The 10 Most Expensive Celebrity Real Estate Transactions of 2024
Courtesy of Bugatti Residences
At the end of each year, we at AD can’t help but take a moment to look back at the major moves that the biggest power players made in real estate. In 2024, celebrities and business titans bought and sold multimillion dollar properties across California, in Miami, and abroad. Below, we’ve rounded up the top 10 priciest celebrity real estate transactions of the year.
Caroline Wozniacki and David Lee, $37 million
In June, Danish tennis Olympian Caroline Wozniacki and her husband, retired NBA All-Star David Lee, sold their penthouse on Miami’s Fisher Island for $37 million. The five-bedroom unit sits atop the Palazzo Del Sol, a luxe 10-story building that was completed in 2016. Clocking in at 7,000 square feet, the dwelling boasted an Art Deco–inspired chef’s kitchen, custom marble media walls, and an additional 5,000 square feet of outdoor space, including a roof deck with a swimming pool.
Kendrick Lamar, $42 million
Pulitzer Prize–winning rapper Kendrick Lamar became next-door neighbors with Gwyneth Paltrow in May when he bought a modern farmhouse estate in Brentwood. Mansion Global reported that the musician was in escrow to buy the property from Viet Dinh, the former chief legal and policy officer at Fox Corp. Records show that an LLC tied to the “Not Like Us” rapper actually bought two adjacent parcels from the Vietnamese-American legal chief: a 16,200-square-foot main home and a smaller 3,400-square-foot abode that’s easily accessible from the backyard of the larger property. In total, Lamar paid $42 million for the compound.
Neymar, $54.45 million
Soccer star Neymar dropped $54.45 million on a penthouse in Dubai’s Bugatti Residences in November, right on the heels of buying a $26 million property in Miami. The Dubai dwelling, which is slated for completion in 2027, will feature a private car elevator with direct access to the Brazilian athlete’s penthouse. His future pad will also come equipped with a private pool and sprawling city views.
Laurene Powell Jobs, $70 million
In July, Laurene Powell Jobs, philanthropist and wife of the late Steve Jobs, broke the record for the most expensive home ever purchased in San Francisco. She spent $70 million on a Pacific Heights home that dates to 1916, right next door to fellow tech billionaire Larry Ellison. Details are scarce since the deal was made off-market, but when the previous owners bought the historic house in 2011, it spanned about 17,300 square feet and had seven bathrooms.
Victoria and David Beckham, $72.3 million
Victoria and David Beckham expanded their Miami real estate presence this fall with the purchase of a modern waterfront estate. The newly built home was priced at $80 million, but records show that the power couple ended up snagging it for $72.3 million once the deal was finalized. The 14,270-square-foot pad has nine bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, a movie theater, a gym, a rooftop deck, and a sprawling infinity pool facing Biscayne Bay.
Jeff Bezos, $90 million
Florida, Miami, Indian Creek Island, country club, golf course on Billionairs Bunker, aerial view
This spring, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos shelled out $90 million for his third parcel on Miami’s exclusive Indian Creek Island, also known as “Billionaire Bunker.” Bezos already owned two properties on the manmade landmass that he bought last year—a $68 million plot and the $79 million abode next door. His latest acquisition is a 1.8-acre plot with a six-bedroom and nine-bathroom mansion that spans over 12,000 square feet.
Ken Griffin, $90 million
Gunter Sachs
Hedge funder Ken Griffin added a $90 million beachside estate in the French Riviera to his staggeringly expensive real estate portfolio in June. The St. Tropez property features at least four buildings and a lavishly sized swimming pool on its two acres. The primary dwelling, Domaine de la Capilla, was owned by late photographer Gunter Sachs, who was married to Parisian actor Brigitte Bardot for a period in the 1960s.
Laurene Powell Jobs, $94 million
Powell Jobs makes the list twice this year. The Emerson Collective founder paid $94 million for a Malibu beach house in June. The four-acre plot is just the latest acquisition to Powell Jobs’s expanding compound in the coastal city’s Paradise Cove neighborhood. Since 2015, the billionaire has spent $172 million on adjacent parcels in the exclusive enclave, including her most recent purchase.
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, $96 million
A view of Carpinteria, CA and the coast from the hills above Montecito
In August, SoCal house-flipping aficionados Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi sold two neighboring Carpinteria parcels to mining billionaire Robert Friedland for $96 million. The 10-acre property hosted an 8,000-square-foot Tuscan-style mansion, private access to the beach, a guesthouse, and a cabana. It was reported that the longtime couple broke Santa Barbara’s record for the priciest deal to ever close in the county when they paid $70 million for the adjacent plots in 2022.
Tom Ford, $104 million
Fashion designer Tom Ford, who also made the list of 2023’s most expensive transactions, earns the top spot this year with the $104 million London mansion that he bought in an off-market deal over the summer. The pricey property also broke the record for the UK’s most expensive residential real estate sale of 2024. Not much else about the dwelling is publicly known, other than its white stucco exterior and its proximity to Hyde Park and the River Thames in the city’s Chelsea neighborhood.
Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest
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