I don’t blame her a bit, but whether she realizes it or not, her life has been forever changed.
Even if she were to squander most of the money, others will see her as extremely rich.
“...I don’t blame her a bit, but whether she realizes it or not, her life has been forever changed.
Even if she were to squander most of the money, others will see her as extremely rich....”
Absolutely. Whether she likes it or not, anonymous or not, her life as it is now....is finished.
She basically woke up the next day as the CFO of a $560 million corporation with no experience, training or guidance which is now bleeding out $14K/day by not being managed properly. Once she’s outed, she’ll receive over 1500 pieces of mail per day in solicitations for “donations”. The post office will refuse to deliver it and she’ll have to go pick it up. UPS & FedEx will be the same way. She’ll have to put a razor-wire fence to keep people off her property because they’ll camp out on her front lawn waiting for a chance to “beg”. She’ll have to hire armed security for herself, any kids/family members or pets to keep em from being kidnapped for ransom. She’ll have to quit any job or social activities she once had...no longer safe. At this point, I’d recommend she just go ahead and do it and then move away.....far away and start over. I’d still recommend taking the whole amount of the winnings through a revocable trust for tax and inheritance purposes....but that’s just me.
I’ve always thought that for most people, winning that kind of money would be a scourge. It’s going to be more than a full time job to manage it, watch out for people trying to cheat or sue you, etc. I think you’d probably have experiences that exposed you to the absolute worst in other people, too.
I wouldn’t want that kind of grief and responsibility in my life.