university access/hardship fund some serious work if other like minded people were willing to pitch in and help :)
 
£25 million to Lance Armstrong Foundation
£25 million on at least 2 state of the art swimming/leisure complexes in areas around the country. 50M pools that run on breaking even, not a profit. Invite clubs to train there and develop athletes for the Olympics
£25 million making sure family and friends are good for a long time

...And the rest would go into the bank, living of the interest would let me live a life I can only dream of, probably tour the F1 circuit for a few years in VIP treatment wherever I go, taking photo's and the like.

I would finish my degree and spend my working life teaching either in sport or in schools.
 
You wanna know what I'd do.....

SPEND SPEND SPEND SPEND SPEND and spend a bit more. I'd definetly sort family and close friends out though... whats the point in living the dream if your mates can't live it with you?
 
Mohinder said:
A fleet of grossly impractical cars.

Several motocross tracks.

Several supercross tracks.

Several tarmac race circuits.

I'd build my own private street, call it Manic Street, and then start a business involving supplying temporary evangelical priests, to cover absences and whatnot, just so I could call it Manic Street Preachers (this idea has always filled me with mirth, for some reason).

Hookers. As in a permanent staff of them.

A massive sofa made out of big bags of cocaine. I don't do cocaine but that would be too pimp, plus the hookers could use it.

A big room like Cyril Sneer had so I could swim around in my money. Diving board too.

Armed guards. In fact no, **** it, henchmen.

And to actually keep me afloat.. I dunno. A distillery or something. I'd hire all the best whiskeyologists and make the most crazy yummo whiskey imaginable.

Then after a few years I'd probably die of liver failure.
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Ever heard of Mikey Carrol?
 
vonhelmet said:
For pity's sake, we need charities to organise all this business and galvanise people into action. Yes, some of them do suck a lot of money, but they do more good than harm, and without them very little aid would get to where it needs to be.

So, how much money have you donated directly to those in need without going via the evil middle man of charity?
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None at all to my knowlege.... i gave some homeless people Sandwiches and cups of tea :rolleyes:
 
Hmmm 125 "Mullion pounds"?....Im staging a coup in Nigeria, take over and then frustate the world by jacking up the price of oil per barrel coming out of my country then have dealings with fidel castro, osama, and all the notorious ayahtohlahs.

Nah, im kidding.....but i will seriously consider a coup in Nigeria.
 
Beansprout said:
Would be interesting to hear your thoughts on that...what else is in that price range apart from yachts?
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Well, a fairly limited number of things. The obvious candidates are aircraft (of the private jet variety), property and Old Master artworks. That's why I asked what could be done with £125m that couldn't be done with £100m.

Obviously, almost anyone winning a sum of that order is going to indulge themselves, and for most people, a trip to their nearest Ferrari/Porsche/Aston Martin (etc) dealer would rapidly occur .... if not a trip to all three. I would advocate the latter. Actually driving supercars is not always what you expect it to be, and a Porsche Turbo is a VERY different experience from a DB9 .... so give them both a try. Personally, I would advocate at least two cars: a supercar (of the Ferrari/Aston calibre), AND a day to day car, like a big Audi, Jag, Merc, BMW, etc. I am also a firm believer in having something a little less conspicious (Toyota, VW) etc. Parking an Aston in Tesco car park makes you stand out as a poser and a plonker, and the car stand out as a target. So, we're up to maybe £200-£300k for that little lot. And if you want to increase that and indulge in an Enzo ..... well, welcome to the waiting list. :(

/EDIT - that last bit sounded like I meant I'm on the Enzo waiting list. For the sake of clarity, I'm not. I just meant you'll have a lengthy wait.

Then, especially amongst a group of techno weenies like you find on here (;)), there's going to be some serious buying of computer gear, home audio gear, radio controlled models and so forth. But you're not even going to start putting a tiny pimple, let alone a dent, in £125m (or £100m) with computers and sound gear, unless you buy simply for the sake of buying. So, let's say £100k for a home cinemea system. I put together a no-holds-barred system for $130k (about £76k, but excluding the cost of building the cinema itself) and that included a $30,000 projector and a top-end $15,000 16-seat cinema seating system . I didn't economise on anything, so spending more than that won't be easy. Add £50k for a sound system (as opposed to home cinema) and we're in the talking £130k, but round it up to £150k. That, and the cars, is still under half a mill.

