• 2004 Wealth of the World Report
• Wealth of the Nation 2004 Report
• City & Guild's Vocational Rich List
• Rich List 2020

2004 WEALTH OF THE WORLD REPORT

To find international wealth, it's important to know where to look. You might begin your wealth mapping exercise here. According to the new report published by Merrill Lynch and CapGemini, the number of millionaires (or high net worth individuals, HNWIs) around the world is growing. The number is growing faster in North America and Asia Pacific than in Europe or Latin America. India has 61,000 millionaires. What else might surprise you about the world's wealth-holders? See the press release about the Wealth of the World Report at

http://www.ml.com/about/press_release/20040615-1_world_wealth_pr.htm

Download a 26-page version of the report at

http://www.ml.com/about/press_release/pdf/20040615_worldwealth.pdf

WEALTH OF THE NATION 2004 REPORT

CACI Ltd., a marketing firm, has been producing an analysis of the demographics of wealth in the UK since 1996. The report includes a U.S. researcher's favorite wealth-seeking tool, a breakdown of wealth by postal code or postcode, as it is known in the UK. The full report is available for a fee, but the postcode rankings are available in the summary report that is a free download at CACI's Data Depot Web site. Those of you with prospective donors living in England will find the report conclusions and the postcode breakdown interesting. Did you know that 10 percent of London's wealthiest neighborhoods contain households with incomes of about $182,000 or more? Do any of your constituents live in postcode sector ME19 4? That's Kings Hill and West Malling, where the household income is the highest.

http://www.datadepot.co.uk/downloads/won2004.pdf

CITY & GUILDS VOCATIONAL RICH LIST

We know, of course, that the ranks of the wealthy are populated by many who did not pursue college degrees. Did you know that someone has built a list of the most successful in that group in the UK? City & Guilds, with the help of the author of the Sunday Times Rich list, created the Vocational Rich List. You may recall that "guilds" described the trades, craftsman and pre-labor union groups in America. The terms remain in use in Europe for vocational pursuits. City & Guilds is the organization making certificate awards for those in the trades. The top 25 list of no-college-degree wealthies is intriguing and fun. Perhaps one of your prospects made the list.

At the City & Guilds Web site, choose Press Centre, then Press Releases. You'll see a link to the article, "Britain's vocational rich get richer." After you read the article, use your back button to return to the press release list. On that page, type "rich" into the archive search box to see the biographies of the 25 named to the list. Choose City & Guilds Rich List from the results returned. The Web address for the Rich List is too burdensome to list here.

http://www.city-and-guilds.co.uk/

RICH LIST 2020

Here's a bit of fun for you. Who will join the rich lists 15 or so years from now? The Royal Bank of Scotland commissioned the Sunday Times to create a list of future seat holders. The Times' guesses are under 21 and have the stuff to make the big lists in another decade or so. Depending on your nonprofit's cause, there may be a name or two on this short list who you'd like to begin tracking now. In the meantime, it's fun to peek into the future, isn't it?

Cecilia Hogan

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