Lifestyles of the ridiculously wealthy: Forbes' billionaire homes

by Jordan Running (RSS feed)
Oct 21st 2005 at 8:08PM

Forbes has kicked it into full-on stalker mode and tracked down the homes of America's wealthiest people. Kicking off the list, of course, is Bill Gates, the 51-billion-dollar man, who resides in an enormous compound in Medina, Washington. Warren Buffett, second on the list and worth $40 billion, lives in relative squalor, however, in the same home he bought in 1958 for $31,000 (now worth a paltry $700,000). Pictured above is my favorite of the bunch, the space-age complex in Austin where Michael Dell makes his home.

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John Dec 18th 2005 6:13PM

I thought that they would live in bigger houses, but most of those are quite simple, I mean, mine is bigger! than most of...

AIM Express Dec 18th 2005 6:13PM

Yes, most of them aren't that impressive... but what did you expect? Most of those guys didn't become billionaires by spending their money on superficial things, so why would they change now.