How did Walter White make 80 million?

Walter White may be fictional. But the $80 million profit he turned by selling meth in less than a year is a very realistic sum for a true-life drug kingpin. It's not until the last season of Breaking Bad that viewers learn just how much cash their favorite meth-making anti-hero has accumulated by cooking crank.

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How much money did Walt make with Gus?

For example, at one point Gus offers Walt $3 million for three month's worth of meth cooking. That breaks down to $250,000 per week, $33,000 per day, $1388 per hour. And in season three we are told that Gus Fring will make $96 million off three month's of Walt's work producing 200 pounds of meth per week.

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Does Walter get his 80 million back?

In the last episodes of Breaking Bad, Walter's fortune of 80 million dollars is split among 8 barrels of money. He buries it out in the desert to ensure that it can't be used as evidence against him by the police.

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How much money did Walt originally need?

Ok, so initially, Walt needed $737,000. After working on his own and then with Gus, how much money did he have? There was a vague estimate of his NET earnings in 'Gliding Over All' but that was about it.

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How much money did Walter White leave his family?

He ended up leaving them 9+ Million, I think he was happy with that. Maybe towards the end he was doing it for himself, but at the beginning it was mostly for the money and possibly a little for the thrill.

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How much did Walter White make at his peak?

Walter White may be fictional. But the $80 million profit he turned by selling meth in less than a year is a very realistic sum for a true-life drug kingpin.

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How much money did Walt give Gretchen and Elliot?

upon receiving the $9.7 million in cash. Gifts are never subject to income tax to the recipient under Section 102, and from a gift tax perspective, it is generally the donor who bears the tax consequences. Elliot and Gretchen, upon establishing the trust for Walter Jr., would be required to pay any gift tax.

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Why did Walt sell the car for $50?

It belonged to a man scared of Gus Fring, scared of Tuco Salamanca, scared of chemotherapy, scared of cholesterol. So, after taking a long look at his porkpie, he sells the car to the mechanic for fifty bucks — a dollar for each year of his previous life.

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How much did Walt make as a teacher?

White accepts a $43,000 a year job teaching high school science in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Forlorn by his jaded students, he longs for the glory days when his research contributed to a Nobel Prize in proton radiography (though he resents that, unlike his fellow researchers, he never became rich.)

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How much money did Skyler show Walt?

U-Store-It is a self-storage facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of its units was rented by Skyler White to store the ~$80 million fortune earned by her husband, Walter, from manufacturing and selling methamphetamine.

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How much money did Walter make at the end?

Walter White may be fictional. But the $80 million profit he turned by selling meth in less than a year is a very realistic sum for a true-life drug kingpin.

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Did Walt Jr really have CP?

Actor RJ Mitte rose to fame at the age of 14 when he was cast as Walter White Jr in cult series Breaking Bad. He has cerebral palsy and was bullied when he was younger because of his disability.

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Did Mike's granddaughter get any money?

After all he did, his guys were killed and his grandaughter won't ever get her money. It was all for nothing. Then Jesse Pinkman tried to give Kaylee half of his $5 mil buyout, but Saul wouldn't arrange it.

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Did Walt ever pay Jesse?

Jesse had absolutely nothing by the end. Walt aquired the $80 million during his stint with the Czech Republic after Jesse left the business and therefore Jesse earned nothing after Walt delivered the $5 million to his doorstep.

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How did Gus become rich?

Originally collaborating with the Mexican drug cartel to distribute cartel cocaine, Gus eliminated his dependence on the cartel and began distributing methamphetamine himself, and eventually became the kingpin of his solo drug empire, which was the most successful drug operation in United States history until his ...

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Does Walt ever get rich?

In the last episodes of Breaking Bad, Walter's fortune of 80 million dollars is split among 8 barrels of money. He buries it out in the desert to ensure that it can't be used as evidence against him by the police.

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What did Walt get a Nobel Prize for?

He studied chemistry at California Institute of Technology and, after graduate school, worked as a researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory. There he conducted research on proton radiography, that helped a team win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985.

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Did Walt count his money?

He had earned enough to be called North America's richest meth dealer this side of the continent. That was when he made the epic “I have so much I can't even count” statement in that iconic scene. Walter White had so many notes of different denominations of 20, 50, and 100 dollars that he stopped counting.

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Why did Walt burn all the money?

Feeling guilty after the air crash that ended season two, Walt hastily begins to burn his money on the barbecue. When he changes his mind, he literally sets himself on fire before dumping himself and the money into the pool.

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How much money did Walt keep?

What happens to Walt's money in Breaking Bad? In the last episodes of Breaking Bad, Walter's fortune of 80 million dollars is split among 8 barrels of money. He buries it out in the desert to ensure that it can't be used as evidence against him by the police.

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How much money does Jesse Pinkman have?

At the end of El Camino, Jesse had more than $230k in cash and a 1988 Toyota Land Cruiser (the movie is set in 2010). When Skinny Pete asks Jesse if he has any cash, Jesse says no. He and Badger then give Jesse approximately $8,000 in cash.

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Why didnt Walt let Elliot pay?

But he can't take Elliot's money because of his pride. Walt chooses to do the treatments but pay for them himself, which leads to the inevitability of making meth. By the final season of Breaking Bad, Walt finally admits to Skyler that he didn't pursue the money for his family anymore — he did it because he liked it.

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Did Gretchen cut out Walt?

The company went on to make billions, and Elliott and Gretchen got married. What we inferred: That the couple somehow forced Walt out or underestimated his talents. Gretchen actress Jessica Hecht said in 2009 however that Walt left the company because he felt inferior. Here's where Gilligan comes in.

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How much money did Tuco give Walt?

He agrees to pay Walt the $50,000, and tells him that his meth sold faster than any other product he had ever seen. Walt agrees to sell his next batch to Tuco, provided that payment is made upfront and that Tuco agrees to accept at least two pounds.

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