#1 – Picture #1 – Billionaire Larry Ellison, founder of the Oracle Corporation, has purchased the 249-acre Rancho Mirage, CA estate known as Porcupine Creek. The estate boasts an amazing 19-hole golf course and resort style settings. Larry splurged a whopping $42,900,000 on the home and according to the lastest edition of Forbes, Larry is the 5th richest person in the world with a net worth of $39.5 billion! If you didn’t already know, the magnificent Porcupine Creek estate was built and owned by former billionaire Tim Blixseth. Tim put the home on the market for $75,000,000 back in 2008 and then lowered it to $55,000,000.
#2 – Picture #2 – Tiger Woods’ ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, recently purchased a $12.2 million dollar beach front estate in North Palm Beach, FL just ten miles from Tiger’s new $60 million mega estate. The 17,000 square foot mansion boasts 8 bedroom suites and a 4,700 square foot basement.
#3 – Picture #3 – The historic Woolworth Mansion, located at 4 East 80th Street, is on the market for a whopping $90,000,000, which currently makes it the most expensive property for sale in Manhattan. The mansion was one of three dwellings built in the early 1900s by the late discount store billionaire Frank Winfield Woolworth for his daughters. The 35-foot-wide French Gothic mansion boasts a limestone facade, 18,000 square feet of living space, 7 floors, elevator, 35-foot-wide library, formal dining room with room for 50 guests, a parlor floor with 14-foot-high ceilings, 10 bedrooms, 11 and a half bathrooms and three kitchens. The property can also be rented out for a whopping $210,000 per month.
#4 – Picture #4 – The remaining 13 finalists on the latest season of American Idol have moved into this $12 million estate located at 12300 Mulholland Drive in Beverly Hills, CA. It boasts 15,000 square feet of living space with 9 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms. It was previously used as the house in which the contestants on the reality show, Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch, lived in .