An Austrian woman named Marlene Engelhorn It went viral in recent days for a decision that not many would make.
The 29-year-old rejected an inheritance of more than 4 billion euros (almost $3,692,273,040,000 Chilean pesos) why she didn’t feel the need to “be so rich.”
“It’s not that I don’t want to be rich, it’s that I don’t want to be so rich (…) so much money doesn’t make you happy,” she said.
Engelhorn is heir to the founders of Badische Anilin-und Soda-Fabrik (BASF), one of the most important chemical companies in this field worldwide.
Grandma’s idea Traudl Engelhornwhich ranks 687th among the world’s largest fortunes according to Forbes, is that her granddaughter inherited everything she earned, but Marlene gave up 90% of that money and the rest will go to the state, she explained. The Economist.
“I couldn’t be happy. It is not a question of will, but of fairness. I have done nothing to receive this legacy. This is pure luck in the birth lottery and pure coincidence,” she said.
Marlene Engelhorn has become an activist and one of the founders of Taxmenowa move for heirs to vast fortunes to give them up in favor of a higher tax rate for the wealthy.
“As someone who has enjoyed the benefits of wealth all my life, I know how skewed our economy is and I can’t continue to sit and wait for someone, somewhere to do something.”