3. He Burned $2 Million As Fuel
In 1989, Forbes ranked Escobar as the 17th richest person in the world. It’s fair to say that money held no object to the gangster, a fact exemplified by the fact that he allegedly spent 42,500 every month on rubber bands to keep his wads of cash in neat stacks. An anecdote from Escobar’s time in hiding from the authorities speaks volumes of not only his attitude to money, but his love for his family (because murderous gangsters are people too, folks). His daughter became ill from the cold conditions, developing a bad case of pneumonia. Escobar promptly set alight to wads of cash totaling $2 million to ensure that she kept warm enough to get over the illness.
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