$100M hedge fund manager: Do not make the mistake of dying rich
Hedge fund manager and author Bill Perkins discusses his energy trading career, his wealth philosophy from his book Die With Zero, and why people must optimize for fulfillment rather than accumulating excess money before dying. Perkins breaks down the mechanics of time bucketing life experiences, planning for physical longevity through the Centurion Olympics, and the psychology behind high-stakes art investing and avoiding the traps of fame.
- Bill Perkins started as an entry-level clerk on the New York Mercantile Exchange floor before building his fortune trading natural gas derivatives in Houston after the market deregulated in 1995. Read →
- Bill Perkins paid $15 million at Sotheby's for Ernie Barnes' 1976 painting The Sugar Shack, shattering its $1 million high estimate. Read →
- Watching Michael Phelps and Dan Bilzerian convinced Bill Perkins that high celebrity turns public life into an isolated, security-bound cage. Read →
- Traditional bucket lists assume you have one death at age eighty, ignoring the reality that your college self, your single self, and your self with young kids each die along the way. Read →