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A water slide on Savannah, a 274-foot hybrid superyacht. Courtesy of Northrup & Johnson A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Superyachts sales took a dive in 2023, as long

Photo Of Robot Examining Invoice With Magnifying Glass. Andreypopov | Istock | Getty Images Even as the IRS makes headlines for cracking down on the wealthy, state tax collectors have become even more aggressive with audits of high earners, according to tax attorneys and accountants. In New York, the tax department reported 771,000 audits in

Thomas Kokta | Photographer’s Choice Rf | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Wealthy U.S. families are increasingly applying for second citizenships and national residences as a

Martin Puddy | Digitalvision | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. The wealth of the top 1% hit a record $44.6 trillion at the end of the

Xavier Lorenzo | Moment | Getty Images There is officially one winner for the $1.128 billion Mega Millions jackpot — and the taxman will take a sizable share, experts say. A single ticket sold in New Jersey won the game’s fifth-largest grand prize after matching all six numbers drawn Tuesday night, Mega Millions announced Wednesday.

With 92 billionaires, Mumbai ranks third behind New York and London, but ahead of Beijing, and Shanghai. Tuul & Bruno Morandi | The Image Bank | Getty Images Move over, Beijing. Mumbai is now the Asian capital with the most number of billionaires, according to Hurun Research Institute’s global rich list.  This is the first

Vm | E+ | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. The U.S. has rapidly overwhelmed China as the world’s top spot for millionaires and billionaires, according a

For the most part, Mark Cuban is firmly anti-micromanaging. The 65-year-old billionaire entrepreneur weighed in on the common leadership style in a recent post on social media network X. If you find yourself constantly micromanaging the people around you, something’s wrong, Cuban noted. The only exception, he added: When you’re early in a process — think

Heli-skiing on virgin snow in Antarctica for a cool $2.2 million. A polar bear safari in an “off-limits” area of Norway’s Svalbard for $300,000. How about tracking snow leopards in the Himalayas with renowned explorers for $100,000?  Big-ticket travel experiences like those are indicative of the “quiet luxury” trend which began in the world of

A new report found that New York City is the no. 1 place for ultra-high-net-worth individuals to own a property. Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions,

Singapore made global headlines last year when the government announced that biometric processing will replace travel document verifications at Changi Airport in the first half of 2024. But the city-state is going “passport-free” in another area: its land border with Malaysia. From Tuesday, people traveling by car between Singapore and Malaysia can show self-generated QR

A person plays lottery at a 7-eleven store as Mega Millions jackpot reaches $ 1 billion 580 million, in Redwood City, California, United States on August 8, 2023. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The Mega Millions jackpot jumped to an estimated $977 million — the game’s sixth-largest prize — without a winner