Roarke Owned

Wealth[]

• Roarke told Eve he made his first million gambling.^[1]
• According to his files, Roarke’s gross worth is three billion, eight hundred million.^[2]
• According to Mavis, Roarke owns, “approximately twenty-eight percent of the world, and its satellites.”^[3]
  • According to Mavis, “He’s rich, I mean mag rich, gorgeous as a god, and that body ... I got eyes. I use ’em. I’ve got a pretty good idea of what he looks like naked. ... Then there’s that power trip. He’s got all that power, sort of shoots out from him.”^[4]
• In Naked in Death, Roarke acknowledged that he documented his illicit income.^[5]
  • “He may have been legal now, but that didn’t mean he felt the need to make public what was in all his pockets.”^[6]
• Roarke said the holdings of businesses/companies don’t become interesting to him unless they’re eight to ten million dollars; not unless he’s looking to acquire small, individual properties or businesses.^[7]
  • Roarke’s interests are varied - see the sub-categories below.
• In Salvation, Roarke said he did not own a house in Ireland because he had promised himself he’d only go back when he had everything; power, money, and a certain respectability. He said owning a house there would be a commitment; having a house creates a solid and tangible link. And that he’s not ready.^[8]
  • For Roarke, “Success, positions, wealth, power, security ... all that’s essential.”^[9]
• Roarke’s private island was a favored spot, but it was practically on the other side of the world.^[10]

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