r 19, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
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“Tom’s not into money. He’s into achievement. He’s into changing the world for the better,” his brother
Jim Steyer told Forbes in 2011.
“He’s the accidental billionaire.”
In addition to driving the affordable car, Steyer flies commercial, his presidential campaign communications spokesperson, Alberto Lammers, tells
CNBC Make It. The
2011 Forbes profile of Steyer says the billionaire in fact “usually” flies in “economy.”
This in a world of billionaires who often fly on their own
private jets. “It is obviously brutally expensive, but time is the one asset we simply don’t own. It saves me hours and hours,” “Shark Tank” star and billionaire
Mark Cuban told
Men’s Journal in 2016 about his decision to buy a plane.
According to Forbes, Steyer was also known for wearing one of eight “dated red wool plaid” ties every day — a style that he still sports.
Indeed, Steyer’s letter of commitment to
The Giving Pledge, an organization established by the billionaire buddies Bill Gates and
Warren Buffett to encourage billionaires to contribute the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes, reinforced Steyer’s disinterest in the trappings of luxury and wealth.
Steyer and his wife, Kat Taylor, said they want enough money to provide education and “excellent healthcare” for their four children and family, ”
ut otherwise, we enjoy our life here in California and don’t require more material possessions. We want to leave our kids a different kind of inheritance, an example of at least trying to lead a worthy life.”
Why billionaire and presidential hopeful Tom Steyer drives a 2016 Chevy
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Unlike Tramp, money is all that matter to him and he likes it in his wallet.