Looking to hobnob with the rich but not necessarily famous? Although New York City used to be where you'd be find the largest population of super-rich people in the world, Hong Kong has taken over the top spot this year, CNNMoney notes. That's per a new report from research firm Wealth-X, which looked for how many UHNWIs (ultra-high-net-worth individuals) reside in cities around the globe. To qualify as an UHNWI for this study, an individual had to be worth $30 million or more, and thanks to its robust stock market and ties to a burgeoning Chinese economy, Hong Kong now claims more than 10,000 of these super-rich residents. The Big Apple falls to second place with nearly 8,900. Here, the top 10 cities and the number of UHNWIs in each:
- Hong Kong; 10,010
- New York; 8,865
- Tokyo; 6,785
- Los Angeles; 5,250
- Paris; 3,950
- London; 3,830
- Chicago; 3,255
- San Francisco; 2,820
- Washington, DC; 2,735
- Osaka, Japan; 2,730
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