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Jeff Bezos reportedly just bought the most expensive home ever sold in California — after spending nearly a year touring mega-mansions - msnNOW
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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez may have bought a home of their very own, according to new reports.
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Bezos is the new owner of a 13,000-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion, The Wall Street Journal's Katy McLaughlin and Katherine Clarke reported. The home, which was originally designed for Warner Bros. Studios executive Jack Warner in the 1930s, features two guest houses, a tennis court, a swimming pool, and a nine-hole golf course, according to Architectural Digest. Bezos reportedly paid film producer David Geffen $165 million for the estate, which would make it the most expensive home ever sold in California.
LA's iconic Chartwell Estate -- best known for being featured in the opening credits of "The Beverly Hillbillies" -- was among the properties Bezos and Sanchez reportedly toured. The 26-room mansion features a 75-foot swimming pool, a five-bedroom guest house, a tennis court, a 12,000-bottle wine cellar, manicured gardens, a secret underground tunnel, and panoramic views of downtown Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean.
That property has since been purchased by fellow billionaire Lachlan Murdoch, the son of NewsCorp founder Rupert Murdoch, Business Insider reported in December. Murdoch paid approximately $150 million for the estate, making it the most expensive home ever sold in Los Angeles, The LA Times reported.
A representative of Hilton & Hyland, the brokerage firm that represented the Chartwell Estate before the sale, did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment on Bezos' tour.
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Bezos and his girlfriend are also rumored to have toured "Casa Encantada," a 40,000-square-foot estate in Bel-Air, The Post reported. That mansion features a guest house, a pool house, a basketball court, a tennis court, greenhouses, a rose garden, and koi ponds, all with restored 1930s finishings, Business Insider reported. Casa Encantada has an asking price of $225 million, making it the most expensive property currently on the market in the United States, according to The Times.
A representative of Casa Encantada did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment on Bezos' interest in the property.
House-hunting is hard - even if you're Jeff Bezos
Bezos was reportedly in the market for a new Los Angeles home for nearly a year. Last March, Bezos and Sanchez secretly toured a different Bel Air mansion, Page Six reported. Asking $88 million, that property features a rooftop deck, infinity pool, and panoramic views, according to a listing from Hilton & Hyland.
Despite having more money than any other person on Earth, Bezos apparently had limited options when it came to home-buying. There were less than ten properties for sale in the Los Angeles area that met the Amazon CEO's "needs," Los Angeles-based luxury real-estate broker Drew Gitlin of Berkshire Hathaway told The Post prior to Bezos' reported purchase of Geffen's home. Gitlin did not specify what Bezos' needs are, however.
Even if the Amazon CEO had struck out in Beverly Hills, he still has two other homes in Los Angeles where he and Sanchez could stay when they're in the city, Business Insider reported. Bezos' expansive real-estate portfolio also includes two homes in Medina, Washington; a 30,000-acre ranch in Texas; three adjacent New York City apartments worth about $80 million combined; and a Washington, D.C., mansion, although it's unclear how these properties were divided in his 2019 divorce.
Related gallery: Here's a look at Bezos' lavish properties across the US
Amazon CEO has spent millions on real estate
Jeff Bezos has amassed a massive real-estate portfolio across the U.S., from his home state of Washington to New York City.
A 2017 Land Report named Bezos the country's 28th-largest landowner. In June 2019, the Amazon CEO dropped about $80 million on three adjacent New York City apartments in the priciest real-estate deal ever south of 42nd Street in New York, according to appraiser Jonathan Miller. But he had already owned four apartments in a historic building in the city for years. However, his most recent purchase was the Warner Estate in Beverly Hills: According to The Wall Street Journal, Bezos bought the nine-acre property for $165 million, making it the most expensive home ever sold in the Los Angeles area.
It's unknown how Bezos' properties were divided after his divorce from MacKenzie Bezos was finalized in July 2019. Everything acquired throughout the marriage from real estate to income is considered joint property in the Bezos' home state of Washington, as Business Insider's Tanza Loudenback previously reported. Amazon did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment on how the properties were divided after the divorce.
Bezos remains the richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $117 billion, while MacKenzie Bezos is now worth $38 billion, making her one of the richest women in the world.
