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Beverly Hills Cop: Where Rich People's Money Actually Comes From
from #188 - Best of Patreon Vol. 1 | The Tim Dillon Show · #188
3 min
Driving through Beverly Hills with Ben, Tim explains that most extreme wealth in these neighborhoods comes from finance, tech, energy extraction, foreign/inherited money, and major CEOs rather than lawyers or doctors, citing hedge funder David Tepper as an example.
- Tim explains that Beverly Hills wealth doesn't come from lawyers, doctors, or typical professional classes.
- Most mega-wealthy residents work in finance, tech, natural resource extraction, or energy companies.
- Tim notes that war money and defense contractor wealth centers around Maryland, Virginia, and DC, though some of those people live in the Hills.
- You won't find many top lawyers with $30-40 million houses unless they're in the top 0.001 percent of their profession.