Millionaires’ Most Unusual Hobbies have been Called

Forbes listed the most unusual hobby of millionaires. The well-known representative of the Rockefeller clan, David collecting beetles. Banker Elemm Spangler spends leisure time, repairing antique clocks. Gordon Getty, oil tycoon prefers to compose the opera in his spare time.

List of billionaires’ hobby is not limited to yachts, horses, antiques and super expensive cars – sometimes akin to the eccentricities of their hobby, according to the magazine Forbes.

The well-known representative of the Rockefeller clan, David collecting beetles. When traveling, he always keeps in the pocket of the container on the case, if he met an unusual insect. In his collection there is a unique kind of scarab beetle, deified by Egyptian pharaohs. Open David beetles given even the name of the Rockefellers – Diplotaxis rockefellerի, he bequeathed to the Zoological Museum at Harvard University, as well as the entire collection of beetles.

An unusual hobby has banker Terminals Dayksona Spangler, who, in particular, belongs to a significant stake in Bank of America. He likes to while away leisure time, repaired antique clocks. The billionaire says he prefers the company of old mechanical watches for people who are so fickle and unpredictable.

His passion started 45 years ago, when the old clock stopped XVII century, presented his mother, and financier he decided to look into the secrets of the mechanism. Later, when the house did not have any broken clocks, the billionaire for the soul has opened a workshop to repair old clocks.

His comrade-in-shop billionaire Gordon Getty threw the oil business to focus time and energy on writing operas. His most famous work, he called on behalf of Shakespeare’s character Falstaff. According to the newspaper, the billionaire has already set his opera with the Russian National Orchestra.

Passion for music pushed another tycoon, football club owner James Ayrsi for collecting musical instruments. In his collection is guitar, which plays George Harrison and Jerry Garcia. The tycoon does not stint on vintage guitars, claiming that they are priceless.

American billionaires collect stamps, Bibles, posters, coins, and someone likes to drive a truck on the road, as Gary Meygnes, which also has a collection of vintage cars, according to RIA Novosti.

To this list whims of rich people we can add the hobby which are interested in Russian millionaires. Perhaps the most unusual is the fascination with the president of the investment company, “Pilgrim Asset Management Golnikova Roman, who has been breeding puppies expensive breeds, mostly English Mastiff. Its core business is not started with a hobby of his wife. Subsequently, however, pups began to appear on an industrial scale, and the couple Golnikova decided to open a nursery called Mastiffhills, and this brand was quoted at world exhibitions.

Managing director of Troika Dialog, in addition to Gore Nakhapetian investment business has invested in a chain of restaurants “Floor”, which, according to experts, brings a pretty good profit. In addition, Gore Nakhapetian co-owns the magazine “Yerevan”, however, the project is unprofitable.

Chapter Olimpstroy Taimuraz Bolloyev was long time trying to fix your name on the menswear market. So, five years ago he became a shareholder in the largest manufacturer of men’s clothing FOS-P, which was renamed the “BTK groups. But business has not gone, and the businessman had to be reoriented on production of clothing. So, company “BTC Group was approved by the sole supplier of molds for troops participating in military parades, as well as for graduates of military schools. In addition, the company sheathes conductors branded trains Railways and Sapsan, as well as flight attendants dresses Aeroflot.

Russian IT-entrepreneur, founder and chairman of ABBYY David Ian clearly entered the restaurant business, opened six years ago, a cafe with a provocative title FAQ-Cafe.

Originally it opened as a meeting place with friends. But very quickly it was chosen by the students and the institution became profitable. Now plans to David Yang opening of the fifth similar cafe in Moscow.

It should be noted feature of Russian millionaires. Thus, if the whims of the wealthy Western did not bring any profit to their creators, Russian millionaires manage to extract all of the profits, then a hobby into a commercial project.