Ty Warner, Beanie Baby Billionaire, Gives A $20,000 Tip To Jennifer Vasilakos For Driving Directions
It's well known, or it's a well known myth, that men do not like to stop and ask for directions. We'd rather just roam around aimlessly until eventually we find where we're going, or we just give up and go home. Well, when you're BILLIONAIRE Beanie Baby owner Ty Warner, you stop and ask for directions...then tip a whole bunch.
From the huffingtonpost.com
"Ty Warner, the Beanie Babies billionaire of Ty Inc., found himself lost in Santa Barbara, Calif. this summer and pulled into a parking lot to ask someone for directions.
Who says men don't listen to directions?
Ty Warner, the Beanie Babies billionaire of Ty Inc., found himself lost in Santa Barbara, Calif. this summer and pulled into a parking lot to ask someone for directions.
At the time, resident Jennifer Vasilakos was in the lot raising money for a stem cell treatment she needed, and the two got to chatting about her health condition. Vasilakos' kidneys failed in 2011, and she had been rejected for a kidney transplant because of a previous bout with skin cancer.
According to her blog, she spent 14 hours a week in dialysis and hoped to raise enough money to undergo the procedure at a hospital in another country, since no U.S. hospitals performed autologous stem cell treatment.
After getting his driving directions, Ty cut her a $50 check and promised to be back with more."
Then, a few days later, Jennifer went to check to see if she had gotten any mail for the day. She sure did...a check from Ty Warner in the amount of $20,000!
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