Including Dubai .. Countries that embrace the world's wealthy
The Emirate of Dubai maintained its leadership in the Middle East and North Africa region and ranked 20th globally on Henley & Partners' list of the world's richest cities 2023.
The United States of America is proud to be the largest country in the world in terms of the number of people with wealth exceeding millions of dollars and even billions.
During the current year, the American city of New York maintained the top of the list of the richest cities in the world in terms of the number of wealthy people residing there, with 58 billionaires residing there, according to the annual report of the British company Henley and Partners.
15 cities crowded with wealthy people in The United States
The report of Henley and Partners, specializes in citizenship and residency policy consulting, highlights the 97 richest cities in the world in terms of the number of millionaires and billionaires based on the spending returns of more than 150 thousand ultra-wealthy people, showed that the United States alone includes 15 cities that are crowded with wealthy people.
According to the “Forbes” list of the world's richest people 2023, the United States includes 735 billionaires who manage fortunes estimated at $ 4.5 trillion, followed by China with 562 billionaires on its lands, including Hong Kong and Macau, who own wealth of $ 2 trillion, according to stock and exchange prices last March.
New York
New York, the capital of money and the largest city in America (the Big Apple), came at the top of the list of the richest cities in the world 2023, with its embrace of 340,000 millionaires and 724 people who have investable wealth estimated at $100 million or more, in addition to 58 billionaires.
During the period from 2012 to 2022, the number of the super-rich in New York increased by 40%, but the San Francisco Bay Area surpassed it with a growth rate of 68%, to rank third in the world and the second in America among the richest cities in the world, with its embrace of 63 billionaires and 285 thousand people who exceed Their wealth levels are the million-dollar level.
As for the third place in America and the sixth in the world, Los Angeles comes with its embrace of 205.4 thousand millionaires, so that America takes 3 places in the list of the 10 richest cities in the world.
The 5 largest cities embracing the rich
After New York, the Japanese capital, Tokyo, ranks second among the richest cities in the world, with more than 290.3 thousand millionaires and 14 billionaires, despite the decline in the number of wealthy people during the past ten years by 5%, followed by the San Francisco Bay Area.
In fourth place in the world, London, which is inhabited by 258,000 people with wealth exceeding one million dollars, ranked fifth, and Singapore came with its embrace of 240.1 millionaires. Although France advanced this year for the first time over America in the Forbes list of the world’s richest people, its famous capital, Paris, came in fourth. Ranked 18th in the world among the richest cities in the world.
Paris, hosts 93,000 millionaires and only 16 billionaires. For the first time, the French CEO of the (LVMH) group, Bernard Arnault, snatched the title of the richest man in the world from the wealthy of America, with a fortune estimated at the beginning of April of 211 billion dollars.
Dubai is the 20th globally and the first regionally
The Emirate of Dubai has maintained its top spot in the list of the richest cities in the Middle East and North Africa region in terms of the number of wealthy residents.
It ranked 20th in the world, surpassing famous cities such as Mumbai, Rome, and Seattle, recording a growth of 62% during the period 2012-2022.
According to the list, Dubai hosts 68,400 millionaires and 15 billionaires, followed by Abu Dhabi regionally and 39th globally, with 24,200 people whose wealth exceeds one million dollars.
And in third place in the Arab world and 44 globally, comes Doha, which is home to 21.5 thousand millionaires.