Top 10 Billionaires and their Most Expensive Homes - Page 5

Top 10 Billionaires and their Most Expensive Homes

By siliconindia   |   Monday, July 14, 2014

real estate8. Blossom Estate, Palm Beach, Fla

Owner: Ken Griffin

Net worth: $ 5.2 billon

Total Purchase Price: about $ 130 million in December 2012

Another Billionaires Blossom Estate, Palm Beach, Fla was owned by Ken Griffin - founder of Citadel. The hedge fund titan acquired four side by side properties of eight acres area along the ocean in December 2012. This is sited in the Blossom State subdivision near by Tennis club and Palm Beach’s bath. Three lots houses are adjacent and are situated along the ocean. These four properties range from 1.64 acres to 2.21 acres. The entire swatch of four properties was used as a single estate once.

 

real estate9. Xanadu 2.0, Seattle, Wash

Owner: Bill Gates

Net worth: $ 77.5 billion

Value: $ 120.5 million, 2014 tax estimation

The high tech lake Washington complex was owned by the second famous richest and the wealthiest person in the world, Bill Gates - owner of Micro soft corporation (World’s largest IT company). This Xanadu 2.0 is located in the Seattle Medina (Washington). It is built over 66,000 sq ft in 1998, in this area 2,500 sq ft includes Gymnasium, Library with a domed reading room, under water music system, swimming pool these all set for the pleasure. The most important thing to note is that the houses are underground making so it looks smaller in the picture. He bought the original Lake front lot for $ 14 million and for complete construction it took seven years. This houses a pacific lodge design style with high tech world class amenities and High level security like floor sensors and hidden cameras.  Though the estimated value reaches $ 67 billion and its market value predictable as $ 120.5 million.

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