What’s It Like To Be Rich? Ask The People Who Manage Billionaires’ Money

Sociologist Brooke Harrington says “the lives of the richest people in the world are so different from those of the rest of us, it’s almost literally unimaginable.

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What are the lives of the planet’s wealthiest people really like?

Several years ago, sociologist Brooke Harrington decided to find out.

She knew she’d have a hard time gaining access to the world of the über wealthy, so she did something unusual: She took courses to become a wealth manager.