Citywealth Leaders List: Top 20 Citywealth Powerwomen New York 2026
Byline: Karen Jones, founder of Citywealth, has more than 20 years’ experience in global private wealth.
New York Top 20: The Networks Behind American Wealth
America’s wealthiest families are rarely connected to one state alone. Michael Dell, John and Laura Arnold, Fernando De Leon and the Bass family have all built their principal fortunes or businesses in Texas while retaining investments, family offices, philanthropy, property or cultural interests in New York.
The relationship also works in reverse. JPMorganChase employs about 30,000 people in Texas, while the Rockefeller Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies have funded projects in Houston. As we launch our New York Top 20, these connections show why the city remains central to American wealth. Families may move elsewhere, but New York continues to provide access to capital, advisers, investment firms and national institutions.
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Compiled by: Karen Jones who is the founder of Citywealth and a wealth management commentator with more than 20 years’ experience across global private wealth, family offices and succession. Before founding Citywealth in 2005, she held commercial roles at The Times and The Sunday Times, London; Legal Business magazine and worked on the Asia Pacific Legal 500, launching related awards.
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