Homes of the Billionaires

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Bill Gates
Medina, Washington [USA]
Net Worth: $40 billion
Rank: 1

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Gates' 66,000-square- foot compound is built into a hillside on the edge of Lake Washington, near Seattle. Out-of-shape visitors can skip the 84-step hike to the ground floor and opt for an elevator ride instead. Among its enviable amenities: a 60-foot swimming pool with an underwater music system, a 2,500-square- foot gym and a 1,000-square- foot dining room, which seats 24.

 

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Warren Buffett
Omaha, Nebraska [USA]
Net Worth: $37 billion
Rank: 2

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The world's second-richest man still resides in the 6,000-square- foot, five-bedroom gray stucco home he bought in 1958 for $31,500. The 77-year-old keeps fit on his very own handball court. In 2007 an intruder armed with a fake gun tried to break into the modest, ungated property, but was thwarted by security.





Lakshmi Mittal
London, England
Net Worth: $19.3 billion
Rank: 8

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In 2004, Mittal paid $128 million for this 12-bedroom townhouse in the luxe Kensington neighborhood called Billionaires' Row. Mittal's mansion, tucked between Kensington Palace and the Sultan of Brunei's spread, has an indoor pool, Turkish baths and garage space for 20 cars. The super-home is embellished with marble taken from the same quarry that supplied the Taj Mahal.


Larry Ellison
Woodside, California [USA]
Net Worth: $22.5 billion
Rank: 4


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Over the last few years, the Oracle co-founder has kept jaws a-dropping by spending $200 million by some estimates on near a dozen properties in Malibu, including five homes that in aggregate would create a custom compound. His 23-acre estate in Woodside, pictured here, is reminiscent of a 16th-century imperial Japanese palace and reportedly cost upward of $100 million to build.


Michael Dell
Austin, Texas [USA]
Net Worth: $12.3 billion
Rank: 25

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Built in 1997, Dell's 33,000-square- foot manse sits on a 20-acre spread a stone's throw from where he founded his eponymous computer company. It is known locally as "the castle" thanks to its high walls and tight security.
 

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Steve Jobs
Woodside, California [USA]
Net Worth: $3.4 billion
Rank: 178


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In 2007 preservationists in Woodside, Calif., successfully quashed the tech superstar's plans to demolish the Jackling House, his 30-room historic, though dilapidated Spanish Colonial revival-style home set on six acres. Jobs had hoped to raze the 17,000-square- foot mansion and build smaller, newer digs. No matter. Word is he and his family haven't lived in the house for years.


Lev Leviev
London, England
Net Worth: $1.5 billion
Rank: 468

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In 2008 the world's largest diamond cutter decamped from Israel to the posh London suburb of Hampstead. His new $65 million home, called the Palladio, is an extravagant 17,000-square- foot, seven-bedroom estate replete with in-house nightclub and gold-plated indoor pool. Neighbors include musicians Ringo Starr and Maurice Gibb.


George Lucas
Marin County, California [USA]
Net Worth: $3 billion
Rank: 205

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The acclaimed Star Wars filmmaker lives and works on his famed Skywalker Ranch. The 5,156-acre spread, which boasts its own fire brigade, houses Skywalker Sound, Lucas' post-production company (Cast Away, Million Dollar Baby), as well as five acres of olive trees, a herd of longhorn cattle and even bee colonies. Lucas displays his Hollywood memorabilia- -the Holy Grail from the Indiana Jones series, Charlie Chaplin's cane--inside the 50,000-square- foot main house.
 
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