10 Global Cities Where Super-Rich Resides

By siliconindia | Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 13:19 Hrs

New York

New York is the city where there is highest growth in population of millionaires, and where more than 8000 people saw their wealth grow enough to join the ranks. New York has always known to be supreme. When it comes to political power or economic activity, New York is at its best. It is popular being a center for finance and culture and also as the largest gateway for immigration to the United States. It is a city where most of the high net worth individuals prefers to live in. When compared to other cities like Chicago and Washington D.C. the millionaire club in New York is the highest. The total number of millionaires in this city is almost 300,100.

Tokyo

A new study from London-based WealthInsight, the independent research firm, ranked Tokyo the number one city in the world when it comes to millionaire population. There are 2.1 million millionaires in Japan, where 21 percent of them live in Tokyo. Tokyo is often referred to as a city, but is officially known as a "metropolitan prefecture", which differs from a city. Thus the total millionaire population is 226,500.