Millionaire migration.
THE WEST LOSES ITS RICH, THE EAST ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET.
Every year in Tanzania and Kenya, millions of wildebeest cross the Serengeti in the Great Migration, the biggest movement of life on earth. They move for 1 reason: survival, toward water, grass, and safety. Right now the same instinct drives the biggest movement of wealth in human history.
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Questions about Millionaire migration, answered
What does wealth migration cost the West?
$1.2 to $1.5 trillion in tax income lost by the West by 2030 on the wealth that departed, money that paid for pensions, hospitals and schools, now taxed in Dubai at 9% instead of Paris at 45%. Behind it sits the gravity shift: the BRICS economies produce $31.9 trillion a year and build their own payment rails outside the Western system.
Full answer →Which countries lose and win the wealth migration?
The UK lost 16,500 millionaires in 2025, the largest single-country outflow ever recorded. France, Germany and Spain bleed rich citizens for the first time in history. The winners: the UAE took 9,800 in 2025, the US 7,500, Saudi Arabia 2,400, 8 times more than in 2024, and Dubai hands 10-year golden visas even to creators and influencers.
Full answer →Did Igor Beuker predict the wealth migration?
Yes, on stage in Riyadh, a year before the data proved it: the wealthy leave the West, and not only for tax reasons. The East understood what the West forgot: talent and capital go where they are welcomed. Like the wildebeest crossing the Serengeti, the herd moves for survival, toward water, grass and safety. The herd is people, and it is heading East.
Full answer →How many millionaires are leaving the West?
142,000 millionaires moved countries in 2025, the largest wealth migration ever measured. Henley forecasts 165,000 for 2026. I forecast 200,000 a year by 2028 and 250,000 a year by 2030: 1.1 million millionaires out of the West by 2030, taking $3 trillion with them, more than the GDP of Italy walking East.
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