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Billionaires have left the U.K. and taken $160 billion to the likes of Monaco, Switzerland, and the UAE—that’s more than those who stayed are worth

The ultra-rich have exited the U.K. for tax safe havens. A steel billionaire quit Britain after 30 years for the Alps, and an 88-year-old fled to Monaco.
It’s estimated that billionaire U.K. residents who have loosened their ties to the country in the past two years—or up and left completely—took around $160 billion with them collectively, according to a recent analysis from Bloomberg. It’s an eye-watering fortune that even surpasses the combined wealth of billionaires who have chosen to stick with their U.K. postcodes. It’s no secret that there’s been a wave of millionaires and billionaires quitting Britain. Wealthy U.K. residents had already been fleeing the country for years before the Labour party took office…
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