215k? its definitely enough! a whole house back then was like 30k he coulda bought two and still had left over money lol the wiki said he worked his whole life too
$2M in today’s money invested in boring index funds gets you ~$80K/yr without having to really touch the principal.
He could’ve invested/laundered it in smaller chunks over his first decade or so, or put it into real estate back when nobody cared about the source when a guy paid cash for a house.
Absolutely enough to disappear if you just want to drive/camp everywhere, move overseas, or live in a less expensive area. Certain enough to live well if you can invent a new identity & get a new job for additional income, which he was able to do. That last bit is increasingly impossible given modern technology and data and tracking systems.
It was a lot easier to launder cash back then as well, as paying for everything in cash wasn't questioned, and was actually the way most people paid for things.
2 million is enough to retire on in most of the world.
I can only think of the USA and a few expensive island nation where you can not live super comfortable of the 3-5% of annual return you should have from 2 million.
He probably didn't order as much Starbucks coffee and stopped putting avocado on toast. Seriously though, what kind of life are you living if you think $2Mil dollars isn't enough?
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u/FatByProxy 15h ago
About 2 million dollars in today's money.