Ask a friend what he would buy if he had a bigger bank account and he might rattle off a list that includes a limited-edition sports car, a round-the-world trip or a million-dollar beachfront home.
Being a celebrity has its perks, not the least of which is pulling in a ton of cash on a regular basis. You do your job, you get paid, and your bank account grows steadily larger. But sometimes celebrities have extra-special paydays where their net worth increases dramatically from one day to the next.
‘For 166 years,’ says the website blurb of the world’s most famous jeweller, ‘Tiffany & Co has been America.’ In Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Holly Golightly refers to the shop as ‘the best place in the world, where nothing bad can take place’.
Do you know how much the world’s most expensive home costs? How about which of the sky’s seats are the most spacious? Find out the answers to these and other questions with a look at ForbesLife’s biggest stories of 2007.
Luxury markets will continue to expand, while consumers of all high-end luxury products will hone their tastes ever more pointedly. The urge for self expression will spread while a new ethical and environmental consciousness will take an even firmer hold.
If you or your spouse want to stay home and raise your kids, but think you can’t afford to, you’re not alone. But you may be mistaken in thinking that you couldn’t get by on one salary.
