Jeff Bezos is dipping into his billions by dropping $165 million USD on a mansion in L.A., the highest amount ever paid for a property in the city angels. This sale beats the previous record held by a $150 million home in Bel-Air. , whose net worth is currently sitting at a solid $131.9 billion USD, is really living up to his title as with the purchase this Beverly Hills residence. Despite its enormous price tag, Bezos’ splurge only racks up to an eighth a percent his net worth. As The Verge points out, this is equivalent to a person earning $60,000 USD a year spending only $75 USD on a house.
According to Architectural Digest, the nine acre property includes a 13,600 square-foot mansion, as well as several garages equipped with their very own gas pumps, a swimming pool, a tennis court, and a nine-hole golf course. It was built by one the co-founders Warner Brothers, Jack L. Warner, in the 1930s, and was by its most recent owner, David Geffen, a Hollywood business magnate. Geffen originally purchased the piece real estate for an estimated $47.5 million in 1990, a national record at the time.