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Nick Martell

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The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

Ross Stevens, not to be mistaken with Steven Ross, who is another billionaire financier.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

Side note, if you work in finance like we used to, your life goal is not managing director, it is financier.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

If you are named a financier, it means you have won at capitalism.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

That's true.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

But starting with these Olympics and these Paralympics, all Team USA athletes will get $200,000 for each Olympic Games that they compete in.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

But Jack, could you sprinkle on some fine print context for us, please?

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

Yeah, Nick, you won the game of capitalism for reasons like this.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

The first $100,000 comes 20 years after the games they plan or when they turn 45.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

The other 100K comes upon death to take care of the athlete's family.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

So it's really more of a safety net than a salary.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

But besties, Jack and I gotta pause the pot for a sec.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

Have you noticed more billionaires are announcing giant donations than ever before?

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

We've noticed it.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

First, it was the railroad billionaire Timothy Mellon who donated $130 million to pay troops during the shutdown.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

Then it was Michael Dell who donated over $6 billion to America's children via the new Trump accounts.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

And then it was Ray Dalio who donated to all Connecticut children via the new Trump accounts.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

And now Stephen Ross, I mean Ross Stevens, is donating to America's Olympic athletes.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

And that's not all, folks.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

JP Morgan and Bank of America announced yesterday they're matching the $1,000 government contribution to their employees' children's Trump accounts.

The Best One Yet
⛸️ “$200K per Olympian” — Billionaires philanthropy splurge. Tesla’s young avocado tree. Phia’s $100M fashion butler. +Cursing Promotion Hack

And a dozen other CEOs have announced the same thing, matching contributions to those kids' Trump accounts as well.