For decades, the conversation around international wealth structuring centred on offshore financial centres. Increasingly, however, sophisticated US families are also looking within the United States, with states such as South Dakota, Delaware, Wyoming, Alaska and Nevada developing highly specialised trust legislation designed to attract long term private capital. Each jurisdiction has taken a slightly different approach.View the list

Florida has become an increasingly important centre for international private wealth, with Miami in particular serving families with connections across Latin America and the United States. Citywealth’s Top Florida liat identifies the advisers working at the centre of this market, where cross border estate planning, pre immigration structuring and multigenerational wealth transfer are increasingly accompanied by greater use of US domestic trusts.View the list

Chicago has been creating wealth for more than a century. Built on industry, transport and trade, it remains one of America’s most important financial and commercial centres, combining established family fortunes with a growing generation of entrepreneurs, investors and business owners. Home to iconic names including the Pritzker, Crown, Wrigley, McCormick, Ryan and Mansueto families, the city has also become a centre for innovation, with major investment flowing into artificial intelligence, quantum computing and technology.View the list

Boston punches far above its weight. While New York dominates global finance, Boston’s private wealth is forged in a different furnace: universities, hospitals, biotechnology, venture capital and a centuries-old tradition of philanthropy. This is the city where Harvard, MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber continually exchange talent, research and capital. Where federal funding, endowments, VC and entrepreneurial exits reinforce one another in a uniquely circular economy.View the list