British Billionaire Seeks German Citizenship

0:00On March 3, British billionaire Sir Michael Moritz has applied for German citizenship as an insurance policy, saying the UK has become an uncomfortable place for Jews. The 71-year-old venture capitalist, who holds British and American passports, feels Britain is far more hostile to its Jewish community than the United States. He pointed to last year's attack on a synagogue, on a synagogue in Manchester's Heaton Park, the stories of kids in northwest London hiding their school blazers, too. Avoid looking like they attend Jewish schools. These personal anecdotes hit hard for him, especially with family ties nearby. Moritz comes from a family devastated by the Holocaust. His grandparents were killed by the Nazis, and relatives were photographed by the Gestapo. Before deportation, his parents escaped Germany and raised him in Cardiff, but he always felt like an outsider and built his career in California. He praises Germany for making Holocaust education central to its schools, creating generations

1:02aware of that dark history. Meanwhile, he sees the UK lagging behind the US and China in business appeal, lacking the expertise to grow tech like Silicon Valley. This move comes amid other UK billionaire shifting abroad, mostly over Labour's recent tax changes hitting non-doms and wealthy foreigners. Moritz's choice highlights deeper worries about safety and opportunity pulling high-profile figures away.