The most expensive mansion in the world is worth $1 billion, but who owns it?

If someone asked us how much we think the most expensive mansion in the world costs, it is possible that many people would think of a figure as round as absurd as 1 billion dollars.

And the reality is that it would not be so absurd since it is exactly what the mansion for the entire planet costs at the end of 2023.

The obvious question that arises, in this case, is who owns this luxury available to a few and the answer is to Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, one of the most powerful investment funds on the market.

With an estimated net worth of $33.7 billion and ranked 38th richest in the world, according to Forbes, Ken Griffin has plenty of money to spend $1 billion on his home and not suffer his finances.

In fact, the businessman already holds the record for the most expensive purchase of an apartment in New York, after paying $238 million for a penthouse in Manhattan, back in 2019, as reported by Reuters at the time.

Curiously, Ken Griffin's future billionaire home is far from the big city and located in a paradisiacal and quieter enclave such as the first coastline of Palm Beach, Florida.

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Yes, we are talking about 'Billionaire Row', the area that accumulates ostentatious mansions in each of its corners and where Ken Griffin has been working on his future home since 2012, when he began buying neighboring properties in order to unite them.

For seven years, the businessman acquired land on the beachfront, until in 2019 he completed the purchase of all the land he had in mind, paying for a 1.82-hectare mansion, for which he paid 104.9 million dollars. , as 'Palm Beach Post' pointed out.

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In total, Ken Griffin had invested $450 million, for a total of 10.2 hectares (102,000 square meters), and he had yet to start building his home. Obviously, money was not going to be an issue in this project.

Obviously, the work that the CEO of Citadel intends is just as pharaonic as its preparation. For starters, it has united all the land into a single plot, completely dominating the front line on Blossom Way.

To get an idea of what the project entails, just take a look at Google Maps and realize the size and breadth of Ken Griffin's future home.

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And we say future because the work on the house is about to begin. Now, from 'New York Post' they have given some details about it and it aims to be legendary.

It will have a 4,645 square meter main house with 12 bedrooms, a tennis court, gardens, guest accommodation, a caretaker's cabin and, above all, a huge 1,858 square meter swimming pool.

And yes, next to the main mansion where the Griffins will live, there will be a separate house for Ken Griffin's mother. There are things that don't change, whether you have more or less money, and it's your mother-in-law living next to your house.

By the way, this mammoth project is just 500 meters from the Mar-A-Lago mansion, the mansion of former President Donald Trump.

In total, 1,000 million euros and one more mansion to add to those he already has in Chicago, London, Florida or the aforementioned penthouse in New York, which together reach the not inconsiderable figure of 600 million dollars.

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