Mark Zuckerberg drives a US$1.4 million Pagani Huayra supercar – what do these other 9 billionaires drive?
If you had all the money in the world, what type of car would you buy? Would it be a US$3 million Rolls-Royce, a US$574,000 Lamborghini Aventador SVJ, or a more subtle Honda Accord?
While some multibillionaires have chosen to spend some of their wealth on expensive cars, others have taken a more modest route.
From hand-built cars to common roadsters, these are the cars 10 of the some of wealthiest people in the world drive.
Jeff Bezos
Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos – the world’s richest man – owns a 12 per cent stake in the US technology company, Amazon, worth about US$114.8 billion following his divorce from his former wife, MacKenzie.
Yet despite his wealth, in 1999 Bezos was still driving a 1996 Honda Accord – two years after the e-commerce company went public.
When asked about his vehicle of choice in a 1999 episode of the US TV programme 60 Minutes, the American said: “This is a perfectly good car.”
The manufacturer’s suggested retail price of the car in 1996 was US$17,890.
Dustin Moskovitz
Facebook and Asana co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has a net worth of US$13.4 billion, according to Forbes magazine. Despite his 3 per cent stake in Facebook, Moskovitz has stayed frugal.
A 2011 profile of Moskovitz in The Seattle Times noted that he drove a Volkswagen R32 at the time.
The MSRP for the R32 in 2008 was US$32,000.
Jack Ma
Jack Ma is the co-founder of the e-commerce and tech conglomerate, Alibaba Group, which is the owner of the South China Morning Post. The China-based group’s 2014 IPO was the world’s biggest public stock offering at the time, raising US$25 billion.
With a net worth of US$37.3 billion, Ma is the second-richest man in China.
However, he has been seen in a Roewe RX5 SUV as recently as October 2018. The RX5’s infotainment system is powered by Alibaba’s YunOS operating system.
Larry Page
Larry Page, CEO of Alphabet and co-founder of Google, earned his spot as the eighth richest person in the world. Although he has an annual salary of just one dollar, his net worth is about US$53.5 billion as of October 2018.
Larry Page drives a Toyota Prius, according to Reuters.
The 2019 base price of the vehicle is US$23,770
Warren Buffett
American investor Warren Buffett, the “Oracle of Omaha” is well-known for his frugal ways.
The billionaire CEO of Berkshire Hathaway has pledged to donate 99 per cent of his net worth of US$84.2 billion in his lifetime.
Buffet drives a 2014 Cadillac XTS. The MSRP for a new one was US$23,500. Before this car, he owned a 2006 Cadillac DTS.
Elon Musk
The billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX is known to drive and ride in his own company’s cars.
Musk famously swapped places with the first person to place an order on the Model 3, and launched his own first-generation Tesla Roadster into space.
Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft and current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has a net worth of US$50.9 billion.
Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally personally delivered Ballmer’s Ford Fusion Hybrid in 2009.
Ballmer is a loyal Ford customer because his father was a long-time Ford employee in Detroit.
The MSRP of the Fusion Hybrid was US$19,500.
Alice Walton
Alice Walton is one of the heirs to the Walmart fortune and is the second-wealthiest woman in the world.
Instead of working for Walmart like her two brothers, Walton decided to curate art and reportedly has an art collection worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Walton spent part of her US$51.6 billion net worth on her 2006 Ford F-150 King Ranch pickup truck, according to a 2008 Forbes article. The MSRP for the truck that year was US$40,930.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has a net worth of US$103.8 billion, allowing him to own several cars such as the 1988 Porsche 959.
He supported the passage of the “Show and Display” law that allowed him to take possession of the 959 after it was imported to the United States.
The 959 debuted in 1988 at US$300,000 and was once the fastest car in the world.
Mark Zuckerberg
The MSRP for the 2014 Pagani was US$1,400,000. Not a huge outlay for a man worth US$74.4 billion.
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This article originally appeared on Business Insider.
From hand-built sports cars to modest saloons, the world’s richest people own an eclectic mix of cheap and luxury vehicles