Today’s high-net-worths don’t show off their money – but they’ll spend a packet on ‘experiences’
Conor McGregor in the Cantor Fitzgerald offices in New York. Photo: Getty
On a 2023 episode of Succession, the drama series that parodied the uber-wealthy in its depiction of four adult children fighting to take over the media empire of patriarch Logan Roy, Tom Wambsgans heaps a savage ridicule on Bridget, cousin Greg’s unexpected date to Roy’s birthday party, for carrying a Burberry tote bag.
At the time, the voluminous designer bag – with Burberry’s instantly recognisable vintage check print – was selling for around €2,500.