It'll take a little while to organise that lot, and even longer to find/buy/build your dream home. If you stuck your £125m into half decent investments, that lot is perhaps 6 months of income, after which you still have your £125m.

So, now get serious. Property. Where do you want to live, and how spectacular do you want the property to be? The price of a large townhouse in a top area of central London IS going to put a serious dent in your £125m, but it may well also increase in value. So, arguably, it's an investment .... provided the property market doesn't crash. If it does, you can say bye-bye to a large chunk of your winnings, at least for some years 'til the market recovers.

And, valuing multi-million pound properties is an art form .... and potentially a con. Any property is only worth what you can get someone to pay for it. Many very expensive properties come on the market at 'trial' prices, and if they don't sell, they drop. Buying a $40m property isn't a great investment if it's worth $28m a year later, because you were the only one mug enough to pay that price. And no, I haven't done that, but I did look at the property it happened to. :(

So if you're really indulging in a grand old pile, careful consideration needs to be given to exactly what and where, and for how much. Personally, I'd much rather be out in the country and instead of an admittedly very impressive house in a swanky neighbourhood in a major city, that same $40m will buy you a 5000 acre working estate (with a revenue from it), and the space to build a 50,000 sq. ft custom designed house, three pools, 5000 ft runway for the Gulfstream and, by the way, custom-designed and purpose-built home cinema and music room for you to install that fancy gear you bought earlier. Oh, and it'll pay for the build too. And leave change.

But DON'T think it ends there. What about power? A couple of 100kW generators and transfer switches is going to be $40k or so. And don't forget about staff, unless you want to spend your life vacuuming, cleaning windows and maintaining that 5000 acres. Oh, and furniture. Decorating a 50,000 sq.ft house takes effort, thought and money, and Ikea just doesn't cut it. :)

So, having decided just how big a house you want, then comes the investment bit of the problem. Someone mentioned turning that £125m into a £billion. It is NOT that easy. If you're going to do it by chipping away a million or two at a time, it is going to take quite a while. If you're going to expect to double up, you're going to be taking some spectacularly large risks. It's certainly possible to increase a large sum, but I'd suggest it's a lot easier to turn £1m into £8m than it is to turn £125m into £1billion. If you know what you're doing and have the capital to back it, making £1million in property isn't hard to do, and that'll double your £1m starting point. But to do it starting at £125m means buying a LOT of properties and doing a LOT of work. You'll run yourself ragged if you try and, if you're sitting on £125m, why would you run yourself ragged? Why, in fact, would you do absolutely anything you don't wan't to do? Do you want a bigger yacht than Paul Allen that badly?

A couple of people have said they'd carry on working if they won this this lottery. I fully understand that. I'm not doing badly and haven't needed to work for years, but I have. Why? Because I enjoy what I've been doing. It's a challenge. So I've done it because I enjoy it and wanted to do it. The instant I stop enjoying it or wanting to do it, I'll stop doing it. In fact, I've already stopped a fair bit of work as I wanted to travel less.

And THAT is something not many people have mentioned in this thread .... travel. With a lottery win like this one, there is virtually no limit on the amount of travel you can do, where you can stay or how you get there. But I did say "virtually" no limit. Even with £125m, you're going to put sizeable dents in it if you elect to charter a Gulfstream everywhere you want to go. London to California for a few days is going to set you back the best part of £150,000 for the jet charter alone. Half a dozen of those and you've blown a million. You can't keep that up for ever on £125m. No matter how much £125m seems to be, it is NOT enough to play the billionaire lifestyle for ever.

And that is precisely why I queried what £125m will enable you to do that £100m won't? The answer is you can buy some extra stuff, for sure, and it'll bring in a tidy little extra income for sure, but it is NOT the quantum leap in wealth that puts you in the next category ... that of the private jet and yacht brigade. Or at least, not if you want to preserve the bulk of the capital. You can join the private jet set, for sure, but it'll put one hell of a dent in that money to buy a plane (which is a rapidly depreciating asset), and it'll rapidly eat into it if you regularly charter. And if you decrease the capital by buying indulgences, you decrease the income you can generate from it, and that has a cumulative effect. The secret is balance.

£125m is certainly enough to set anyone (and their family) up in a luxurious lifestyle, and it's enough for fancy cars, big houses, the best education for the kids, first class scheduled flights, 5 star hotels, gourmet restaurants, and so on. But don't plan on buying too many Picasso oils, or huge yachts. You aren't in that league.
 
