Maria Aunsholt Storgaard and Magnus Georg Jensen are similar in many ways, but because her parents helped her buy an owner-occupied apartment that is rapidly increasing in value, their wealth is developing very differently. Foto: Finn Frandsen

They are the same age, have the same job, and earn the same salary, but Magnus Georg Jensen rents an apartment with a friend, while Maria Aunsholt Storgaard lives in the city center with two million in equity – because her parents could help her, and his could not.

Maria and Magnus's wildly different wealth and residence can be traced back to one crossroad: Their parents.

Maria Aunsholt Storgaard and Magnus Georg Jensen are similar in many ways, but because her parents helped her buy an owner-occupied apartment that is rapidly increasing in value, their wealth is developing very differently. Foto: Finn Frandsen
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De er begge 30 år, de arbejder begge som konsulenter, og de tjener begge en god løn på mellem 60.000 og 70.000 kroner om måneden.

Men mens Magnus Georg Jensen bor til leje med en kammerat og tvivler på, om han nogensinde får råd til at købe sin egen bolig i sin fødeby, København, så bor Maria Aunsholt Storgaard i en 79 kvadratmeters ejerlejlighed på Sølvgade i indre by – med en anslået friværdi på næsten to millioner kroner.

At to så ens mennesker kan have så markant forskellig formue og bopæl i så ung en alder kan spores tilbage til én enkelt, men fuldkommen afgørende skillevej i deres liv, som de i øvrigt deler med så mange andre.

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