Here, take a look at the residences the six richest moguls call home:
Bill Gates Worth:$81 billion home: Medina, Washington Mr Gates, 60, spends much of his time at his $66,000 square foot Medina, Washington, mansion nicknamed Xanadu 2.0 after the title character’s estate in Citizen Kane .The mansion overlooks Lake Washington.It took Mr Gates seven years and $ 63.2 million to build this house, which is filled with lots of high tech features.He purchased the lot for $ 2 million in 1988, butit’s now worth an estimated $ 170million,according to public records.
Jeff Bezos Worth:$67 billion Home (Medina): Medina, Washington Mr. Bezso, 52, in the process of building his ecommerce empire, scooped up vast amounts of real properties over the years, earning him the No. 26 spots on The Land Report's list of America's largest landowners last year. In terms of residences, he has a 165.000 acre ranch in West Texas, waterfront house in Washington state, three linked apartments in Manhattan's Century Touner, and a 12.000 square foot Beverly Hills estate that boasts Tom Cruise as a neighbor, according to Forbes. His home at Medina (Medina), Washington, close to Amazon's headquarters, boasts 5.350 acres and about 29,00 square feet of living space. Aside from the main home, there’s also a categerizer's cottage and a 4,5000 square foot boathouse on Lake Washington.
Warren Buffett Worth: $65.5 Billion Home: Omaha, Nebraska
Although the shrewdest investor on Earth holds multiple real estate investments (including his own apartment building), Mr. Buffett, 86 (who was born in 1930) is known for living humbly. His home sits on an intersection in Omaha, Nebraska (which he purchased in 1958 for $31K). Mr. Buffett has lived in his home ever since. The house (originally built in 1921) underwent several expansions to make it a cozy and comfortable 6500 square foot home for the man who is worth over 65.5 billion dollars.Mark Zuckerberg Worth:$55.5 Billion Home: Palo Alto, CA The youngest richest entrepreneur docked most of his wealth in school, health and other philanthropy. His real estate portfolio includes his home in Palo Alto, a 9.9 Million Pied-A-Terre near Dolores Park, San Francisco. Mr. Zuckerberg, 32, purchased his 1st Craftsman Style 5,000 Square Foot home in Palo Alto on 11/11/11 for 7 Million Dollars. He bought 4 of the houses surrounding his house in the following years for around 43.8 Million dollars to better keep his privacy, but his plan to tear down & rebuild those 4 houses has been stalled.
Larry Ellison Worth:$49.3 billion home: Woodside, CA Larry Ellison, 72, owner of the world's biggest software company, Oracle Corp., lives in a $70 million mansion on the shores of Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay. He also owns a $100 million estate on the outskirts of Kyoto, Japan, and 98 percent of the land on Hawaii's largest island, Lanai, which he bought for $500 million in 2012.
Michael Bloomberg Worth: $45 billion Home : Manhattan, New York Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 74, has more than a dozen homes around the world. He spends most of the time at his Upper Estate side town house, but he owns estates in the Hampton's in New York, as well as in London, Bermuda, Colorado and Florida. Mr. Bloomberg's townhouse, located at17 East 79th Street, spans five stories with a limestone exterior. During his three terms as mayor, Mr.Bloom berg lived in the townhouse instead of Gracie Mansion .However, heapparently has a plan to turn it into a mega-Mansion.Since 1989,he has been gradually buying upunitsat19East79thStreet,the town house co-op that's right next door to his current residence.