The official filthy rich handbook (2024)

“<p><P>How the Other .0001% Live<br><br> It's looking like another banner year for America's moneyed over-class, the lucky .0001 percent sitting on $30 million-plus in liquid assets.<br> <br> But sadly, most of the newcomers joining their ranks are simply not prepared to make the decisions that come with having it all. Unsure about everything&#8212;butler or majordomo? St. Tropez or St. Thomas?&#8212;they will blow their hard-earned billions on tacky houses, outrageous wardrobes, and outr&eacute; diversions of various stripes. Because, while there are countless ways to make a fortune these days, there's still only one way to be Filthy Rich.<br> <br> Fortunately, in the spirit of <i>The Official Preppy Handbook</i>&#8212;the 1.3-million-copy bestseller that taught all of us how to be WASPily top drawer&#8212;help has arrived. A dead-on, deadpan guide to living large in the land of plenty, <i>The Official Filthy Rich Handbook</i> yanks the monogrammed pashmina off a world few mortals ever get to see. Packed with insight and savvy, it brings this rarified universe to scandalous new life, feeding our endless fascination with the tastefully loaded, while offering practical instructions for those who dream of joining them. <br><br> In it, you'll learn not only where to live and what to wear, but about the things that really matter. How to hire a household staff. The right cosmetic surgery procedures for you...and your children. The proper way to name your houses. The sacred role of privet hedges. Why the Filthy Rich swim naked. The down-and-dirty on your fellow plutocrats (The Nerdling, The Raider, and the Grande Dame, to name a few). The moochers and scoundrels to know and avoid. How to buy agigayacht. The right spots to party in Sardinia, Aspen, Nantucket, and St. Barts. The world's hottest tax havens. The four interior decorators worth waiting for. The Filthy Richest rehabs. Boarding schools of the rich and f*ckless. Why it's so hard to break into the art market and how to sound smart about Richard Serra. And much, much more. The rich "are different from you and me," F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote. Wait until you see the Filthy Rich.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p><P>Those top-drawer trendies from the 1980 <I>Official Preppy Handbook</I> have grown older and richer; it's time now to tweak the lifestyles of the &uuml;ber-rich, people Tennant, one-time columnist for the <I>New York Post</I>'s "Page Six" gossip column and cofounder of <I>Radar</I> magazine, knows well. Tennant opens with a "plutocrat primer," a sketchbook detailing various Filthy Rich types, from hedgers to "heirheads." Chapters follow on where to buy homes and how to hire staff, especially that "jewelry handler" who carries "illicit substances" for high-echelon rappers. Vacations are another big issue, involving whole new wardrobes and leisure activities. Sports are great for conspicuous consumption of time and money; the most desirable sports, like fly fishing, big-game hunting or polo, can involve special vacations of their own. Even simple sports like golf require joining the right club; Tennant's matter-of-fact listing of the clubs' discriminatory barriers speaks for itself. Then, since "to heir is divine," there's a chapter on having children-which boils down to buying the most exclusive baby buggy, hiring the least marriage-threatening nanny and picking the most ego-satisfying boarding school. Jazzy page layouts and endless name-dropping make for a great tongue-in-cheek humor book. <I>(June)</I></P>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.</p>

vii, 247 pages : 21 cm

A dead-on, deadpan guide to living among the filthy rich. Packed with insight and savvy, it brings the rarified universe of the rich to the reader while offering practical instructions for those who dream of joining them

"How the other . 0001% lives"--Cover

"The complete guide--the best zip codes; majordomo vs. butler; the perils of island-buying; teach your children swell; why the wealthy swim nude; how to talk polo; and other essentials, including a clip-'n-save NDA"--Cover

Includes index

Introduction -- 1. The plutocrat primer : meet your new friends -- 2. Where to live : homing patterns -- 3. It takes a village : the art of staffing up -- 4. Buying a better you : looking the part -- 5. The social whirl : out & about -- 6. Travek & leisure : summer is a verb -- 7. Float some & jet some : tycoons on the move -- 8. Playgrounds & pastimes : get a hobby -- 9. To heir is devine : billionaire breeding habits -- 10. Afflictions & pretensions : surviving at the top”