Millionaire with 10 houses still rummages through trash cans for food.

Mr. Heinz B. (80 years old, living in Darmstadt, Germany) is known as the " world's most frugal" millionaire. Heinz is famous for owning 10 houses, all valued between 500,000 euros (approximately 13.3 billion VND) and 1 million euros (26.7 billion VND).

This millionaire is very special; in addition to his ability to make money and build a huge fortune, he also lives an extremely frugal lifestyle.

A millionaire in Germany owns 10 houses but still maintains the habit of scavenging through garbage for food (Photo: Jürgen Mahnke).

At the end of 2023, he withdrew 700,000 euros (approximately 18.6 billion VND) to buy his tenth house. Heinz didn't spend the remaining 100,000 euros but put it in a savings account to earn interest.

"The last time I spent money was to buy some cooking oil. Otherwise, I mostly eat whatever I find in the trash. I see people throwing away so much food that would be enough for an entire family to eat," Heinz said.

Every day, he would cycle around the neighborhoods, rummaging through trash cans for food and discarded items. He became famous in 2021 when people discovered he was living like a homeless person but actually possessed millions of dollars in assets.

Previously, Heinz was a mechanical engineer at a telecommunications company, earning 3,600 euros per month (approximately 96 million VND). He set a budget of only 5 euros per month for food and a few dozen euros for the internet. In his free time, he would rummage through trash cans.

Mr. Heinz is known as the "world's most frugal" millionaire (Photo: Ullstein bild).

In addition, Heinz often sold usable items he collected to his neighbors, in exchange for food.

In his old age, Heinz accumulated a large sum of money, and also received a pension and allowances amounting to thousands of euros each month. He used that money to buy real estate.

The properties he owned were all close together, so he often traveled between them by bicycle. Heinz also didn't pay for the maintenance and repairs to the houses, doing everything himself to save money. He also didn't rent them out because he was afraid tenants would damage them, potentially incurring additional maintenance costs.

With such a vast fortune, Heinz still doesn't know who to leave his inheritance to, as he has no children or siblings.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/an-sinh/trieu-phu-co-10-can-nha-van-boi-thung-rac-kiem-thuc-an-20240224123213234.htm