Billionaire David Geffen thought it was a good idea to let the whole world know that he was fine and that, of course, he kept self-isolation during the epidemic.
However, Geffen is not stuck in a small apartment in New York. He is aboard his 590 million luxury yacht and has the ship cruised through the Caribbean. David Geffen was apparently able to combine the health-related with the pleasant.
"Sunset last night …", Geffen wrote on Saturday morning on Instagram, flanked by a picture of the yacht. "Isolated in the Grenadines to escape the virus. I hope everyone is safe," he added sensitively.
Others from the global super-rich class understood Geffen. Wendi Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife, gave him a series of heart emoticons.
But otherwise the contribution of the super-rich was not applauded for its contribution to containing the pandemic. The reactions were so harsh that the frightened billionaire has now withdrawn the account.
Other users wanted an F-18 fighter jet to visit Geffen and his yacht. "David Geffen is no longer up to date," analyzed a Twitter user. A pandemic is not the right time to show off wealth. "If he had made a large donation of medical protective equipment to our overworked nurses, doctors and medical staff, he would not be an elite idiot now."
Generous donor
David Geffen became very rich as a music and film producer. His label, Geffen Records, had artists like Cher, Aerosmith, Asia, Guns N ’Roses and John Lennon under contract. Together with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg, he founded the film studio Dreamworks. Geffen's assets are estimated at $ 7 billion. The harsh criticism will hit the billionaire personally because he sees himself as a generous benefactor. And that has regularly proven itself with donations in the $ 100 million class. The Instagram flop would now be a good occasion to show yourself from the generous side again.
This article was originally published on stern.de.