The World's Most Expensive Billionaire Homes: Forbes has been tracking the fortunes of the richest people on the planet and the well-known site enumerated twenty most expensive billionaire homes in the world.
#20. The Manor, Los Angeles, California
Originally constructed for Television producer Aaron Spelling in 1988, this mansion, also known as Spelling Manor, according to Wikipedia is located in Holmby Hills. It is currently owned by heiress Petra Ecclestone Stunt, daughter of Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone. She purchased the home for $85 million in 2011 originally listed for $150 million. It is stocked with amenity including dog grooming room, five bars, a gift-wrapping room, a flower-cutting hall with professional florist fridge and a bowling alley.
#19. 15 Central Park West, New York, N.Y.
Penthouse apartment owned by Ekaterina Rybolovleva daughter of billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev. The Russian heiress purchased the penthouse for $88 million in 2012. It is roughly $13, 500 per square foot, the most expensive sale by square foot in the U.S.
#18. Promised Land, Montecito, California
The property was purchased in 2001 by Oprah Winfrey for nearly $52 million. According to tax assessment in 2012, its market value is rose to $88 million. The media queen's 23, 000 square foot Georgian style estate has a tea house, more than 600 rose bushes and an upscale outhouse.
#17. Maison de L'Amitie, Palm Beach, Florida
Yahoo lifestyle described it as 'the ultimate mansion. This 60,000 square foot piece of real estate was bought by Donald trump in 2004 for $41 Million. Lined with gold and diamond fixtures, Trump sold it to Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev for $95 million in 2008.
#16. Taj Mittal, Kensington Palace Gardens, London, U.K.
Presently owned by Lakshmi Mittal which was purchased from Bernie Ecclestone in 2004 for £57 million made it the world's most expensive house at the time. The house is decorated with marble taken from the same quarry that supplied the Taj Mahal. It has 12 bedrooms, an indoor pool, Turkish baths and parking for 20 cars.
#15. 15 Central Park West, New York, N.Y.
10, 674-square-foot penthouse owned by Daniel Loeb was purchased fro $45 million last 2008. It has been rumoured to be for sale with an asking price of $100 million.
#14. Kensington Palace Gardens, London, U.K.
A 55-room house on Billionaire's Row owned by heiress Tamara Ecclestone factoring in rennovations that include a $1 million Amazonian crystal bathtub, a private nightclub, a bowling alley, a subterreanean swimming pol, a beauty saon, a dog spa and a car lift.Bought in 2011 for £45 million with estimated construction cost of 20 million pounds.
#13. Broken O Ranch, Augusta Montana
A 124,000 acre operational ranch owned by Stanley Kroenke is listed at $132.5 million. The estate boasts a 10,000-square foot main house with indoor pool, horse stables nearly 4,500 heads of cattle, extensive water rights and substantial agricultural capacity for small grain crops and alfalfa hay.
#12. Silicon Valley Mansion, Los Altos Hills, California
A French chateaux-inspired limestone home that has indoor and outdoor pools, a ballroom and second-floor living areas that gaze out on San Francisco Bay is owned by Yuri Milner. The Facebook investor bought the property for $100 million in 2011.
#11. Further Lane de Menil, East Hampton, N.Y.
More than 50 acres of undeveloped oceanfront Hampton land was bought by Ron Baron for $103 million in 2007.
#10. Mountain Home Road, Woodside, California
A home that includes a 9,000-square foot neoclassical house, a 1,117-square foot colonnaded pool house, a detached library, a retreat building, a swimming pool, a tennis court and formal gardens reportedly owned by Masayoshi Son purchased with $117.5 million in 2012.
#9. Xanadu 2.0, Seattle, Washington
A high- tech Lake Washington compex owned by Bill Gates boasts a pool with an underwater music system, a 2, 500-square foot gym and a library with domed reading room with a market value of $120.5 million based on 2012 tax assessments.
#8. Blossom Estate, Palm Beach, Florida
Four side-by-side properties totalling to 8 acres on ocean owned by Ken Griffin with total purchase price of nearly $130 million in December 2012.
#7. Billionaire's Row Mansion, Kensington Palace Gardens, London, U.K.
A mansion with plans of building a subterranean extension that includes a tennis court, health center and auto museum owned by Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich. The property was purchased at 90 million pounds in 2011.
#6. Ellison Estate, Woodside, California
A 23-acre Japanese-style estate with 10 buildings, a man-made lake, tea house, a bath house and a koi pond owned by the Oracle founder, Larry Ellison. The property has an estimated value of $200 million.
#5. One Hyde Park, London, U.K.
An apartment located in Knightsbridge that boasts a staggering 25, 000-square-feet, bullet proof glass and 24-hour hotel concierge service is currently owned by Ukraine's richest man, Rinat Akhmetov. Its sale price is amounting to $221 million in 2011.
#4. Kensington Palace Gardens, London, U.K.
This property in the Billionaire's Row is rumoured to have been purchased for Mittal's son from Noam Gottesman. Its present owner is steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal who bought the house for 117 million pounds or $222 million at 2008.
#3. Fair Field, Sagaponack, N.Y.
Ira Rennert's 29-bedroom, 39-bath Hamptons compound has three swimming pools plus its own power plant in its premises. Property value is about $248 million according to 2012 tax assessments.
#2. Villa Leopolda, Villefranche-sur-mer, France
Lily Safra owned this waterside home for 500 million euro in 2008. It is about $750 million at that time. This property is a 20-acre estate that was supposed to be bought by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov who pulled out the deal eventually forfeiting a 50 million euro deposit.
#1. Antilia, Mumbai, India
The 27-story, 400, 000-square foot residence has six underground levels of parking, 3 helicopter pads, a health level, and reportedly requires about 600 staff to run it is the world's most expensive home with construction cost amounting to more than $1 billion. It is named after a mystical island in the Atlantic and owned by Mukesh Ambani.