First thing i would do........

Would be to employ Sequoia as a financial advisor

Then ignore him and buy super cars anyway, ill leave him to the des res's :D
 
I'd probably still get an ear bashing off my missus for leaving a light on "because we're saving money" .... *grumbles*

However saying that it'd be tempting to start a thread saying "Leave your account num and sort code here and I will give everyone £1k !"

Otherwise everyone will be like "yea right you won the EuroMillions :rolleyes:"

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As to what I would do with £125mil - I think some people are living on a dream world about how far that would stretch. I'd simply buy a nice house - kit it out with the usual.

Start a business (or rather expand my game server business) and see where life leads.....


Edit: Oh and probably not bother with Charitys, if I even considered it I would either setup my own or demand strict details as to where the cash is going.
 
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bingham67 said:
long post their Sequoia that explains what you want. :D
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Actually, it doesn't say very much at all about my wants. I'm old enough to already have most of what I want, in terms of material things. My wants these days are about what money lets me do rather than what it'll buy. THat post was because Beany asked for my thoughts about £100m v £125m and my thoughts, basically, are that it wouldn't make much difference.

In a nutshell, normal income to £100m makes a huge difference. £100m to £125m doesn't.

But I think Beany meant a 'little' more detail than that. :o :cool:
 
ElRazur said:
Hmmm 125 "Mullion pounds"?....Im staging a coup in Nigeria, take over and then frustate the world by jacking up the price of oil per barrel coming out of my country then have dealings with fidel castro, osama, and all the notorious ayahtohlahs.

Nah, im kidding.....but i will seriously consider a coup in Nigeria.
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If you became president of nigeria and decided to cut off oil supplies to the u.s, even through its YOUR oil, prepare fro a god damn invasion.
 
Sequoia said:
But I think Beany meant a 'little' more detail than that. :o :cool:
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Superb answer, thank you :)

One thing I'd do would be to find someone in the 7+ figure region and ask for their advice, since I know they would almost certainly not go blurting to all my friends and family and would be able to give fairly decent advice. And recommend a good restaurant or two to celebrate at :D
 
Give 2 bro's £2m each.

Give my nieces £1m each to go in a trust fund for when they turn 21 :)

Give my mum and dad £5m between them.

Give £15m to charity.

Buy a house in -

Surrey
Kent
California
Austrailia
Gibraltar

That should do :)

A boat/yacht to get me from each one :D

A small private jet :)

A selection of cars including -

Ferrari F40
Aston Martin DB9
Aston Martin DBR9 (not the rally one, the half rally one)
Koenigsegg C8 (think that the model)
Hummer H2 (so i can be pimping like david beckham lol)
Mercedes/Mclaren SLR

That should do :)

Should have around £50m left and i'd put it in an off shore Zurich Swiss bank account to build up the high interest (couple of grand a day)

Andy
 
loopylou said:
£40mil would go towards creating a superhero, £40mil to go towards a supervillan and then sit back and watch the greastest ever fight between good verses evil.
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best answer yet :D



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i'd buy 3 of them anyway (me/gf/best mate)
something like that anyway, would probably change it every month or two to keep up with new technology...

finish off paying the mortgage on the house... buy several new houses...
some flash cars, give money to my close family and money to people that matter the most to me in my life.

buy some private jets, and boats/yachets... get my family over to america (proberly taking friends too) to visit my brother and his wife and new daughter (3 months old, but we've not physically seen her yet)

give a fair whack to charities... and research for curing diseases and the like (cancer, common cold etc...)
pay for silverchair to perform an exclusive gig for a group of my closest friends.

start up my own business, buy several (okay a heck of a lot of) new guitars for myself and buy my mate a nice selection of his favourite guitars/basses. put more funding into the Red Dwarf movie to get them to finally finish the damned thing...
build a games creation studio and employ a team of proffessional games designers to create the games that myself and a mate always seem to start yet never finish.

build a music studio and employ some top names in the recording industry to work there.

build an art studio to create animations/comics etc...


er... no idea what i'd do with the rest... but i'd have enough money to buy whatever i want i spose.

money can't buy happiness, but it can give you a fair old good go at getting you up the happy ladder :)
 
If I had £lots to spend on a PC system I'd ring up IBM and say "hello" for my workstation/storage setup and then of course I'd still build my own gaming PC, from the very best components - SCSI, Ramdisks, and so on :cool:
 
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