Jaunted

Time for Steve Chen to Put Those YouTube Millions to Use

2/08/2007 at 2:27 PM
Tags: YouTube, Luxury Travel (all tags)

While you were busy searching for obscure Danish music television performances (or, truthfully, Lazy Sunday), YouTube’s founders were busy getting rich. Your procrastination and online exploits kind of made them who they are, but you won’t see a penny of their money. So how much do they have? Co-founder Chad Hurley will come out of the Google-YouTube buyout with around $326 million, while his partner Steve Chen will get stock worth roughly $290 million. Poor Steve.

Now that Steve is poor rich, he needs to find himself. With mo’ money come mo’ problems, and a whole lot of fair-weather friends. A trip to Amankora Paro in Bhutan is in order, where Steve can stare out into the great beyond and contemplate the sudden inequality between him and his friend Chad, in between yoga sessions and spa treatments, for $925 a night. That’s significantly less expensive than Hurley’s perfect vacation but remember, Steve Chen is the poor one.

Other destinations where rich dudes can go to clear their heads? India, for starters. For something closer to home and more easily reached via private jet, he could try Arizona. Canyon Ranch is nice, though it could require too much interaction with normal people. If all else fails, Chen can give one of T+L’s power broker travel agents a ring. Those bigwigs usually don’t take calls, but they’d probably let his through.

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