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The holiday season is winding down, but for some rich kids, the gifts just keep on coming.
Sisters Petra Stunt and Tamara Ecclestone have been on a homebuying spree.
Business Insider compiled a list of the most spoiled kids that included famous last names such as Cruise, Combs and Hilton, along with an assortment of inheritors with mind-boggling spending habits.
No. 1 on the list are the daughters of Formula One Management CEO Bernie Ecclestone, Tamara Ecclestone and Petra Stunt. Aged 23 and 28, the two made news in the past year for their extravagant real estate spending spree that netted them an $85 million Los Angeles mansion and a $70 million, 16,000-square-foot home across from Kensington Palace in London.
The fashionable Suri Cruise, daughter of actors Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, who made news for having her own credit card at the tender age of 6, gets to live the dream of every little princess by bunking at Cinderella's Castle Suite in the heart of Disney World's Magic Kingdom. She tours the land of Mickey in a wardrobe to rival any designer clotheshorse, reportedly including a Dolce & Gabbana trench coat that retails for more than $2,000. So what to get the little girl who has everything for Christmas? According to Business Insider, Holmes planned to surprise Suri with a Victorian playhouse that stands 8 feet high, is equipped with running water, electricity and landscaping and costs $24,000.
Other spoiled kids on the list include Justin Combs, son of the rap star Sean "Diddy" Combs, who received a $360,000 silver Maybach for his 16th birthday, and 11-month-old Blue Ivy, daughter of singer Beyonce and rapper Jay-Z, who splashes her tiny hands in a $5,200 bathtub encrusted with Swarovski crystals and takes her naps in a $3,500 crib.
It's no wonder that with Champagne tastes honed at such a young age, rich parents often cite the lack of fiscal responsibility as their top concern when it comes to their children.
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I'm with Gar. People are jobless, homeless and hopeless and our congress is fighting for this to continue? 39% is not enough when needed resources are going to swarovski bathtubs for kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with gar. Why is there no outrage about these people "paying their fair share" ??
I don't think you have to be rich to spoil your children.
yes their spending is out of control but it is all relative if you make several million dollars per month.
What else could they possibly spend it on?
This is senseless. Hopefully these parents will one day realize that buying a child these expensive toys or whatever the case is is nothing when compared to having manners and having a sense of self, and compassion for the less fortunate children of the world. You can give your children anything you like, but respect for others and carrying themselves in a dignified manner is more telling of how well the parents are when it comes to raising a child today.
Can't we increase their tax rates to 100%?