Servicing the Super-Rich ; As London Emerges As the Billionaires' Capital of the World, We Look at the Small Army of Advisers and Fixers Who Are Providing the Uber- Wealthy with Everything From Bodyguards to Yachts

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ACCORDING to Forbes, London is now the capital of the world for the seriously wealthy.

It has the houses, the clubs, the shops, the private tutors, the florists, the money

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Servicing the Super-Rich ; As London Emerges As the Billionaires' Capital of the World, We Look at the Small Army of Advisers and Fixers Who Are Providing the Uber- Wealthy with Everything From Bodyguards to Yachts

managers, the interior designers, the art buyers, the bodyguards and even the best

"philanthropy advisers" in the world.

With all of that - and Gordon Brown's generous Non Dom tax regime, of course - the

capital has become a haven for the likes of Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and

Lily Safra, widow of banker Edmund Safra. Not to mention the stream of wealthy Russians,

Arabs and Chinese who now make it their - parttime - home.

"London has become the most convenient and sophisticated city in which to live if

you are very rich," says one gilded type. Part of the reason is that we are very good

ind...

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