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Net Worth of $160,000,000 and Working in Food Service

March 19, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days 41 Comments

Those of you outside of Chicago may not be aware of the Pritzker family. They own the Hyatt hotel chain and are one of the richest families in the United States.The Chicago Tribune had a very interesting article about one of the Pritzker children some years ago. At the time of the article, Liesel Pritzker was a high school student who was worth $160,000,000. That is not a … [Read more...] about Net Worth of $160,000,000 and Working in Food Service

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My goal was to build a portfolio of $1,000,000 by February of 2017; 1500 days from the birth of this blog (January 1, 2013). And hey look, I’ve since retired!

Investments only (primary home excluded)
1/1/13 (The Start): $586,043
1/1/14 (1 Yr Later): $869,635
1/1/15 (2 Yrs Later): $987,351
1/1/16 (3 Yrs Later): $1,057,961
1/1/17 (4 Yrs Later): $1,257,128
1/1/18 (5 Yrs Later): $1,527,701
1/1/19 (6 Yrs Later): $1,549,440
1/1/20 (7 Yrs Later): $2,035,040*
1/1/21 (8 Yrs Later): $3,379,746**
1/1/22 (9 Yrs Later): $4,762,642
1/1/23 (10 Yrs Later): $3,112,821

2023: Investments only
1/1: $3,112,821
2/1: $3,582,368
3/1: $3,716,852
4/1: $3,861,599
5/1: $3,694,445
6/1: $4,089,141
7/1: $4,384,858
8/1: $4,539,865
9/1: $4,468,622
10/1: $4,353,063

Gains: $1,240,242

Overall
Gains since 1/1/2013: $3,767,020
Net worth***: $4,583,063

* The big jump between 2019 and 2020 was partly because we bought another home, but kept the previous (much more expensive) one as a rental. We have since sold it.

** Tesla.

*** Includes our primary home equity in addition to our investment portfolio.

Finally, we still have about $290,000 in mortgage debt (which I love!). No regrets about the debts!