A high-class escort has opened up about what happens behind closed doors, including what the rich really think about climate change.
Salome Balthus, 40, is a high-end escort and author from Berlin who traveled to Davos, Switzerland to meet clients during the World Economic Forum (WEF).
This year, Salome met a client in Zurich who she said “might” be planning to attend the WEF, but she remained tight-lipped about the circumstances of the meeting, as discretion is valued above all else in her work is becoming.
Salome revealed to MailOnline what she has learned about the global elite in her years of working as a high-class escort, sharing her opinion and 'assessment of these people'.
Lately, the atmosphere at the WEF had changed and “became more apocalyptic,” according to Salome.
'The elephant in the room is climate change. Everyone knows it can't be prevented anymore,” she said, adding that the “super-rich” can generally be divided into two groups on the issue.
“One group thinks it only affects the poor, the 'non-white race', while the others fear it could get worse, but there's no point in doing anything about it, so they just enjoy themselves,” he said. them to MailOnline.
'The second half is desperate and the other, even stupider, half celebrates future mass deaths. Of course, this is not only the case in Davos, but it is concentrated there [during the WEF].'
Salome Balthus (pictured), 40, is a high-end escort and author from Berlin who traveled to Davos, Switzerland to meet clients at the World Economic Forum (WEF)
Salome revealed to MailOnline what she has learned about the global elite in her years of working as a high-class escort, sharing her opinion and 'assessment of these people'
Salome said: 'With the people I meet [at the WEF] I agree to special terms that I cannot discuss' (stock photo from Davos, where the WEF is held)
Salome explained that some of the very wealthy people who belonged to the first group said that those in the Third World countries “might all die, except us in the North, we are doing well.”
She said: 'They say in a democracy you have to sell it, lie to people and tell them 'we didn't know any better and didn't think it would get this bad', without admitting that they did know.
'Then there is the other group that thinks it may not be that simple, maybe it will also affect us through unforeseeable chain reactions.
'But they say they can't do anything against the others, so they live by the mantra 'after us, the flood.'
'They say they will still have a few good years on earth and know that there is no future. They are very cynical and somehow deeply sad.”
Salome said these types of topics come up in a bar, sauna or hotel lobby, especially when people have already had a few drinks.
'Every now and then I tease this subject and they comment, after which I can give it my own meaning. Of course, that only works if the person is drunk late at night and talking to someone at the bar, then that's what happens.
'They are very proud of it [and therefore talking about it] or they just see me as an object and don't think about the fact that I am also thinking when they are with me.'
Salome said client meetings are often about “the passion of erotica and the passion of power, although the latter is so much more that it can even erase the former.”
This year, Salome met a client in Zurich, who she said was “maybe” planning to attend the WEF, but she remained tight-lipped about the circumstances of the meeting, as discretion is valued above all else in her work (stock image)
“The public must know that the enemies of the poor and the lower class are not the migrants, but the super-rich,” Salome added.
'Tax the Rich etc. is a joke behind closed doors […] There's a guy at the bar who shouts “Tax the Rich” with every new shot. They feel untouchable.'
Salome said client meetings are often about “the passion of erotica and the passion of power, although the latter is so much more that it can even erase the former.”
'It's not the super powerful who do something like this [hiring an escort] – they are happy when they get some time for their family – no, it is mainly the subordinate employees who are excited, maybe even for the first time,” Salome revealed.
The philosophy graduate and German literature student said she doesn't go to parties where she waits for someone to pick her up.
“It's more exclusive than that,” she said, adding that she handpicks her clients who seem to appreciate her not only for her beauty and discretion, but also for her intelligence.
According to the website of Salome's own feminist escort agency in Berlin, Hetaera, a weekend costs clients £5,000, while a two-hour Tête-à-Tête starts at around £850.
Salome said: 'With the people I meet [at the WEF] I agree to special terms that I can't talk about and I only meet people I like in some way.
'There are obviously very intelligent people there too and all I can say is that they probably need a lot of alcohol at the moment [in light of the current state of the world].'
The philosophy graduate and German literature student said she doesn't go to parties where she waits for someone to pick her up
“It's more exclusive than that,” she said, adding that she handpicks her clients who seem to appreciate her not only for her beauty and discretion, but also for her intelligence.
The majority of the roughly 3,000 delegates who arrived in Davos on Monday for the annual forum are wealthy men in business and politics
Stock image of a private jet at Engadin Airport during the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Samedan, Switzerland, January 22, 2025
Prostitution is legal in Switzerland, with sex workers expected to pay taxes, register with local authorities and undergo regular health checks. And business is booming.
The official rule for escorts in many countries, not just Switzerland, is that they are compensated for their time and it is up to them what to do with it.
This laissez-faire approach is said to have reduced violence against sex workers and human trafficking, but of course those who work in the sex industry occupy all social and economic strata.
In Davos, the sought-after escorts are neatly dressed in suits so that they do not stand out, and they are often well educated and speak at least two languages fluently.
The reason for this is the equally high-end clientele to which they target their services: the majority of the approximately 3,000 delegates who arrived in Davos on Monday for the annual forum are wealthy men in business and politics.
According to an escort named Tiffany, “discretion is the most important skill for an escort, especially when it comes to high-end escorts.”
“I wear normal clothes – a purple suit and a black jacket – so it looks like I'm actually part of the conference scene,” she previously told MailOnline.
