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Mar 9, 2016 · Chicago rounds out a three-way tie with Palo Alto and Geneva for the city with the 25th-lost billionaires in the world. The Windy City’s 13 billionaires have a combined net worth of $36.6...
- R Floors at No. 9 Walton: $58.75 Million
- EE Other Multimillion Dollar Chicago Residences: $46.95 Million Combined
- 18,000 Square Feet Overlooking Central Park: $200 Million
- Six Properties on Florida 'Billionaire's Row': $230 Million
- Homes in An Exclusive Hawaii Community: $28.38 Million Combined
- Miami's Most Expensive Condo: $60 Million
- Other Purchases
If Ken Griffin had bought only the penthouse condominium at No. 9 Walton, he would have set a new price record for the city of Chicago. But why buy only the penthouse? Griffin's record-breaking $58.75 million purchase at No. 9 Walton Street includes not one, not two but four floors at the top of the luxury Gold Coast condo building, The Chicago Tri...
The condo at No. 9 Walton Street might be Ken Griffin's most recent Chicago purchase, but it's far from his only one. For all we know, the top four floors of the Gold Coast building are but a pied-à-terre for the richest man in Illinois, who currently owns three other homes in Chicago. Griffin purchased a full-floor condo on the 37th floor of the W...
The most expensive single residential real estate deal in Manhattan was no big deal for Ken Griffin, who The New York Timessaid agreed to pay $200 million for three floors at Manhattan's 220 Central Park South, a towering skyscraper currently under construction on the southwest edge of Central Park, in 2015. The Timesreports Griffin doesn't plan to...
Ken Griffin's plan to build a football field-length Tahiti-inspired beach house in one of Florida's most expensive areas has been in the works since at least 2013, when the Citadel founder purchased four properties in Palm Beach for a combined $130 million. Located just a few minutes south of President Trump's Mar-a-Lago, the four Blossom Estate pr...
Ken Griffin first put down roots at the Four Seasons' exclusive Hualalai community in 2009, when the billionaire bought four acres of land for $11.38 million, the Wall Street Journalreports. I know what you're thinking: Why is Ken Griffin, a demonstrated collector of the highest-end real estate he can find, slumming it with such a comparatively aff...
When the top two floors of Miami's Faena House sold for $60 million in 2015, the sale set a new record, even as its buyer was steeped in mystery. A representative for the anonymous buyer, who purchased the home for $10 million more than its original asking price, would only tell The Wall Street Journalthe client "liked the privacy afforded by the f...
Ken Griffin's remarkable spending isn't restricted to real estate. The hedge fund founder gave a record-breaking $150 million to Harvard in 2014 and spent a combined $500 million on two works of contemporary art in 2016. The billionaire who once told The Chicago Tribune the ultra-rich “have an insufficient influence” on politics has set partisan re...
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Mar 1, 2016 · A turbulent year for billionaires as the number of 10-figure fortunes drops to 1,810 and the average net worth tumbles too. One constant: Bill Gates Is Again Richest Person On The Planet.
Mar 2, 2016 · Seventy-nine billionaires call the Big Apple home, holding a combined $364.6 billion in wealth. Mike Bloomberg is the city's richest, taking the spot from David Koch.
- Lukas Walton. - Net worth: $21.7 billion (#72 wealthiest in the world) - Residence: Chicago. - Source of wealth: Walmart.
- Patrick Ryan. - Net worth: $8.2 billion (#248 wealthiest in the world) - Residence: Winnetka. - Source of wealth: insurance, self made.
- Neil Bluhm. - Net worth: $5.9 billion (#423 wealthiest in the world) - Residence: Chicago. - Source of wealth: real estate, self made.
- Ty Warner. - Net worth: $5.4 billion (#482 wealthiest in the world) - Residence: Oak Brook. - Source of wealth: plush toys, real estate, self made.
Mar 1, 2016 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- Forbes is out with its list of the world's billionaires, and there are several Chicago area moguls on this list, led by Ken Griffin. Bill Gates topped the list of the richest...
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Oct 5, 2016 · Forbes has released its 2016 list of the top wealthiest billionaires in America, and there were a handful of Illinois natives represented in the bunch. The aggregate net worth of all 400...
