Meet The Big-Shot Residents Of 'Billionaire Lane' In The Hamptons
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Owning a big apartment in New York City is great, but having a mansion in the Hamptons is a privilege only the 1% of the 1% can enjoy.
Last year, then-<span class="hidden_link">Forbes</span> reporter Morgan Brennan broke down the who's who of one of the most exclusive streets in the Hamptons - Southampton's <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Meadow Lane.</span>
Not only does it have access to a long stretch of private beach, but the median sale price of a home here was just under $18 million in 2012, according to PropertyShark, making it the most expensive street on the East End.<span>
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The five-mile road even has a helipad to whisk its famous residents off to Manhattan.
<h3>Meadow Lane is one of the most expensive addresses in the country, and no wonder — it runs along a coveted beachfront strip in one of the most exclusive towns in the Hamptons.</h3>
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Source: Forbes
<h3>The famous millionaires and billionaires who live there all reside within throwing distance on the same stretch of road.</h3>
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Source: Forbes
<h3>Daniel Och, CEO of Och-Zipp Capital Management Group, has a 4-acre estate valued at $20.4 million with a 7,000-square-foot mansion.</h3>
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Source: Forbes
<h3>Nearby, billionaire David Koch of Koch Industries has a 7-bedroom mansion valued at $23.2 million. It has a tennis court and seaside pool. Not bad for #6 on the Forbes billionaires list.</h3>
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Source: Forbes
<h3>His neighbor is attorney and real estate investor Julia Vance Carter, whose French-style mansion sprawls across six acres and is valued at $27.2 million.</h3>
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Source: Forbes and Business Insider
<h3>American businessman and founder of Apollo Global Management Leon Black owns this grandiose four-lot compound valued at $42.8 million.</h3>
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Source: Forbes
<h3>Healthcare mogul Vivek Garipalli got a bargain on fashion CEO Tory Burch's estate when he bought it in 2012 for $11 million, less than half of what Burch paid for it four years earlier (pictured is a home Burch bought nearby in 2009).</h3>
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<h3>William Salomon of the Salomon Brothers lives in this $20.2 million mansion, with six bedrooms and a backyard pool.</h3>
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Source: Forbes
<h3>Designer Calvin Klein tore down a huge castle-like home to build his dream glass-and-concrete mansion. It reportedly cost him $75 million to build, including the land.</h3>
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Source: Forbes
<h3>Real estate tycoon Aby Rosen owns this 3.4-acre spread, valued at $21.5 million.</h3>
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Source: Forbes
<h3>His neighbor is hotelier Ian Schrager, who bought this 10-bedroom property with tennis court in the '80s. It's currently valued at $19.2 million.</h3>
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Source: Forbes
<h3>Ford Financial Fund managing member Gerald J. Ford owns this three-lot compound valued at $38.5 million, which includes the 6,000-square-foot guesthouse he purchased separately in 2011 for $10 million.</h3>
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Source: Forbes
<h3>And number #85 on the Forbes billionaires list, Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila, lives in this 9,000-square-foot mansion with floating staircase, glass railings and outdoor dining room that's valued at $17.7 million.</h3>
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Source: Forbes
<h3>The Meadow Lane home that belonged to late financier Teddy Forstmann was initially listed for $34 million. It sold in 2013 for $24 million.</h3>
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<h3>Apollo Global Management's co-founder Marc Rowan sold his 6-bedroom, 6.5-bathroom mansion on Meadow Lane for $28.5 million in 2012.</h3>
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<h3>Thinking of joining the high rollers of Meadow Lane? This modern beachfront property is asking for $32.5 million and is being sold by architect Myron Goldfinger, who had one of his homes featured in "The Wolf Of Wall Street."</h3>
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Source: Curbed Hamptons and Corcoran
<h3>Those home prices pale in comparison to these mega-sales.</h3>
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