Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin is known for collecting record-breaking real estate. Perhaps most notably, the Citadel founder’s purchase of a $238 million Manhattan penthouse marked the most expensive home ever sold in the U.S. when he bought the roughly 24,000-square-foot unit in 2019. Griffin’s latest real estate venture, per the Wall Street Journal, is a scenic two-acre plot in the French Riviera. The Florida native spent more than $90 million on the transaction, which was reportedly finalized in June.
Situated on Tahiti Beach in picturesque St. Tropez, the estate consists of at least four structures. The primary residence, dubbed “Domaine de la Capilla,” was owned by the late photographer Gunter Sachs, who was married to Parisian actor and singer Brigitte Bardot from 1966 until 1969. Two of Sachs’s sons handled the sale. While it seems there are few recent photos of the abode, WSJ shows images of a shaded alfresco dining area and a large swimming pool looking out onto the sparkling sea. A living area also pictured in the report shows arched doorways and a stately fireplace.
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The eight-figure purchase must not have been too hard on the hedge funder’s bank account; shortly after adding the opulent property to his blockbuster portfolio, Griffin spent $44.6 million on a stegosaurus skeleton, Bloomberg reports—yet another record-breaker for the entrepreneur, as it was the most expensive fossil ever sold in an auction.
Among Griffin’s other staggering real estate purchases are a $122 million London mansion once owned by Charles de Gaulle, a $58.8 million Chicago condo (the city’s most expensive home sale), and a $60 million Miami Beach penthouse. Griffin also owns seven adjacent parcels on Miami’s exclusive Star Island.
