2. Rats Ate Billions Of His Earnings
When most people have pest infestations, the most they will lose is the uncovered leftovers that they were saving for breakfast the following morning. As with most things in his life, Escobar’s rodent problems were on the insane side of excessive. It’s estimated that he had to write off 10% of his profit margin every year due to wastage – e.g. rats gnawing away at his buried stacks of cash or water damage ruining the paper money. While 10% doesn’t sound like any great shakes, for Escobar this accounted for between $1-2 billion annually. Just let that sink in for a while.
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