The billionaire Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos is currently the richest man in the world and now he purchased the historic Warner Estate in Beverly Hills from medial mogul David Geffen for $165 million.
The legendary estate is also known as the Jack Warner Estate, built by the former head of Warner Bros. Studio in 1937. Geffen had purchased the 9.4-acre estate in 1990 for a reported $47.5 million.
A 1992 Architectural Digest article said only a handful of Beverly Hills houses matched the Warner estate. The article described it as a “13,600-square-foot Georgian-style mansion” with “expansive terraces and gardens, two guesthouses, nursery and three hothouses, tennis court, swimming pool, nine-hole golf course and motor court complete with its own service garage and gas pumps.”
Jeff Hyland, a veteran Los Angeles real estate agent, described the mansion in his 2008 book, “The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills.” Hyland wrote “No studio czar’s residence, before or since, has ever surpassed in size, grandeur, or sheer glamour the Jack Warner Estate on Angelo Drive in Benedict Canyon.”
There are terraces, gardens, a nursery and three hothouses outside the home. The grounds also include two guesthouses, a tennis court, swimming pool, and a nine-hole golf course. It reportedly took Warner ten years to complete, according to AD.
Warner hired architect Roland E. Coate to reimagine and develop the existing Spanish Colonial-style home to suit the tastes of the day after demolishing several neighboring mansions.
Actor-turned-decorator William Haines furnished the ornate interiors, which featured a two-story entryway, parquetry floors and a cantilevered staircase.
Bezos has also bought a second property which is a portion of an estate belonging to late Microsoft founder Paul Allen for $90 million. It will be used for business purposes by Amazon.
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