What would you do...

jemmini6

With $95 MILLION dollars?!

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/12/13/20101213fort-mohave-powerball-winner1213abrk.html

[Deleted User]

Take my whole family and BF's family on vacation to Italy. And buy a new car. Or two.

calindi

Invest 1/3 immediately.  Start doing research to donate 1/3 of it to worthy causes.  With the rest, I'd build my parents their dream house on a waterfront property with a dock for the 36' Catalina sailboat they've been dreaming of for years, buy my little brother a new car and a house, take everyone (parents, brother, brother's GF, my BF) on a kickass vacation to Ireland to see where my Dad was born then to Italy for some wine and good food.  Then BF and I would move to a new house - we'd probably still rent as we'll only be here another 2 years max, but we'd rent a really awesome place on the water.  We'd buy two jetskis with a trailer for my car.  I'd buy BF a new car (probably would still have to go with a Toyota, but a much nicer, newer one with automatic locks and windows - dunno what that boy was thinking when he bought it with the hand-crank windows!).  I'd keep my car for now.  I think that's about it.

desertsun

Holy moley! That is one lucky woman! You could do just about anything with that much money!

tiffk10

Buy a new cars for me and the BF. 

Convince him we could get married on our anniversary next year (his argument why we cant is because we don't have the money). 

Buy a house, pay off mom's house and dad's house. 

Set up a college fund for all the kids. 

Pay off everyone's student loans (mine, BF, aunts, counsins, etc.). 

Take a food vacation to Italy and Japan. 

Find a smart, non-stock market way to invest the majority of the rest of it. 

Sign me up to win the next powerball!

sapphirebaby926

Buy a house, new cars, take a vacation or two. Most of it would be invested though.

[Deleted User]

I would also build my dream house. And buy one in NY near BF's parents. And pay off their mortgage.

bourgehm

Well being that more than half of it would be taken away immediatly for taxes...

I'd probably do like tons of compassion international kids.

Then I'd buy a house.

Then a working car.

Then I'd save the rest for retirement/bills.

[Deleted User]

We all want new cars. Hehe. What kind would everyone get? I would get a 2011 Jeep  Grand Cherokee, fully loaded. In teal. Since I'd have the money I figure I can get it in whatever color I want.

tiffk10

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[QUOTE]We all want new cars. Hehe. What kind would everyone get? I would get a 2011 Jeep  Grand Cherokee, fully loaded. In teal. Since I'd have the money I figure I can get it in whatever color I want.
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jemmini6

I'd pay off all our family's debts, then invest the rest, quit our jobs and just travel the world on the interest.

bsidebella

Pay off BF's student loans
Move to Manhattan (it's always been my dream to live there)
Hire David Tutera to plan my wedding
Honeymoon somewhere ridiculously luxurious...or Disney World xD ... or take a European cruise!
See every show on Broadway, in orchestra seating
Make generous donations to my favorite charities, and to my alma mater's utterly neglected theater program.

loves2shop4shoes

1)  Pay off my and FI's college loans and other debt.
2)  Set aside money for the rest of law school living expenses/bar prep courses.
3)  Buy an apartment in a nice part of Boston
4)  Buy two cars, one for me, one for FI.
5)  Make FI quit his job (which he hates) and send him back to school (which he would do if cost was no object)
6) Go shopping...not even gunna pretend.
7) Give my mother $5 million to retire on.
8)  Give FI's mother $5 million to retire on.
9)  Give FSIL money for school.
10) Donate $20 million
11)  Set $10 million aside for living expenses
12)  Invest the rest

hetshup

pay half in taxes. 

Not release my name to anyone

Have it managed in a trust account (not by me)

Get 10k monthly after taxes to play. 

Pay off houses for my family

I think about this b\c we have jackpot winners that we manage at work. 

calindi

Honestly, it sounds like this lady has it figured out pretty well by consulting financial advisors.  She was very smart to wait until she had a plan for the money before claiming the winnings.

She plans to invest the whole sum and live off the interest - at a minimum of $440,000 annually with a 1% interest rate (and she can definitely get better), that sound be very comfortable!

mana8503

I'd invest half

The other half would be
- pay off all debt, mostly student loans
- buy a house
- give parents money to either fix up their house, or buy a new one
- college funds for my niece and nephew, bf's kids and our future kids
- give bf a sum of money to do whatever he wanted to his truck.
- have the wedding when, where, and invite who ever I wanted!

mzm153

Would just get 10% for myself and BF to invest, pay off the debt, buy a big house, travel around the World, and get a new car. The rest I would donate to different charities (orphanages, shelters, research on cure for diseases).