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Remember when having a couple of million quid meant something? Neither do we. Today, several thousand Brits are sitting on at least 50 times that.
They’re not all famous, or even well known, but they have much in common. They can travel where they want, live where they want, do what they want and even screw who they want. Their money allows them to be truly free. But freedom has its price. In their case, it’s the tyranny of too many options. St Barts or St Moritz? Gulfstream or Boeing? Private golf course or polo field? We’re exhausted just thinking about it. We call this tippity-top tier the Filthy Rich. From houses to holidays, fashion to philandering, find out how the other 0.0001% lives . . .
The Wastrel
Made fortune Convincing Grandma he needed £3m cash to start a hip-hop label
Net worth £200m if he makes it to 25
Grandad was A Welsh rabbit farmer; a Greek shipping tycoon
Education One term at Charterhouse; 28 days at Promises Malibu
Nickname Bloater
Confidante The Venezuelan juice heir/junkie he met in drug rehabilitation
Soul mate His personal shopper at Selfridges
Collects Own press clippings; racist jokes
Passions Midmarket celeb mags; freebasing
Pet peeves Stepdads; fat chicks
Fondest memory Crashing Prince Harry’s 21st
Big dream A threesome on P Diddy’s yacht
Bête noire Valley trash
Patron saints Calum Best; Stavros Niarchos
The Grande Dame
Made fortune When she married Charles
Net worth £290m from third husband; £200m from the second; a Vauxhall Astra from the first
Education: Two years at a secretarial college
Nickname Cookie
Confidantes Her five jack russell terriers
Soul mate Her walker, Reinaldo
Collects Blackamoor cameos; South American orchids; working farms
Passions Competitive bridge; the anorexic diet she’s been on since she was eight; saving Venice.
Fondest memory Her two-day affair with Ari Onassis in 1962
Big dream: To be acknowledged for her decades of selfless toil.
Bête noire Her “degenerate” son
Patron saints Susan Sangster; Carole Bamford
The Nerdling
Made fortune Overnight
Net worth £400m on paper
Dad was A physics supply teacher
Nickname Obi-Wan
Confidante Eurethra Antwerp, a dominatrix on Second Life
Soul mate Julie, his VP of Executive Dream Coordination and Actualisation
Collects Life-size Matrix figures; vintage console video games; photos of 18-year-old Asian girls he meets on Facebook
Passions Social networking
Pet peeves Messy code; condescending venture capitalists
Fondest memory Turning down Google
Big dream To speak Mandarin
Bête noire Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin; the rower who gave him a wedgie in his first year at college
The Heairhead
Made fortune Playing role of debauched spoilt brat
Net worth Share of £70m family trust (plus sex-tape royalties)
Dad was A well-known 1970s lothario
Education Expelled from boarding school
Nickname Celebutard; Heir Mattress
Confidante Mr Sparkles, her pygmy house cat
Soul mate Her hair-extension guru, Fabien
Collects Minor STDs; parking tickets
Passions “Feminitism”; exotic marsupials
Pet peeves Ugly girls; “mean people”
Fondest memory Back-to- back spreads in Vanity Fair and Maxim
Big dream To find a European prince and live happily ever after on the pages of Hello!
Patron saints Paris Hilton; Kimberly Stewart
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