From two neighboring Beverly Hills mansions to a sprawling estate in an exclusive Seattle suburb, click through the gallery above to see the residential properties Bezos is known to own in the U.S.
Caroline Cakebread contributed to an early version of this article.
Jeff Bezos has spent millions of dollars amassing a collection of residential properties over the years.
Over the years, he's picked up several New York City apartments, a ranch in Texas, and homes in Washington state, California, and Washington, DC.
Before Bezos' divorce was finalized in July 2019, these properties also belonged to his wife MacKenzie Bezos, as all real estate acquired throughout a marriage is considered joint property in the Bezos' home state of Washington. (They were married in 1993.)
Although Bezos made at least one major real-estate purchase after his divorce was announced, it's unknown how the properties were divided after the couple split up. Amazon did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment on the matter.
In June 2019, two months after the couple announced their divorce, the Amazon CEO reportedly dropped about $80 million on three adjacent New York City apartments.
Renderings of the inside of the apartment from creative agency VisualHouse show the opulence of the penthouse.
The apartments have 12 bedrooms in total and span 17,000 square feet of living space.
Bezos' home base is a nearly 29,000-square-foot estate in Medina, Washington.
Bezos' two homes in Medina span about 5.3 acres.
According to the Wall Street Journal, he paid $10 million for the property in 1998. One home is a 20,600-square-foot, five-bedroom, four-bathroom house, and the other is an 8,300-square-foot, five-bedroom, four-bathroom home rumored to have cost $53 million.
Medina, located on a peninsula just across Lake Washington from Seattle, is an exclusive suburb that's also home to Bill Gates, as well as other Microsoft bigwigs, tech entrepreneurs and telecom magnates.
Bezos' estate underwent a $28 million renovation in 2010.
Bezos also owns property in Beverly Hills, California, one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
Bezos bought this Spanish-style mansion in 2007 for $24.45 million.
The seven-bedroom, seven-bathroom Beverly Hills home is advertised by Dream Homes Magazine as having a greenhouse, a sunken and lighted tennis court, a huge swimming pool, four fountains, and a six-car garage. The street is a hotspot for Hollywood stars, and is said to have been home to Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and Walter Matthau.
Ten years later, Bezos bought a smaller house next door.
His most recent Beverly Hills purchase, as reported by The Wall Street Journal on February 12, is the Warner Estate.
The Warner Estate, according to The Wall Street Journal, was designed for Jack Warner - the former president of Warner Bros. Studios - in the 1930s. Bezos reportedly bought the home from billionaire David Geffen, who bought it back in 1990 for $47.5 million.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Bezos bought the nine-acre property for a whopping $165 million, making it the most expensive home ever sold in Los Angeles.
On February 12, The Wall Street Journal also reported that Bezos Expeditions - which manages Bezos' venture capital investments - bought a plot of undeveloped land in Los Angeles for $90 million. It is believed to be an investment.
Bezos also owns a 30,000-acre ranch about 30 miles from the town of Van Horn, Texas.
Bezos bought the 30,000-acre property after the seller spent "millions" renovating it.
The property is also the base for Bezos' private space company, Blue Origin.
The Amazon CEO can also call the US capital home as of 2016.
In 2016, Bezos bought a former textile museum in Washington, D.C., for $23 million.
The neighborhood, Kalorama, is a hot spot for Washington big wigs.
The two joint structures on the property have nearly 27,000 square feet of living space, making it the largest home in Washington, D.C.
In January 2020, a source told The Washington that Bezos had also bought the four-bedroom home across the street.
The brick house went on the market for just under $5 million in December 2019 and sold less than a month later, according to the The Washingtonian.
The publication suggests that the Amazon CEO may have picked up the neighboring property to protect his privacy, as the home had a direct view into his mansion across the street.
An Amazon spokesperson did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment on Bezos' rumored purchase of the home.
In addition to his 2019 New York City real-estate purchase, Bezos has already owned real estate in the city for years.
He bought three condos in a historic Manhattan building overlooking Central Park for $7.65 million in 1999.
Bezos bought an additional unit for $5.3 million in 2012, making him the owner of four condos in the historic building.
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