Top 6 Billionaire Vacation Homes

This article is about the vacation homes of some of the wealthiest men in the world. These are breathtaking homes that will blow your mind.

Becoming a billionaire is no easy feat, but staying sane at the top is even harder, though it’s not the same for our Nigerian politicians.  Sometimes the rich folks need a moment away from their busy lives and since money comes easy for them they can enjoy that moment in luxury. Hence, vacation homes become top priority.

Here’s a glance at half a dozen over-the-top holiday estates/vacation homes belonging to some of the most affluent people on the planet, from a sprawling San Diego ranch (owned by the world’s richest man) to a  Chateau de la Croë  an acquisition of  owner of premier league strugglers, Chelsea football club

1. Bill Gates’ Equestrian Estate

 

Though the tech tycoon spends most of his time in his $120.5 million, 50 ,000 square foot home in Medina, Washington, he has numerous properties all over the country on which he can kick back and relax. Among them is Rancho Paseana—a 229-acre horse farm located in Rancho which he purchased in 2014 for 18 milllion from weight-loss bigwig Jenny Craig.

The Microsoft founder reportedly acquired the ranch—which includes a three-quarter-mile race track, five barns (totaling 141 stalls), and an olive orchard—in hopes of converting it into a “hunter and jumper” training facility for his daughter Jennifer, an avid horse rider.

2. Yuri’s Milner’s Los Altos Hills Headway

The Russian Business man paid close to 100 million dollars for his 25, 000 square-foot life mansion situated on situated on 11 acres in Silicon Valley.

Originally designed by architect Bill Hablinksi for software pioneer Fred Chan, the Moscow resident’s California estate emulates an 18th-century French chateau with a central court that encloses a formal entrance on three sides.

3. Michael Bloomberg’s Riverside Residence

The former New york Major spent 26 million on a historic brick mansion in London once owned by author Mary Anns Evans (better known by her non de Plum, George Eliot)

The home isn’t the Bloomberg LP founder’s first in the English capital—he also owns a four-bedroom, three-bath pad in Cadogan Square.

4. Eric’s Schmidst Santa Barbara Spread

The executive chairman of Alphabet Inc. bought his Montecito retreat from Ellen DeGeneres for $20 million in 2007. An escape from his primary residence in Atherton, the four-acre property is dotted with various gardens, fountains, and fruit trees, and features a four-bedroom home with a full-floor, 1,300-square-foot master suite.

Eric

In 2014, the Facebook CEO and founder picked up a 750-acre tract on the Hawaiian island of Kauai for $100 million. The purchase included two adjacent parcels: the $66 million Kahu’aina Plantation—a 357-acre former sugarcane plantation with 2,500 feet of oceanfront and a working organic farm—and 89.2% of Pila’a Beach, a 393-acre property with a white-sand stretch (Denver executive Gary Stewart refused to relinquish the remaining 10.8%, which he procured for $6.04 million).

6. Roman Abramovich’s Caribbean Hideout

In 2009, the Russian oligarch shelled out nearly $90 million for a piece of Gouverneur Bay—a 69-acre plot on St. Barth’s once owned by David Rockefeller. The Chelsea Football Club owner asides the vacation home also owns a villa along the French Riviera known as Chateau de la Croë (once home to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor); two homes in Aspen (together worth $29.2 million); and estates in Sardinia and London (including a $140 million home on Billionaires’ Row), plus a soon-to-be mega-mansion in Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Credits: Forbes