Upon meeting Benz and Diesel again, Arthur found that they hadn't lost themselves due to their newfound wealth. In fact, they loved their industry and research work even more.
It is important to note that both Diesel and Benz each held ten percent of the shares in their respective engine factories and car factories.
As of now, the car factory is the most profitable business for Arthur's Royal Financial Group, with an annual income of at least 15 million pounds and increasing as the market expands.
While Benz's ten percent stake in the car factory may not be much, it still brings him over a million pounds in income each year.
This made him a millionaire in the early twentieth century! Looking at the entire New Zealand region, the total fiscal revenue in 1903 was only 1.5 million pounds, almost on par with Benz's pre-tax total income.
Benz: What does it mean to be rich enough to rival a country? This is it!