Tim Cook
Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple - the most profitable enterprise in the US.
However, he only lived in a house with a value of just 0.002% of that figure. According to an excerpt from the book inside Apple published by Fortune, Tim Cook bought a $1.9 million house in Palo Alto, California, which is very simple compared to this area.
Lena Dunham
With a fortune of 12 million USD, actress, writer, producer, director Lena Dunham does not live in a large villa.
The "Girls" star bought a 232m2, 3-bedroom, 3-bedroom house off the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in 2015 for $2.7 million.
Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the eighth richest person in the world with assets of 62.8 billion USD (according to the latest update from Forbes)
Technology billionaire Mark Zuckerberg lives in a house that costs only 0.01% of his assets. Zuckerberg spent $7 million to buy this house in Palo Alto in 2011, equivalent to $7.8 million today.
Robert Pattinson
When Twilight became a hit, Robert Pattinson was one of the most famous actors in the world, the film helped him earn a net worth of $100 million.
But instead of spending his salary on a giant villa, he bought a very modest two-bedroom, two-bedroom house. The 180m2 house is located in a remote area of Hollywood Hills and has a kidney-shaped swimming pool. He bought the house for $2.18 million in 2014.
Warren Buffett
The most shocking is probably still Warren Buffett. With assets of $84.5 billion (according to the latest update from Forbes), billionaire Warren Buffet still lives in a house he bought for 31,500 USD in Nebraska in 1958.
According to Business Insider, the house is only 0.001% of Warren Buffett's total assets. A home is just one of the factors that express the simple lifestyle of the third richest billionaire in the world.