Billion Dollar House

[James]

Jeez check this place out, total Nouveau Riche status right there....

Antilia Tower
Mumbai, India
Owner: Mukesh Ambani, chairman, Reliance Industries
Cost to build: $1 billion
Size: 570 feet, 27 floors (including six floors of parking for Ambani's 168 cars), 48,000 square feet
Features: Ceilings double the height of normal building ceilings; an entertainment floor including a 50-person movie theater; three floors of terrace gardens including an interpretation of the hanging gardens of Babylon; two floors with facilities for health and fitness; a two-floor guest apartment; four floors of living space; three rooftop helipads; one floor for air traffic control.

Some other notables on the slideshow...

Owner: Ira Rennert, investor
Approx. value: $185 million
Size: 63 acres, 110,000 square feet (66,000 square feet house)
Features: 29 bedrooms; 39 bathrooms; 3 dining rooms; 3 swimming pools; 164-seat theater; recreation pavilion with basketball court, gym, and bowling alley; two courtyards with fountains; English formal gardens; guardhouses at entrances; power plant

Gates Residence
Medina, Wash.
Owners: Bill and Melinda Gates
Approx. value: $125 million
Size: 50,000 square feet
Features: private library with oculus; electronic surveillance on entry; 60-foot swimming pool with underwater fossil-motif floor and glass wall with underwater entrance to outdoor terrace; custom-made door handles; 20-seat Art Deco theater.

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[Nicky]

That first tower is straight up "F" u money.

 

[ChicagoCavFan]

Kinda like Jon Hein, huh?

Those places are ridiculous. It sucks seeing that, then looking at my own financial struggles and trying to manage a smile.

 

[James]

The ammount of stress that comes with that much money is insane. I wouldnt trade my situation for something like that in all honesty.

 

[Mandingo]

I would. I'd just pay someone to deal with all my bullshit.

 

[James]

^its not that easy.

 

[PIP]

Billions I'm not sure about.. However, managing multi millions is fairly easy..The problems tends to come from others as opposed to those that have the type of financial security others covet..Everything around them changes more so then them changing because of what they have..

Investing appropriately is also a major factor.. In which case trust issues become the main component that is on the front lines.. I've seen a few people exercise poor investing practices, and I've watched their wealth blow up within the matter of 30 days... I couldn't help but to laugh at them..

 

[James]

Investing appropriately is also a major factor.. In which case trust issues become the main component that is on the front lines.. I've seen a few people exercise poor investing practices, and I've watched their wealth blow up within the matter of 30 days... I couldn't help but to laugh at them..

Exactly, there comes a point where you have so much, its only a number, and i just wouldnt want that, i know a couple people around here who have lost money in bad investments or went out on a limb and it cost them. Why do you think Fortune 500 CEO's get so much money per year? Look at someone like Scottie Pippen, dude is dead ass broke, not many people know, but he had put like $60 Million into a Air Plane that was going to do commercial flights, didnt quite work out for him. Pip may be able to elaborate a little more on something like that. For every person who makes big money in the stock trades, there are tons who have lost everything.

 

[Mandingo]

Would be that easy for me. If i had billions there would be no reason for me to want more. I would pay all of my people generously just to make sure what was mine stayed mine. People who get rich want to be filthy rich and thats not the way to be.

 

[Style]

jesus christ, if you're that stressed put your money in a savings account. I'm pretty sure i can live off a 2% return on a billion.

 

[highplainsdrifter]

You guys know about palm island dubai?

Kinda silly to me, lets build an island when they normally take millions of years to develop. (i think) I saw it on discovery channel or one of those channels. I wouldnt want a home there.

 

[James]

Dubai is nuts, the ammount of money there is just insane.

 

[Deadlock]

Shits amazing at Dubai.

 

[kevolution]

So wait is that like a community or just one rich arab's crib?

 

[clevelandrox23]

You guys know about palm island dubai?

Kinda silly to me, lets build an island when they normally take millions of years to develop. (i think) I saw it on discovery channel or one of those channels. I wouldnt want a home there.

how do people get on the road from their house?