Frugal..

Mitzi Perdue, the double-heiress of Sheraton hotels and Perdue farms, grew up wearing hand-me-downs and getting a public education. 

She’s quick to draw her Purse strings by flying economy, riding the subway, and living in a modest apartment despite sitting on a fortune from two billion-dollar American businesses.  

The 84-year-old has access to a trust from her family’s billion-dollar business, alongside the wealth from the Perdue empire. Yet she still lives just like anybody else: taking her shoes to the cobbler instead of buying new ones, riding the subway, flying economy, and living in a modest apartment instead of a house.

Perdue has lived a double life, having access to immense privilege and money from two business empires, while holding down a regular job and living frugally.