Riding Filthy……Rich
Did a little research. Realizing perception is everything, I was kind of interested to see what these CEO’s drive around there employees. Seems like the more successful they are the cheaper the car the drive. Here’s a short list
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- Bill Gates drives a '99 Porsche 911 Cabrio. He's also got a rare Porsche 959, for which he got President Clinton to sign a law legalizing it for road use. Now that's some serious clout, but with $50 billion at his disposal and a taste for Stuttgart's finest, wouldn't a Carrera GT or a new 911 Turbo have found a way into his garage?
- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett drives a Lincoln Town Car Signature Series, complete with landau roof.
- IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad has a '93 Volvo 240 GL, but prefers taking the bus. Seriously. And he uses his senior-citizen's card, too.
- Like his pal Bill, Mircosoft co-founder Paul Allen has a Porsche 959 (how original), but drives around Washington State mostly in an '88 Mazda B-Series pickup.
- Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, meanwhile, has got the Infiniti FX45, Hummer H1, Volvo XC90, Rolls Royce Phantom and Daewoo Matiz in his garage. Two of each, so that his entourage can follow in identical wheels. (If the Daewoo seems out of place, it's because the prince is part owner of the company.)
- Michael Dell (whose name is probably emblazoned on the computer you're using to read this) alternates between a 2004 Porsche Boxster and a 2005 Hummer H2.
- Larry "the Oracle" Ellison has got wheels with some style: a pair of new Bentley Continentals, a GT coupe and a Flying Spur sedan. (They go well with his fighter jet and America's Cup racing yacht.)
- Jim Walton, owner of Wal-Mart, has for a garage what you'll probably find at the local used car lot: a 2002 Dodge Dakota, '99 Chevy Silverado, '98 Mitsubishi Montero Sport and 2000 Acura Integra, all available at everyday low prices. (His '59 Cadillac is probably a sweet ride, though.)
- Jim's sister Alice Walton walked after killing a woman in '89 behind the wheel of a Porsche. Now she drives an F-150 King Ranch pickup. (More carefully, we hope.)
- Like his colleagues Bill and Paul, Steven Ballmer made his billions at Microsoft, but he stays true to his Motown roots at the wheel of a '98 Lincoln Continental.
Working at Wal-Mart in my younger years prompted me to write this. I used to work at the very first Wal-Mart ever. Store #1 In Rogers, Arkansas. Mr. Sam Walton himself would drop by, in a beat to hell pickup, just to see how the employees treated him. Taka a look at an Ol’Roy dogfood bag. That was Sam and the way he was all the time. So next time you want to pull out that black card American express, drive up in a lambo, etc. Throttle back and try to be on the same playing field as your customers and employees. Save your flashiness for your out of town trips.
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