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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 spent millions of dollars amassing a collection of residential properties over the years.
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.
Bezos' home base is a nearly 29,000-square-foot estate in Medina, Washington.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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