Oprah Winfrey
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Oprah Winfrey is American television
tycoon who has a personal wealth of $2.7 billion, not too shabby. In
2001, with that gigantic stack of cash, Oprah bought Californian home
for $50 million. The property covers 42 acres of land and the mansion
alone covers 23,000 square feet.
50 Cent
50 Cent’s stunningly enormous 51,657
square foot luxury home located in Connecticut has an impressive 19
bedrooms, 37 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, 5 Jacuzzis, 2 snooker rooms (cos one
obviously isn’t enough), an indoor swimming pool, a night club, a gym,
an indoor racquetball court, a tennis court, a home cinema, indoor
shooting range and oh yeah a pond. Bling bling!
John Travolta
John Travolta owns a not so beautiful but very luxurious and
impressive style Florida mansion. Its cost: $2.5 million. Parking
facilities? Of course, mainly one huge hangar for his Boeing 707 and one
for the Gulfstream… and of course several smaller garages for his
collection of 15 cars.
Rod Stewart
Rock star legend Rod Stewart owns a mega
mansion painted all in sunshine yellow in Palm Beach area. Its cost was
$12.5 million, and a very impressing feature is that it has it own
private beach, football pitch and a carting track.
Celine Dion
Celine Dion owns a $20 million
“Water-park” house, on Jupiter Island, Florida. The mega structure water
park construction around the house uses no less than 6 million gallons
of water per year; however, she and her husband Renee have constructed
on the property 5 huge private wells so that they will never encounter a
water shortage. The entire mansion is surrounded by huge pools and
artificial rivers that definitely are forte points for both kids and
grown ups alike during torrid summer afternoons! The interior of the
home is entirely decorated in elegant black and white furnishings and
accessories.
Will Smith
Still the Fresh Prince for many, while
for others a very dear character from the “Pursuit of Happiness”, and
for others of a certain generation the lyrical mastermind behind the
shake your hands from side to side masterpiece “Boom boom shake the
room”. Will Smith lives in a refurbished castle in Calabasas,
California.
Truly exclusivist and luxurious, this
little castle is estimated at $20 million, and of course it comes with
its own lake and huge sports arenas such as an ultra modern tennis court
& basketball field.
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner has a personal worth of over
$40 million all thanks to his Playboy Empire. His Playboy Mansion is
both is home and headquarters, the notorious Californian party home
covers a total of 6 acres of land and has a staggering 26 bedrooms in
the main property that takes 20,000 square feet.
Jerry Seinfeld
Comedy super star Jerry Seinfeld bought
this luxury estate from rocker Billy Joel for a reported figure of $32
million and has been refurbishing it ever since.
The East Hampton, New York home has a 22
car garage to fuel Seinfeld’s motor passion and as a devoted New York
Mets fan, he even has his very own private baseball pitch.
Larry Ellison
Oracle software founder and CEO Larry
Ellison, is very famous not only for his work related achievements, but
also for his real estate acquisitions. He spent $65 million on a
collection of beachfront houses in Malibu, and transformed them exactly
the way he wanted them: into comfortable, luxurious little beachside
palaces. His real estate list does not end here, as he owns 12 homes in
total in Malibu, on which he spent $180 million.
Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes
“Top Gun” star and his wife simply love
ludicrously expensive real estates. They own several homes, one of which
in London UK, and the other in Telluride Colorado, but none of these
two homes exceed $6 million. The real deal is their home in Beverly
Hills, which they bought for the exorbitant price of $35 million.
Luxury, elegance and opulence are describing this palace both inside and
out!
The home has 9 bathrooms and 7 master
bedrooms, with private pools and a tennis court. The mansion features a
fence enclosure, so that the family can enjoy their privacy.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
The ultimate celebrity couple own this
$40 million estate in Long Island, New York and if you think it looks
nice on the outside then you should see the inside. It has a ridiculous
18 refurbished bathrooms, yes 18! The Tudor style property covers an
incredible 22,000 square feet and it comes with both a swimming pool and
private tennis courts.
