These names are some of the UK’s most regrettable exports.
Christian Bale
Many find it hard to believe that the man best known for his role in the film ‘American Psycho‘ is actually a Welshman.
Bale spent his childhood in both England and Portugal and attended Bournemouth School as a child. He moved to the United States at the age of 17.
Bale has won a number of awards for his role in ‘The Fighter’ including an Academy Award for ‘Best Supporting Actor’.He also received worldwide recognition for his role in Christopher Nolan’s Batman series. Figures indicated that Bale’s current net worth is $80 million.
David & Victoria Beckham
Very few people are unfamiliar with this duo. David Beckham is a worldwide celebrity and achieved this status by playing with the football club Manchester United for 9 years.
Victoria Beckham is best known as ‘Posh Spice’ of the band ‘Spice Girls’ but is now an esteemed fashion icon and owner of fashion label ‘Rock and Republic’.
The pair met at a charity football match and began dating. They have since married, had 4 children and relocated to the United States where David played for football club Los Angeles Galaxy.
They currently have an estimated net worth of $265 million.
Jonathan Ive
Not many people know who the man behind the iPad is, but with the launch of Apple’s newly designed iOS7, Jony Ive is the talk of the town.
Ive is the Senior VP of Industrial Design at Apple Inc. and is the man responsible for the designs of some of the most well-known products in the world such as the iPhone, iPod and iMac.
The designer was born in Essex, England, raised in Staffordshire and is, surprisingly, an alumnus of Newcastle Polytechnic. Ive moved to the United States in ’92 and has been there ever since.
In addition to being distinguished with a number of design awards, he currently boasts an estimated net worth of $130 million.
Charlie Chaplin
One of the most memorable and significant actors of all time and he has been dubbed ‘father of silent film’, Charlie Chaplin was also a British expat. Chaplin’ was born and raised in London and lived a life of sadness and destitution.
His mother was committed to a mental asylum when he was still a boy and so he began his career in performing arts in order to provide for himself. At the age of 19 Chaplin moved to the United States and by 1918 claimed international fame.
After he chose to exile himself from the US due to communist accusations he moved to Switzerland where he lived out the remainder of his days.