Mr. Heinz B. (80 years old, living in Darmstadt, Germany) is known as the "most frugal millionaire in the world". Mr. Heinz is famous for owning 10 houses, all priced from 500,000 euros (about 13.3 billion VND) to 1 million euros (26.7 billion VND).
The "dollar" millionaire is very special, along with the ability to make money and build a "huge" fortune, he also has an extremely frugal lifestyle.
A millionaire in Germany has 10 houses but still keeps the habit of digging through trash for food (Photo: Jürgen Mahnke).
At the end of 2023, he withdrew 700,000 euros (about 18.6 billion VND) to buy his 10th house. Heinz did not spend the remaining 100,000 euros but saved them to earn interest.
"The last time I spent money was to buy some cooking oil. Otherwise, I mostly eat what I find in the trash. I see people throwing away a lot of food, and the amount they collect is enough to feed a whole family," Heinz said.
He usually rides his bike around the neighborhood, rummaging through trash bins for food and discarded items. He became famous in 2021, when people discovered that he was living like a homeless person but actually had a million-dollar fortune.
Heinz used to be a mechanical engineer at a telecommunications company, earning 3,600 euros a month (about 96 million VND). He set a budget of only spending 5 euros a month on food and a few dozen euros on 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 good-to-use items he picked up to his neighbors, in return, they would give him food.
In his old age, Heinz saved up a large sum of money and received a pension and benefits of up to thousands of euros per month. He used that money to buy real estate.
The properties he owns are all close together, so he often travels by bicycle. Heinz also does not pay for maintenance or repairs on the houses, but does everything himself to save money. Heinz also does not rent out those houses because he is afraid that guests will damage them, which could incur additional maintenance costs.
With such a huge fortune, Heinz still does not know who to leave the inheritance to because he has no children or siblings.
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