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Smaller than New York’s Central Park, Monaco doesn’t impose taxes on capital gains or income and has generous exemptions for inherited assets. It also offers high levels of safety compared with other European territories.

British brothers worth $9 billion quit U.K. as wealth exodus grows

By Ben Stupples and Bloomberg

George Soros

George Soros’ firm dumped $73 million in Alphabet and Amazon before the July nosedive

By Annie Massa, Ben Stupples, and others

Deutsche Bank offices in the City of London on 2nd July 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Deutsche Bank AG is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt. The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the primary central business district CBD of London. The City of London is widely referred to simply as the City is also colloquially known as the Square Mile. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Germany’s Deutsche Bank looks across the pond as it aims to become Wall Street’s most powerful European rival

By Ben Stupples, Arno Schütze, and others

CEO of Revolut, Nik Storonsky

Revolut billionaire Nik Storonsky embraces AI by launching ‘truly systematic’ $200 million VC firm

By Ben Stupples, Mark Bergen, and others

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

The U.K.’s super-rich are in ‘panic mode’ and are fleeing the country to shelter their money from election hit

By Ben Stupples, Charlie Wells, and others

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club owner Joe Lewis

Joe Lewis’ $250 million superyacht, ranked among the world’s 25-most valuable, sets sail after he pays US fine

By Ben Stupples, Ava Benny-Morrison, and others

Richard Branson is honored with star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 16, 2018 in Hollywood, California.

Billionaire and Virgin Group founder, Richard Branson’s wealth has tumbled by more than half since 2021 to $3bn as SPAC problems gave him ‘a big jolt from the side through COVID’

By Ben Stupples and Bloomberg

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

U.K. is overhauling its preferential tax treatment for wealthy foreigners

By Ben Stupples, William Shaw, and others

Leon Black

Wall Street billionaire Leon Black just sold his Apollo Global stock for the first time since co-founding the private equity giant

By Ben Stupples and Bloomberg

Charif Souki

Meet the former billionaires who pledged stock as collateral and were underwater when the margin calls came in

By Ben Stupples and Bloomberg

David Rubenstein

Legendary LBO billionaire David Rubenstein sees opportunity in multifamily housing and industrial properties, raising $400 million fund, sources say

By Ben Stupples and Bloomberg

Stagecoach bus

‘We’re definitely not of the camp that is risk-off’: UK bus tycoon goes on M&A spending spree with £595 million ‘firepower’

By Ben Stupples and Bloomberg

BioNTech

Secretive German billionaire twins cut Covid vaccine bet after banking 550% gain

By Ben Stupples and Bloomberg

NEW YORK CITY – OCTOBER 11: A Birkenstock banner hangs from the front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as the German footwear company makes its debut on the Exchange on October 11, 2023 in New York City, The 249-year-old shoemaker, which started out with their iconic leather sandals, has set a price of $46 per share for its initial public offering of stock. This is valuing the company at $8.64 billion.United States. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Birkenstock heirs are now worth $3.4 billion after the 250-year-old shoemaker’s high-profile IPO

By Ben Stupples, Tom Maloney, and others

BioNTech

Septuagenarian billionaire twins from Germany are quietly remaking the world of health care—and it all started with a vaccine

By Ben Stupples and Bloomberg