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Well... one does not become a millionaire in a vacuum, and I think the context of how you become that rich is important.
e.g. if you're a millionaire because you own a company and you're exploiting all those workers, then you'd HAVE to find a way to justify it yourself or you'd go insane from your own evil actions.
But if you're a trillionaire because your ultra rich distant relative who you never knew about left it to you, then you've no need to make that kind of internal justification.
If you're a treat producing celebrity, this just comes down to what you did and what you supported to get said money. It's probably impossible to be completely blemish-free.
As the question stands on its own, I think I could literally have all the money in the world before it became detrimental to MY well being. Because the next thing I would do is use it to fundamentally change society, like get to abolishing capitalism, and/or give it all away.