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☆ A former bodyguard for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt shares what his job was like and the biggest misconceptions about protecting celebrities
  + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Mark "Billy" Billingham was a bodyguard for years for stars like Angelina Jolie and Russell Crowe. Billingham's biggest job, he said, was an 18-month position working full time for Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and their family. "I was literally working 18 hours a day, every day, and I stayed with them," he said. Decoys and detours are great ways to test new security detailsIn his role as the head of security, Billingham had to coordinate the entire security team, including what's often a huge army of drivers. The ruse for new chauffeurs began with telling them about the next day's route for Pitt and Jolie in advance.
☆ A supercar broker for celebrities like Elton John and Nicolas Cage shares what his job is like: 'I've bought cars in saunas, in swimming pools, and on airplanes'
  + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Tom Hartley buys and sells classic cars at his private estate and showroom in northern England. "I've bought cars in saunas, in swimming pools, on airplanes — you can't name where I haven't bought a car," he said. Courtesy of Tom HartleyHartley said he gets about five customers a day and takes visitors by appointment only. Courtesy of Tom HartleyDespite being around expensive cars 24/7, he's never owned one himself. "I always say when you walk on the Hartley estate, everything has a price, except my wife."
☆ This 28-year-old makes $189,000 a year from 7 income streams: ‘3 businesses you can start today for $50 or less’
  + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Josh Ellwood | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
In 2021, I built enough income streams to quit my $98,500-per-year engineering job and work on my businesses full-time. Here are three businesses you can start today for $50 or less:1. Cost to start: $50 Patreon allows you to build and sell memberships by providing exclusive access to your work. Every month, subscribers pay a fee to communicate directly with me and learn about top-selling products in different categories. You only pay to use the service once subscribers pay to join your group.
☆ Meet an island salesman who started as a tour guide and now helps the super-rich buy and sell private islands all over the world
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Founder Chris Krolow runs a marketplace for buying, selling, and renting private islands. More than 20 years later, Krolow is now an island expert and the owner and operator of Private Islands Inc., a marketplace for renting and selling islands around the world. From tour guide to island salesmanSapodilla Private Island, one of the properties Krolow owns with his business partner, David Keener. He'd stumbled on a smart formula: Marketing a private island individually is expensive, as the audience for rentals or sales is small and dispersed. People aren't just crazy about renting islands, but they'll pay a premium to own one," he said.
☆ Rich millennials are buying $152 poop-bag holders and $1,100 Hermès dog bowls as luxury brands bank on them spoiling their pets over having kids
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Luxury brands like Prada and Versace have launched pet collections in the past couple of years. Thirty percent of pet owners said they spent more on their pets and pet supplies in 2020 than in 2019. Courtesy of Anya HindmarchHindmarch's short-lived project is just the latest sign of the opportunities available in the upscale pet market, especially for dog owners. In summer 2021, Versace expanded its homeware collection to cater to pets, no doubt inspired by Donatella's own Jack Russell, Audrey. Heather GildroyPagerie, a luxury pet brand that just launched a collection aimed as much at humans as at dogs, hopes this will be the case.
☆ A travel planner for the ultrawealthy shares what goes into organizing $800,000 trips to exclusive locations
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Jules Maury is the head of Scott Dunn Private, an ultraexclusive division of a luxury travel firm. She was raised in a wealthy family and learned how to plan luxury trips by taking them herself. Jules Maury was 12 when she made her first hotel booking. She handles trips for the world's wealthiest people along with a team of four travel advisors and six booking specialists. But even an expert travel planner lacks some knowledgeMaury still relishes the chance to travel, and she spends much of the year on the road, often attending luxury travel shows like ILTM in Cannes or Pure in Marrakech.
☆ A 29-year-old videographer gets paid to travel the world with the wealthy elite, documenting their wild adventures so they don't have to. Here's what it's like.
  + stars: | 2022-05-26 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Ian Agrimis is the founder of photography and video company Capture Unlimited. He has to remain unnoticed and does activities like cliff jumping before clients do to get the shot. He was there for two years, he told Insider, before he and his entire team were laid off. He keeps a tight team on-site, he said, often pairing up with a photographer while he focuses on video. When someone does occasionally ask for a still or a shorter video, he added, it will only be posted on a private Instagram account.
☆ I help foreigners get settled in Dubai. There's been a surge in interest from Russians to move to the city — here's what they're looking for.
  + stars: | 2022-03-21 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
We offer all the services that come with starting up in Dubai: visas, taxes, accounting, relocation, real estate. Dubai has been working on its image for many years, and now it's up there with London or Monaco, in my opinion. Russian clients usually speak English, but they'll prefer to deal with Russian speakers. There's a feeling about Dubai that shady people can come here, set up, and get away with itIt's a real process here. In general, Russians prefer villas to apartmentsSince COVID-19, there's been a boom in villas — everyone wants them.
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