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Super Carlin Brothers

Harry Potter: Why Are The Malfoy’s SO RICH?!

Super Carlin Brothers

J and Ben Carlin

News, Tv & Film, Entertainment News

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp – Go to http://betterhelp.com/super to get 10% off your first month. This episode is sponsored by Shopify – Go to http://shopify.com/scb to sign up for your $1-per-month trial period. How did the Malfoy family get their enormous wealth in the Wizarding World? From Malfoy Manor to Quidditch Top Box tickets, the Malfoys are the ultimate example of pure-blood privilege. But where does all that gold actually come from — and are the Malfoys truly evil, or just opportunistic? Today we dive into their 1,000-year history, their “slippery” legacy, and how they managed to stay on top of wizarding society for centuries. #HarryPotter #SuperCarlinBrother #WizardingWorld  THROUGH THE GRIFFIN TOUR MIDWEST Tickets ON SALE NOW! https://supercarlinbrothers.com/events/  Midwest Tour Dates:  Indianapolis, IN - 9/16 St. Louis, MO - 9/17 Des Moines, IA - 9/19 (SOLD OUT) St. Paul, MN - 9/20 (SOLD OUT) Milwaukee, WI - 9/21 Chicago, IL - 9/23 Detroit, MI - 9/24 (SOLD OUT) Cleveland, OH - 9/25 (SOLD OUT) #HarryPotter #SuperCarlinBrothers  Written by :: J & Ben Carlin Edited by :: Ethan Edghill

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0:00.0

Supercarlin Brothers is sponsored by BetterHelp.

0:02.0

Ever find yourself unloading the way to the world on the person at the checkout counter?

0:05.0

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0:22.6

Hey, brother!

0:23.6

Let's talk about the Malfoy, shall we?

0:25.6

The name in rich, pure blood elitism.

0:27.6

Their name literally means bad faith, and they act like it.

0:32.6

I think my name's funny, do you?

0:36.6

It is such a shame that Draco is the first kid that Harry ever meets inside of the wizarding world.

0:43.3

Like, you were raised by these terrible muggles, you get rescued on the hut on the rock in the sea by a half giant who tells you you're a wizard?

0:50.3

I'm a what?

0:52.3

A wizard!

0:53.3

Only to find out that it's more of the same, but now with magic. My father is next door by my books. Momon's up the street looking at wands, said the boy. He had a bored, drawing voice. Then I'm going to drag them off to look at racing rooms. I don't see why first years can't have their own. I think I'll bully father into getting me one and I'll smuggle it in somehow. But one detail that seems to go unexplained throughout the saga is just

1:14.6

where all of this wealth actually comes from.

1:17.7

What's the use in being a disgrace to the name of Wizard if they don't even pay you well for it?

1:23.9

The thing is that Arthur is actually employed. Nara Zackendell, Lucius is just, you know, present.

1:31.3

Oh wait, no, that's what he gifts.

1:33.3

A gift on Draco's father.

1:35.3

But seriously, it's a little rich to be insulting someone else's job

1:39.3

when you're actively intentionally unemployed, you know?

1:43.3

Oh wait, no, I got that wrong. It's not a little

1:45.0

rich, it's big rich because the Malfoy's don't have some money. They are loathode.

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