With or without a golden parachute, nearly none of these people would ever have to work another day in their lives if they were willing to live a bit less extra

With or without a golden parachute, nearly none of these people would ever have to work another day in their lives if they were willing to live a bit less extravagantly. (And we're not talking "beans and rice" here; we're talking, at worst, "only one fancy house, no yachts".)