SourceSteven Spielberg
He’s the man behind such great films as
Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan and the last
Indiana Jones film, okay scratch the last one but with a personal wealth
of over $3 billion, he’s bought a pretty amazing home.
His recently refurbished East Hampton
property in New York is worth approximately $25 million and like any
self respecting billionaire would have, their is a state-of-the-art film
studio. Spielberg’s home even has a private stables and a guest house
so his A-list celebrity friends can stay over.
George Clooney
When Clooney isn’t making blockbuster
films in Hollywood, he tends to enjoy the quiet life, this is optimised
with this Italian villa in the small town of Laglio which has a total
residency of only 930 people.
He bought the luxury property in 2002
for $10 million and has added some nice refurbishment touches. It now
boasts having it’s own private jetty into the water, a swimming pool, a
fully equipped gym, tennis courts and beautifully manicured gardens.
Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk is a skateboarding superstar
and he has the crib to match, trust me with a personal brand worth over
$1 billion, you get an extremely luxurious house. His Southern
Californian home covers over 3,800 square feet, it has 4 bedrooms and 3
bathrooms which he shares with his family.
He even has a recently refurbished guest
house so his A-lister friends can stay over in their own private
building.
Robbie Williams
It’s not easy being a millionaire pop
star that’s loved by millions of woman world wide, oh wait a sec, yes it
actually is very easy. Robbie ‘I like to take my shirt off’ Williams’
LA home boasts an impressive 10,681 square feet of land.
The entire property has been refurbished
with an astonishing total of 8 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms. The property’s
tor de force is the outdoor aquatic arrangement, the pristine swimming
pool and relaxing hot tub just oozes luxury.
Gene Simmons
Former Kiss bassist Gene Simmons is used
to a life of luxury and wealth, this is truly reflected in his
regularly refurbished home. His Californian house covers 16,500 square
feet of space and that includes 4 bedrooms and a whopping 6 bathrooms!
The pierre de resistance of Simmons’
home is his archive room where he has just about every piece of Kiss
memorabilia out there, even a Kiss coffin!
Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell is a multi-millionaire
known as much for her controversial nature as for her successful
modelling career. Her modest Jamaican ocean front home only has 3
bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, which for a major celebrity is a small
property, but for Campbell it’s all about luxury and simplicity.
Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock’s New Orleans property
may not look as extravagant on the outside but once inside, it’s all
bells and whistles.She bought the house for $2.25 million and it covers
an astonishing 6,615 square feet.
It has 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, it’s
also been refurbished with marble mantelpieces and antique mouldings.
Outside she has a lavish swimming pool with barbeque area to keep all
guests entertained.
The Osbournes
The Black Sabbath singer and family who
rose to wider fame with the self titled MTV reality TV show, share the
luxurious Hidden Hills in California shared with other A-list
celebrities.
Their property takes up 10,953 square
feet of land and cost an estimated $10 million. The home that covers 2.3
acres has 6 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, they also have the almost
compulsory outdoor swimming pool.
Mary J. Blige
Grammy winning soul singer Mary J. Blige
is a bit of a bargain hunter when it comes to real estate as this
property shows. She bought this lavish 18,250 square feet home for a
snip at just $12.3 million, a mark down of over $5 million from the
original price.
The New Jersey mansion comes with a 14 seat home cinema, a fully equipped personal gym, a basketball court and even an elevator!
Jennifer Lopez
Hollywood’s much loved couple Jennifer
Lopez and Marc Anthony live literally in a wonderful palace in LA area,
with an interior resembling a museum of art collections rather than
being a simple family home. Elegance and sumptuous luxury in white and
other soft tones are the perfect words to describe this wonderful
mansion.
Halle Berry
Halle Berry is an Oscar winning actress,
and she’s definitely got the swanky home to match. Her West Hollywood
home in California has a modest 4 bedrooms, the outside alone has an
extravagant swimming pool, a hot tub and even two fire pits made of out
real volcanic lava. Now that’s some luxurious refurbishment.
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