New York City came out on top, with 7,580 high net worth residents in 2012 and a 2022 prediction of 10,306 (which is a 36 percent increase). London was second, with 6,015 in 2012 and a predicted increase of 36 percent (which would be 8,202 people in 2022). Tokyo had 5,440 high net worth individuals last year, which places them in third and gives them a prediction of 6,763 in 2022 (a 24 percent increase). Fourth belongs to San Francisco, with 4,590 in 2012 and a predicted 6,665 in 2012 (increasing by 45 percent). Los Angeles finished up the top five, with 4,520 wealthy residents in 2012 and a predicted 34 percent increase in the next 10 years (bumping the numbers up to 6,075).
