A nanny who watches over billionaire’s children has lifted the lid on the lavish lifestyle she has earned from looking after wealthy family’s kids – from jet setting around the world to the pay she receives.
Gloria Richards, 34, has revealed the pros and cons of taking care of the children of her ultra-wealthy clients.
The nanny – who has been caring for children of the mega-rich for over a decade – spends just half of her year caring for children and the other half acting in off-Broadway shows.
And while she doesn’t do it 365 days a year, her nannying gig still pays her the amount she needs to live a luxurious lifestyle that sees her making $167 an hour and driving Porches and Teslas.
Gloria Richards, 34, has revealed the pros and cons of taking care of the children of her ultra-wealthy clients (stock image)
According to CNBC, nannying for ultra-wealthy families makes up 80 to 90 per cent of her annual income.
She told the outlet: ‘I could nanny for, like, two months at the top of the year, and I’d be fine for the rest of the year.
‘What feeds me is being able to work so closely with these kids.’
Her day-to-day activities include watching over the children, managing their educational and social calendars, and handing out iPads as party favors at toddlers’ birthdays.
Gloria gets paid up to $2,000 per day for 12 to 15 hours of work.
And when she’s not coordinating the toddlers’ envious lives, she is hoping on a private jet with them.
She told the outlet that on her very first day acting as a nanny for the ultra-wealthy class, she was told to get on a private jet and head to Barbados with the children she had only just met.
And while the nanny adores her lifestyle, she revealed it does not come without its cons.
She revealed that many times she is hired to fill the role of a mother figure when the mega-rich parents don’t want to care for their kids.
Gloria told CNBC: ‘I’ve had full-blown interviews where [parents] are like, “We’re looking for someone to raise our kids.”
‘They tell me they had kids to pass on their trust funds, [and that] I’ll hang out with them after boarding school when they can drink.’
Gloria grew up with eight other siblings and began acting professionally at just 14 years old.
She got into nannying while working at the childcare department of a Reebok Sports Club, which then later was acquired by Equinox, the members were ultra-wealthy and began asking her to babysit their children.
Gloria began to see things she had never before, especially when it came to the impulse buys of the mega-rich.
Gloria gets paid up to $2,000 per day for 12 to 15 hours of work and frequently jets off to luxury resorts in Barbados with the kids (stock image)
She revealed she saw people buy homes while on a layover and splash out $3,200 for steaks they would only take one bit out of.
After it took off, she knew she had to seek representation to secure regular nannying jobs.
She is now represented by Madison Agency, a New York-based household staffing firm, and works for around 10 families at a time.
The director of operations at Madison Agency, Jackie Mann, explained that Gloria was a perfect fit for the job due to her love of traveling and has the ‘extraordinary personality’ needed for working with billionaires.
She revealed that patience is often very necessary for the gig.
Gloria told CNBC that the agency is essential, especially when it comes to dealing with clients who withhold her pay.
When Gloria is aboard, sometimes clients will ‘blindside’ her by cutting off her pay.
She said: ‘I’ll be in, like, Switzerland, and they’re telling me they can’t pay me for three weeks because they don’t have cash.
‘That’s also how they communicate when they don’t like something you did. They’ll stop paying you.’
She revealed that the agency ensures she gets her money on time.
And although she loves her job, she has to make sure to separate herself at times to help her mental health.
‘I’ve had families go through an immense amount of grief in the public eye. I’m watching their divorces or deaths within the family.
‘Sometimes I’m literally a shoulder to cry on. A second later, they’ll turn on me,’ the nanny told the publication.
She added: ‘I have to be very mindful that even though it’s an intimate setting, it’s still a job.’
Gloria also said being a black woman nannying for white families can also be a struggle.
The nanny said: ‘I’m a black woman, and there are many times that I’m working for white families, and by the time the kids are six or seven, they have very specific thoughts about people who look like me.’
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