Elite tutors are earning up to £200,000 a year teaching the world's mini-billionaires – including one aspiring Formula One star aged just 10.
Adverts posted on an A-list tutoring website show dozens of six-figure roles working for high-profile families with weird and wonderful requests.
It comes after one went viral last week in which a tutor was wanted for a boy aged one to prepare him to be an 'English gentleman' destined for 'Eton or Harrow'.
Inspection of the recent books of Tutors International, which is recruiting on behalf of the family, reveals an abundance of similarly astonishing job descriptions.
In one role, starting last month, a family sought a £188,000 tutor for their ten-year-old son, a 'highly competitive karting driver' who had to give up school due to his ambitions to become an F1 star.
It said 'intensive training and race schedule have made traditional schooling unfeasible' as he regularly competes in 'global karting seasons'.
The tutor is required to homeschool him while also teaching concepts such as 'reaction times, endurance, and energy management', which 'directly relate to his career trajectory in motorsport'.
And it said the work should be integrated into his 'future as a professional racer'.
It added his education should be supported 'while ensuring it does not interfere with his sporting commitments'.
The post said the family were mostly based in Italy and also mentioned his seven-year-old sister is a 'competitive athlete', training 'several hours per day in gymnastics' and therefore needing extra academic tutoring.
In another advert, a family wanted to pay a 'professional architect' £288,000 a year to mentor an architecture student from the abroad through her degree in the UK.
The post, which began last year, involved the tutor providing 'one-to-one guidance' including 'academic inquiries, coursework challenges, and exam preparation'.
It also said the tutor should 'facilitate internship opportunities', either within their own company or the wider industry.
A third advert offered £162,000 for a tutor to help a 15-year-old in Canada get British qualifications so he could fulfil his dream of studying a sports course at Loughborough University.
It said: 'His university interests currently lie in sports psychology and/or sports management, and he is astute enough to understand that to do this, he needs to attend a university with soccer teams worth managing.'
Adam Caller, founder of Tutors International said: 'Many of my clients are self-made. If you've got significant assets, and you've got kids, then what's it all for?
'It's for the next generation. And you want to give them the best possible start in life.
'If this is what you perceive to be the best, this is what you're going to put your resources into.'
Jobs posted on his site have attracted some of the UK's most respected teachers, including those formerly teaching at top private schools.
Many of the adverts specify tutors should be from a 'socially appropriate background', as well as 'polished' and 'with excellent manners'.
Glamourous locations have included Vienna, Beijing, Bali, Florida, Milan and Stockholm.
One £216,000-a-year role, starting last month, involved teaching full-time four children aged three to ten while the family divided their time between 'Miami, Florence and London'.
The advert required a 'capable linguist' tutor who could also play an instrument and prepare the children for 'the demands of a top-flight London private school'.
Another advert from last year offered £157,000 each to two 'adaptable' tutors who could travel with the family across Europe, the Middle East and the US.
It said the family was 'involved in motor sports, equestrian sports, and art, at a very high level' and their two boys were to be home-schooled in the International Baccalaureate.
And a similarly glamorous-sounding £135,000-a-year role posted by a Sussex family required a multi-lingual tutor for two siblings to deliver the curriculum during travel to 'Paris and the Alps'.
Last week's advert, posted by a family living in North London, captured the public imagination for its fixation on delivering a 'quintessentially British' education for a one-year-old.
The family, wealthy businesspeople from abroad, specified the tutor should speak with 'Received Pronunciation' and introduce the tot to polo and classical music.
They reasoned such an experience would allow the child to be 'bicultural', and indistinguishable from someone British.
More than 170 candidates have now applied, with many described as 'outstanding', while a further 91 have made enquiries and are considering applying.
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