By Eric Chang, Lina Wu, Young Tsai, Andy Yu
“People refer to me as smart or a ‘ruthless biz woman’ but I’ve never felt smart. I just feel like [in] each given scenario I’m doing the most logical / rational thing. To supplement/ make up for the imposter syndrome feeling I drive myself to work harder and harder,” said Amouranth in her tweet.
Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa is one of the most famous Twitch streamers and content creators with millions of fans following her Twitch, IG, Twitter and OnlyFans. Shown in the Twitch data breach, Amouranth earned about 1.4 million USD only from Twitch, ranking 48th of all Twitch streamers. Without feeling satisfied with her status quo, she bought a gas station in October as an investment. But she was soon discriminated against as a money grubber who only cares about money and is unwilling to take the social responsibility and do some charities. “[Also] everyone who’s always like ‘YOU BOUGHT A GAS STATION/REAL ESTATE/STOCK INSTEAD OF FUNDING THE SHELTER?!’” Amouranth remarked in her tweet. To everyone’s surprise, regardless of the harsh comments from netizens, she further invested in a 7-11 convenience store.
It seems to be an unexpected move for people who want to invest in a gas station or even a 7-11 convenience store, but Amouranth has her own plan. She tweeted, “[when] I made the determination to do this, most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.” She also mentioned that it is “a way to MAXIMIZE the impact.” She is preparing for her life in the future when she “[falls] off a lot” on social media. In fact, Amouranth was doing this because she expected a tax deduction. As she calculated, she spent 1 million USD plus a 3-million debt purchasing the gas station and received a 1.1 million tax reduction. Adding onto that, it creates 85,000 USD per year passively in lease income, which she thought to be a decent investment in the long run. She then spent another 2.5 million USD on the ownership of a quarter of a 7-11 convenience store.
After that she further reached out her hand to stocks, NFT, and Bitcoin, preparing for her “retired life.” It is surely unreasonable for strangers on the Internet to judge Amouranth’s financial plan or even ask her to do some charities, that is, to interfere in others’ private lives. While netizens are criticizing her opportunistic behavior, she left her last response, “First they ignore you,
then they laugh at you[,]
then they fight you,
then you win.”
As a social media influencer, Amouranth’s every move is under examination. Being confident, she is trying to prove all haters to be wrong.
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