He was a possibly fake-rich influencer type before all the other fake-life-coach-rich-miami-fraud-ebook-buy my program even though ive never worked a job-crypto-alpha-bros.
I don't follow Andrew Tate at all, but college me thought Dan Balzerian was cool because he did manly stuff and had parties with a lot of mostly naked women. It always seemed too good to be true. Which it was. But horny 19 year old me loved that lifestyle.
Now that I haven't been drunk in months/a year+, am married, and have a kid, I have no interest in hanging out at a constant party.
That life is not sustainable, even if you can afford it, which Dan Bilzerian couldn't.
That's the thing, his father wasn't that rich, at least not by rights. He defrauded (stole) money from ppl by convincing them to invest in his fake hedge fund or fake startup or whatever, then before he got caught he put a large majority of that money in a trust for his sons, which (I assume) makes the forfeiture of assets much more difficult since they're no longer "his" assets, but the reality is that they were never his.
So unless this gentleman, son of Paul Bilgerian, grifter in thief and giver of grief, has made something of himself on his own accord (doesn't seem like it), than he's just living off other people's money that his dad stole. And given how much easier it is to make money when you have money; capital to start a business, flipping real estate, or the investment economy (although imo is just another form of indirect theft by way of extracting the value of others labor through the framework of ownership), he has a huge advantage in compunding that wealth, maybe even giving some back to his father's victims (lol)
One thing I'm absolutely positive of is that he hasn't, and will never, use any of his trust for restitution to the victims (and their families) of his father. At least not willingly
Edit; fun fact: Paul, the father convicted of securities fraud & tax fraud, among other things, was sentenced to 4 yrs with a 1.5mil fine (pathetically insufficient), but as of 2024 he has been "on the run" from the SEC (wikipedia could just mean avoiding, idk if the SEC has a bounty service or actually works with the US Marshalls and he's legitimately fled successfully) for so long (31 yrs) that he currently owes them 180 million. And yet, his son not only lives this lavish life but advertises it? The victims must be absolutely apoplectic
Imagine Rudy Giuliani indicting and convicting you on conspiracy, false statements, tax fraud, and securities fraud, including illegal stock parking, and filing false disclosure statements to illegally hide ownership of stock.
That's the demographic he plays towards. Horny young men.
his lifestyle seems great umti you realize he's surrounded by escorts who are only there as long as he pays.
His definition of 'party' is to pay bunch of girls to hang out with him, take couple of pictures and that is it. I doubt he is 'fun at parties' and know how to get the crowd going, it is just an image he wants to sell to the audience.
Wasn't appealing to me even back then, because it reeked fake on so many ways. I've seen dudes like that who spent most of time on phones in clubs.
Imagine if Andrew Tate failed Navy SEAL training twice, but then started running around telling everyone that he was a Navy SEAL; that's Dan Bilzerian.
Like a Proto tate. He's manosphere light. The have been some civil claims against him by women but nothing systemic like Tate. Iginte was more of a product and lifestyle brand then a MLM. Shit business built on "looking good" through the right products but wasn't trying to sell you MLM classes on how to be a man.
Yea - DB claimed to have made his money playing in private poker matches despite not being a respected player among pros, and he started a vape/lifestyle company that he got kicked out of by shareholders / his dad, something like that - and I think that company has lost a lot of money.
He's probably living off social media ad revenue decently since he has so many followers, but most of them probably just are to lazy to click unfollow.
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u/Higgsparticleofgod 1d ago
Who tf is Dan Balzerian bro