Hedge Funder Ken Griffin Buys $90 Million Estate in the French Riviera

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Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin is known for collecting record-breaking real estate. Perhaps most notably, the Citadel founderā€™s purchase of a $238 million Manhattan penthouse marked the most expensive home ever sold in the U.S. when he bought the roughly 24,000-square-foot unit in 2019. Griffinā€™s latest real estate venture, per the Wall Street Journal, is a scenic two-acre plot in the French Riviera. The Florida native spent more than $90 million on the transaction, which was reportedly finalized in June.

Situated on Tahiti Beach in picturesque St. Tropez, the estate consists of at least four structures. The primary residence, dubbed ā€œDomaine de la Capilla,ā€ was owned by the late photographer Gunter Sachs, who was married to Parisian actor and singer Brigitte Bardot from 1966 until 1969. Two of Sachsā€™s sons handled the sale. While it seems there are few recent photos of the abode, WSJ shows images of a shaded alfresco dining area and a large swimming pool looking out onto the sparkling sea. A living area also pictured in the report shows arched doorways and a stately fireplace.

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The eight-figure purchase must not have been too hard on the hedge funderā€™s bank account; shortly after adding the opulent property to his blockbuster portfolio, Griffin spent $44.6 million on a stegosaurus skeleton, Bloomberg reportsā€”yet another record-breaker for the entrepreneur, as it was the most expensive fossil ever sold in an auction.

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Among Griffinā€™s other staggering real estate purchases are a $122 million London mansion once owned by Charles de Gaulle, a $58.8 million Chicago condo (the cityā€™s most expensive home sale), and a $60 million Miami Beach penthouse. Griffin also owns seven adjacent parcels on Miamiā€™s exclusive Star Island.

Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest


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