The top 10 cities around the world with the most ultra-wealthy people

Tech Insider : Economy
Hong Kong skyline
Hong Kong was home to the most ultra high net worth people in 2022.

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An estate manager for the wealthy shares some of the outlandish and intimate requests she's received from clients

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Emily Webb-Doskow manages the households of wealthy clients.

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Here's why wealthy Americans say it's getting harder for them to get richer

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The housing market is contributing to many wealthy Americans' gloomy feeling about their futures.

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Rich people are more likely to steal from self-checkout. Why?

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A person self-scans an item at a self-checkout at Lowes.
In a recent survey, people with household incomes of more than $100,000 were the group that most admitted they stole items from a self-checkout.

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Small airports are magnets for the wealthy: Here are the 8 most popular for private jets

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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg frequent private jets.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are frequent users of their private jets. Some small cities and towns across the US see a big surge of PJs for certain events.

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Where billionaires spend the holidays

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in Aspen, Colorado, last holiday season.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez were spotted in Aspen, Colorado, last December. The ski resort is among the most popular spots for the ultrawealthy over the holidays.

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I worked at Louis Vuitton. We spotted fake bags all the time — here's what we did when customers tried to return them.

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Shelley Alvarado worked at Louis Vuitton for five years and says she was passionate about the product — and able to easily spot counterfeit bags.

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Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian weren't rich enough to make Forbes' list of the richest Americans

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Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian
Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian are among the more than 350 people who didn't make Forbes' yearly list of the 400 richest Americans despite being billionaires.

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A college counselor said a parent offered him $1.5 million to deny service to their child's classmates — highlighting the cut-throat battle for Ivy League admissions

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Harvard University campus
Harvard University, which ranks No. 3 in US News' latest rankings, accepted less than 4% of applicants for class of 2027.

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I make the impossible possible for some of America's richest people with an ultra-exclusive concierge app

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Rey Flemings runs the Myria app.

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