Top 10 Billionaires and their Most Expensive Homes - Page 2

Top 10 Billionaires and their Most Expensive Homes

By siliconindia   |   Monday, July 14, 2014

costly homes2. Villa Leopolda, Villefranche-sur-mer, France

Owner: Lily Safra

Net worth: @ 1.3 billion

Purchase Price: 500 million Euros ($ 750 million at the time) in 2008

Total area: 20 acres

It is one of the most superb villas in the world. This was owned by Lily Safra, a Brazilian Philanthropist and also social figure. As per the records French state was built by King Leopold II and he intended a series of water side homes for his mistresses. It was owned by Fiat tycoon Gianni Agnelli for a few years. Later it was owned by a prominent Brazilian Naturalized Jewish Lebanese banker Edmond Safra. Lily Safra inherited the property from his husband Edmond Safra after his death. This Villa is spread over 20 acres of land serene of waterside home and this is considered to be the very largest villa in Villefranche-sur-mer town in France

3. Fair Field, Sagaponack, New York

Owner: Ira Rennert

Location: Sagaponack, New York

Property value: about $ 248 million, as per the 2014 tentative tax assessment

Net worth: $ 6 billion

First Industrial billionaire, Ira Rennert builds the largest and potentially the most expensive house in New York America. This spread over 110,000 sq ft with 21 bed rooms, 18 bath room monstrosity, 39 bath Hamptons , 3 swimming pools and it also has own power plant on premises for power supply in Sagaponack New York. This Hamptons estate began construction in 1998 and got finished in the year 2003. The luxurious compound includes a 164 seat screening theatre, two squash courts, jogging track, two tennis courts, Basket Ball court, two bowling alleys and many more world class amenities.

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