Who funded Charles Xavier's school?

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I know that Xavier was rich, very rich:

He ran his own school for years
He built Cerebro
He owned an exotic aircraft (possibly worth hundreds of millions of dollars)
He rebuilt the mansion, including the contents (even if the X-Men supplied the labor)
He (probably?) was held responsible for the damage his team did to the city

How could he afford it? Was there any other person or organization also funding his activities?

I read the title as founded and was about to reply, Well, Charles Xavier, duh! — BlueMoon93, Commented Apr 10, 2018 at 10:19
The ability to read anyone's mind around the world really leads to some amazing money making opportunities. Even basic insider trading, or even subtly suggesting things. Xavier could send his consciousness back in time? Maybe he suggested the making of google? — Trevor, Commented Apr 10, 2018 at 20:23
@TrevorD He could, right. But personally I don't think he was that kind of people to do so. — Johansson, Commented Apr 10, 2018 at 20:31
He used his telepathic abilities to rob banks. People didn't know about the robberies because he telepathicly deleted those memories from everyone's mind using Cerebro. Duh! — ibrahim mahrir, Commented Apr 10, 2018 at 23:01
duh! thing is going too far I think.. duh! , anyways, Xavier already was very rich, and probably he has some profitable businesses using them and probably he has got some investors, donors and paying students who was sent by their rich parents (Ex: As I remember, Angel from X-3) — Vishwa, Commented Apr 11, 2018 at 6:52

Community · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-10 21:07:25Z

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Xavier has a family inherited mansion, is a natural genius and attended Oxford University. It seems he inherited a lot of money from his father.

Even in X-Men: First Class a CIA agent was involved in their mission and Cerebro was made by Hank not Xavier.

And he is running a school, so maybe some of his students pay. In the comics he had rich students too.

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answered Apr 10, 2018 at 11:06

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Yeah, I'm thinking there was a lot of tuition money coming in from parents that really loved their kids but didn't want the world to know they were parents of a mutant.
– user25738
Commented Apr 10, 2018 at 13:23
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@SiXandSeven8ths we don't know background of all the children. And in comics we did had rich kids like Angel, Wolverine also had some stack of money but in film we are not fully sure.
– Ankit Sharma ♦
Commented Apr 10, 2018 at 13:29

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