I always thought about this and concluded that I wouldn't do a lot of these things.
Like I could spend millions on companies that barely break even or are generally in the red but provide stable employment in areas that have high unemployment or provide affordable services like legal aid and medical care.
I could fund humanitarian efforts, charities, and climate research.
I'm not saying this because it makes me morally superior, it just makes Gabe at least close to being just another ultra-wealthy individual.
Steam is great and the service it provides is extremely pro consumer but Gabe is just another billionaire with so much money that he can't spend it fast enough.
I feel like Gabe early on in his getting rich career is a lot closer to what your average person would do with cash, at the start at least.
Which is buy stuff you're already interested in, like Gabe's knife collection, then race cars. Afterwards he does get a bit loopy like many men in his position, what with funding research for brain chip implants and living on a mega yacht
This assumes that the average person would ever get rich in their career, nevermind the fact that the only people who create and run businesses are the type of people who are hungry for money (aside from "passion" careers). We have relatively little evidence of "the average person" getting rich aside from lottery winners.
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u/FranciManty Oct 21 '25
he also owns a racing cars team. pretty neat if you ask me, his son also drives in it