"How Selfish is This Guy?"

Like I said, I have been digging 60 Minutes as of late. Part of the past Sunday broadcast was a piece on Tom Perkins, the highly successful, wildly wealthy venture capitalist who, among other things, likes to spend money. Leslie Stahl interviews him on his ship, the Maltese Falcon, the biggest sailing vessel in the world. You can watch the whole video below, but here is a transcript of the most interesting (to me) section (starting at about 4:30):

Lesley Stahl: "Why won't you tell us [how much the ship cost]? You've told us everything else. You don't seem to be embarrassed by everything else."
Tom Perkins: (laughing) "I'm embarrassed about that."
Stahl: "About how much it cost?"
Perkins: "Yeah."
Stahl: "Because..."
Perkins: "There's the homeless and charity, and there's lots of things you could do with the money that would improve the world."
Stahl: "Oh, good point, that you bring up yourself! Wow."
Perkins: "So, how selfish is this guy? I guess is the criticism. So the answer is pretty selfish, but I'm just not gonna put a number on it."

Amazing.