No country for rich men: 6 out of 10 wealthy Americans want to pull a Clooney and pack their bags

George Clooney sent a holiday season warning to the U.S. economy in December 2025: your wealthy citizens aren’t so impressed by all that American Dream stuff anymore. In France, where he and his family had just gotten citizenship, “they kind of don’t give a s— about fame,” he told Esquire. He added that he wanted his kids away from “the culture of Hollywood … walking around worried about paparazzi” or “being compared to somebody else’s famous kids.”​

He’s not alone.

Six in 10 affluent Americans say they would consider leaving the United States within the next five years — a striking signal of eroding confidence at the very top of the income ladder.

That’s the headline finding from a new survey of 1,733 Americans with household incomes above $200,000, conducted in May 2026 by Apex Capital Partners, a wealth management firm that specializes in second citizenship and overseas investment programs. The results paint a picture of a wealthy class increasingly eyeing the exits, not...