Nomad Capitalist: How to Reclaim Your Freedom with Offshore Bank Accounts, Dual Citizenship, Foreign Companies, and Overseas Investments by Andrew Henderson

Chapter One:

My Five Magic Words
“Go Where You’re Treated Best”
Dateline: Sandusky, Ohio, United States
It was just another late summer day.
My parents, sister, and soon-to-be twelve-year-old self were returning
home from a typical day at the Cedar Point amusement park near our home
in Ohio, when my father laid bare a revelation.
For about a year or so, he had been combing the internet and
researching exotic relocation options. He was determined to find a better
place for his family to live that would best position us for the future. Most
kids marvel at the other kids who move to another school district or whose
parents got jobs in another state and leave town. What my father shared
with us on that balmy August day was a lot heavier.
“Andrew,” he started. “We’re considering moving to another country.
Whether or not we do, I want you to know that you don’t have to stay
somewhere just because your parents are from there. The world is changing
and you don’t have to live in the same city, the same state, or — come to
think of it — even the same country as where you were born. Don’t stay
here for us. You should go where you’re treated best.”
I have to admit that, at the time, twelve-year-old Andrew was more
concerned with what would happen to his relationship with his middle-

Nomad Capitalist: How to Reclaim Your Freedom with Offshore Bank Accounts, Dual Citizenship, Foreign Companies, and Overseas Investments by Andrew Henderson