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German billionaire Christian Angermayer, who helped introduce Tether to Northern Data, has reportedly moved from the UK to Switzerland due to changing offshore wealth taxes
Bloomberg reports Angermayer was considered a ‘non-dom’ while living in the UK, meaning his permanent home or ‘domicile’ was outside the country. This allowed the billionaire to avoid paying UK taxes on his overseas income and earnings for up to 15 years.
As of last March, non-doms have been required to pay taxes on overseas income after four years instead of the original 15. The new UK government reportedly wants to remove inheritance tax breaks on assets in overseas trusts as well.
Because of this, Angermayer told Bloomberg, “The planned changes to the non-dom framework are a huge mistake.” He claimed it would be “a bigger act of national self-harm than Brexit,” and said, “Every non-dom I know has left or is about to leave.”
He was recently revealed to have introduced Tether to various investments, including Northern Data, a firm in which he owns a stake. He was paid a 5% fee for transactions that followed this referral. He also invested in Block.One, a blockchain firm founded by Tether co-founder Brock Pierce.
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He often charges client firms to connect them to investors. On top of this, he generates income through investments made with entities under his family office, Apeiron Investment Group.
Angermayer is moving to the city of Lugano, where bills can reportedly be paid using bitcoin and tether. An annual Bitcoin conference has also been held in the town every year since 2022 by Tether.
During his time in the UK, Angermayer reportedly lived in a London penthouse that housed a triceratops skull and various Egyptian god statues. He will continue to have a London office.