More than half of wealthy investors plan to survive past the age of 100. “The rich also seem to know that living to 100 is a pricey prospect, one that requires more spending on health care, better food, exercise and other services that can lengthen life. Also, you have to keep paying for everything that comes from hanging around additional decades.” It may not get you to the century mark, but having big bucks can definitely stretch things out. Consider these remarkable stats: “The richest 1 percent of American women by income live more than 10 years longer than the poorest 1 percent … For men, the gap between the richest and poorest Americans is almost 15 years.”