The Official Filthy Rich Handbook

by Tennant, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780761147039
• ISBN10: 0761147039
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-19
• Publisher: Workman Pub Co

Summary

It's looking like another banner year for America's moneyed overclass, that lucky .0001 percent of the population sitting on $30 million-plus in liquid assets. Sadly, every year thousands more will be joining their ranks and discovering it's not so easy to have it all. St. Tropez or St. Thomas? Maybach or Hummer? So many choices--and worse, so many opportunities to make the wrong choice.Now help has arrived. In the spirit of "The Official Preppy Handbook"--the 1.3 million-copy bestseller that taught us all how to be top drawer--here is a dead-on, deadpan guide to living large in the land of plenty. Packed with wry insight and savvy, "The Official Filthy Rich Handbook" yanks the monogrammed pashmina off a world few mortals get to see. An actual instuction manual, this nuts-and-bolts guide (phone numbers included) feeds our endless fascination with the world of the loaded while offering practical instruction for those who aspire to join them.The difference between a majordomo and a butler. The proper way to name your houses. Acceptable Privet Height: A Cautionary Tale. Meet your new peers in the Plutocrat Primer--including The Speculator, The Thrillionaire, The Moguless, The Heirhead--and the mooches and scoundrels to know and avoid. Cosmetic procedures for you...and your children. The right spots to party in Sardinia, Aspen, Napa, St. Barts. Bodygurads--ex-Mossad vs. ex-NYPD. The Top 10 Charities. Why the Filthy Rich swim nude. The official Filthy Rich-Approved List of Rehab Centers. Why it's so hard to break into the art market (and how to do it). Fun gadgets: La Cimballi M3 Cappucino Station, the Toto Washlet S300 no-paper toilet. Colleges you'll want your kids to drop out of. What to wear when interviewing with the co-op board. And much, much more."The rich are diffferent from you and me," said F. Scott Fitzgerald. But at least now you know what they know.

Table of Contents

The Plutocrat Primer: Meet your new friends

Where to Live: Homing patterns

It Takes a Village: The art of staffing up

Buying a Better You: Looking the part

The Social Whirl: Out & about

Travel & Leisure: Summer is a verb

Float Some & Jet Some: Tycoons on the move

Playgrounds & Pastimes: Get a hobby

To Heir is Divine: Billionaire breeding habits

Afflictions & Pretensions: Surviving at the top

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