The video features a group reacting to a list of the top 10 richest beggars in the world. They discuss various individuals who, despite appearing to be beggars, have accumulated significant wealth through panhandling. Some of these individuals own properties and have substantial savings, which contrasts with their public persona as beggars. The group debates the ethics of such practices and the impact on genuine homeless individuals. The video concludes with the group reflecting on the nature of giving and the importance of discerning when to help those in need.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Simon Wright is a professional beggar in London.
2. He spends at least 8 hours a day, and extra time on weekends, begging for money.
3. He makes around £50,000 per year from begging.
4. He owns a £300,000 flat in Fulham.
5. Aisha, a 100-year-old woman, spent her days panhandling in Jeddah.
6. She was blind and wore tattered clothing to beg for money.
7. When she passed away, it was discovered that she had around $800,000 in cash and $226,000 worth of jewelry.
8. She also owned four buildings in the Al-Balad district of Jeddah.
9. She left all her assets to homeless people she knew from the streets.
10. A man in Mumbai and his family of four spend their days begging for money.
11. They are able to bring home 1,000 rupees per day from begging.
12. The family has saved 40,000 rupees in the bank and has investments in a few thousand rupees.
13. They own a flat in Virar and two houses in Solapore.
14. Erwin Cory, a 97-year-old man from New York City, has been panhandling for 17 years.
15. He walks up and down 35th Street in Manhattan with a sign asking for spare change.
16. He makes between $100 and $250 per day from panhandling.
17. He gives the money he collects to a charity in Cuba that buys medical supplies for children.
18. He owns a house worth $3.5 million in the East Midtown section of Manhattan.
19. Laxmidas Laksmidas spent 44 years begging near Hatibhagan in northern Calcutta.
20. She started panhandling at the age of 16.
21. She spent very little of the money she received to support herself throughout her life.
22. When she was 60 years old, she deposited 200 pounds of coins, which filled four buckets, into the bank.
23. The unidentified man on the street was photographed with his daughter panhandling.
24. The young girl was wearing a jacket to keep warm and had a set of keys to a Mercedes in her pocket.
25. Will Anderson, a 43-year-old former stagehand from New York City, spends his days begging for money with his 9-year-old dog, Rizzo.
26. He makes around $200 per hour from panhandling.
27. Gary Thompson, originally from Texas, now lives in Lexington, Kentucky, and pretends to be mentally and physically handicapped to earn money panhandling.
28. He says he makes up to $100,000 per year from panhandling.
29. Masu, a beggar from India, takes an auto-rickshaw to his favorite begging spot every morning.
30. He changes his clothes and spends 8-10 hours a day begging for money before heading back home.
31. He says he makes 1500 rupees per day and is a millionaire.
32. Most people who give him money while he is begging have no idea that his net worth is higher than theirs.