By Alexander Lomax 2024 was a good year to be Rick Smith, but not as good of a year to be a taxpayer in Scottsdale. The CEO of Axon earned the dubious distinction of being America’s highest-paid chief executive last year. Yet despite his astronomical compensation package worth $165 MILLION, Smith apparently still needs taxpayers to subsidize his corporate ambitions. … Read More
The City of Wealth Creation: How Scottsdale is Beating Almost Every Other City Out
Yet again, Scottsdale finds itself near the top of a list, and in this case it’s one of the best lists you’d imagine. According to the 2025 World’s Wealthiest Cities Report by Henley & Partners, Scottsdale ranks as the second-fastest-growing millionaire hotspot in the world, outpaced only by Shenzhen, China. In just the past decade, Scottsdale has seen its millionaire … Read More
Scottsdale One of the Most Attractive Cities for Millionaires
Most of our readers almost certainly are aware of the Great Migration: the Covid-era phenomenon of people taking advantage of work-from-home policies and leaving major overcrowded cities for new destinations. The reasons and locations are varied, but typically surround a few key concepts, primarily leaving high cost-of-living and high tax areas for locations which are more affordable in both arenas. … Read More