DHH seems to have gotten plenty "filthy rich" hitting singles: http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/racing
People who swing for the fences generally fly out to shallow center. You can score lots of runs hitting single after single after single.
People who swing for the fences generally fly out to shallow center. You can score lots of runs hitting single after single after single.
Babe Ruth also had the second-best career on-base-percentage in the history of baseball. He hit a ton of singles in addition to his home runs. He was an incredible athlete and defied the current mindset to try for home runs when he thought the time was right. Sometimes he got fooled and ended up striking out, but he wasn't a pure swing-for-the-fences hitter.
(You should look to somebody like Rob Deer if you're looking for someone who swung for the fences almost all the time.)
Singles are nice. I'd love to have an Ichiro on my team. But I'd take top notch slugger over him any day.
Having your own private jet, is when you're filthy rich.
And if I recall correctly I remember seeing a video of him racing one of my personal favourites, an Aston Martin V12 Vantage (Could have been a DB9/DBS, can't recall exactly).
I would personally consider anyone who can drop six figures annually on a hobby filthy rich. The one's "living a good life" did the kind of racing I used to do, and the wealthy guys there only dropped 20-30k/ year racing around in parking lots.
UPDATE: Link - http://www.luxist.com/2010/09/06/one-of-a-kind-pagani-zonda-...