Ever wondered how and where the world’s billionaire’s live? Here’s a peek at the homes of some of the world’s richest.
Indian industrialist Lakshmi Mittal lives in a 12-bedroom townhouse (above) in the posh neighborhood called Billionaire’s Row in London. He bought the property in 2004 for a cool US$ 128 million, which made it one of the world’s most expensive homes. Quite a sum but that didn’t even leave a dent in Mittal’s US$ 45 billion fortune.
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates was the richest person in the world for 15 years before he was dethroned. Best known for his entrepreneurial spirit that ignited the personal computer revolution, his assets are estimated at US$ 58 billion. His 66,000-sq.ft. home in Medina on the edge of Lake Washington boasts of a 60-foot swimming pool and a 1,000-sq.ft. dining room with a table that can seat 24.
Billionaire businessman Warren E. Buffett has a net worth estimated at US$ 62 billion, making him the world’s richest man. But the 77-year-old CEO of conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway still lives in the same five-bedroom Happy Hollow suburb home he bought in 1958 in Omaha, Nebraska. Despite his enormous wealth, this philantrophist remains grounded and chooses to live simply. Now that’s class.
I liked your comment on Warren Buffet.
Re the comment about Warren Buffet living simply.Yes, he is to be commended.I also heard that he expects his children to go out into the world and make their own way, rather than being given everything by their enormously wealthy father.
If we are to believe the television program, Cribs, then it is all about money and prestige and appearances for most rich people and for the general populace.
That makes Warren Buffet,and others like him, for surely there ARE others, a true breath of fresh air.