Abu Dhabi Is the World’s Newest Wealth Haven for Billionaires (From Bloomberg)

SHEENA RICARTE
2 min readDec 19, 2023

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By Ben Bartenstein, December 11, 2023

Office buildings in the Abu Dhabi Global Market in Abu Dhabi.Photographer: Natalie Naccache/Bloomberg

More than 5,000 SPVs are said to have been set up in Abu Dhabi including by CZ, Lisin and Dalio

For decades, many of the world’s richest people chose to safeguard their assets in overseas locales ranging from the Cayman Islands to Switzerland and the British Virgin Islands. But a new wealth hub is becoming wildly popular with billionaires — the skyscraper-studded emirate of Abu Dhabi.

The richest man in crypto Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, India’s Adani family, hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio and Russian steel magnate Vladimir Lisin are among the dozens of high net worth individuals who’ve set up special purpose vehicles in Abu Dhabi’s international financial center this year, according to a review of hundreds of

Residential and commercial skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on April 10, 2022. Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg

Sources:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-11/world-s-newest-haven-for-billionaires-is-a-skyscraper-studded-emirate

https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-international/abu-dhabi-is-the-worlds-newest-wealth-haven-for-billionaires

https://twitter.com/wealth/status/1734135453262004677

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SHEENA RICARTE
SHEENA RICARTE

Written by SHEENA RICARTE

Freelance finance writer Sheena Ricarte's interests comprise international finance, economics, personal finance, asset protection law, & investment management.

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