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GLOBAL CITIES

To gauge which cities are considered the most important to the world’s HNWIs, The Wealth Report surveyed Citi Private Bank’s wealth advisors around the world and Knight Frank’s global network of luxury property specialists.

We asked which are the most important cities to their clients now, which will be the most important in 10 years, and which are growing in importance the fastest. As well as ranking the leading cities in each category, we have also broken the results down by region to offer some insight into the cities regarded as most important by HNWIs in different parts of the world.

In addition to our overall rankings, respondents were also asked to name the cities that they felt were global leaders in the fields of economic activity, political power, knowledge and influence, and quality of life.

SOURCES OF POWER

City Power & New World Order
Quality of Life Knowledge & influence Political power Economic activity
1 London London Washington DC London
2 Singapore New York London New York
3 New York Boston New York Hong Kong
4 Geneva Paris Beijing Shanghai
5 Sydney Geneva Paris Singapore
6 Hong Kong Washington DC Berlin Beijing
7 Paris Hong Kong Brussels Dubai
8 Vancouver Singapre Frankfurt Paris
9 Miami Beijing Shanghai Tokyo
10 Dubai Chicago Riyadh / Jeddah Frankfurt
11 Barcelona Dubai Singapore Madrid
12 Madrid Shanghai Rome Moscow
13 Zurich Tokyo Moscow Geneva
14 Melbourne Houston Mexico City Bangkok
15 Vienna Melbourne Hong Kong Miami
16 Monaco Miami Geneva Sao Paulo
17 Houston Mexico City Miami Rome
18 Toronto Viena Jakarta Mexico City
19 Dallas Berlin Milan Vienna
20 Rome Moscow Vienna Berlin

THE MOST IMPORTANT GLOBAL CITIES

City Power & New World Order
Now In 10 years Fastest growing in importance
1 London London Beijing
2 New York New York Shanghai
3 Hong Kong Beijing London
4 Paris Shanghai Singapore
5 Singapore Singapore Hong Kong
6 Miami Hong Kong New York
7 Geneva Paris Sao Paulo
8 Shanghai Sao Paulo Dubai
9 Beijing Geneva Mumbai
10 Berlin Berlin Paris
11 Moscow Miami Berlin
12 Rome Washington DC Geneva
13 Dubai Rome Miami
14 Monaco Moscow Rio de Janeiro
15 Frankfurt Dubai Rome
16 Madrid Mumbai Istanbul
17 Vancouver Vienna Mexico City
18 Sao Paulo Vancouver New Delhi
19 Tokyo Tokyo Sydney
20 Mexico City New Delhi Vienna
Response by Region
Now In 10 years Fastest Growing Importance
North America
1 London New York Beijing
2 New York London New York
3 Hong Kong Beijing London
4 Paris Hong Kong Shanghai
5 Miami Washington DC Singapore
South America
1 New York London Sao Paulo
2 Miami Beijing Shanghai
3 London Miami Beijing
4 Madrid New York New York
5 Mexico City Sao Paulo Miami
Asia Pacific
1 London New York Shanghai
2 New York Shanghai Beijing
3 Hong Kong London Singapore
4 Singapore Beijing Hong Kong
5 Shanghai Singapore London
Europe and Russia
1 London London London
2 New York New York Singapore
3 Paris Shanghai Shanghai
4 Geneva Singapore Beijing
5 Moscow Hong Kong Hong Kong
Middle East and Africa
1 London London London
2 Paris New York Dubai
3 New York Paris Beijing
4 Geneva Hong Kong Hong Kong
5 Dubai Geneva New York