Russian Businessman Bought The Most Expensive Apartment In New York For US$ 88 Million

Russian Businessman Bought The Most Expensive Apartment In New York For US$ 88 Million

Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev bought the most expensive apartment in central New York for US$ 88 million, reported the New York Observer. It turns out, the most expensive home in the history of Manhattan real estate. Rybolovlev owned 10-room penthouse at 15 Central Park West in New York. The total area of apartment exceeding 626 square meters, besides this it's surrounding by terrace area over 190 square meters.

According to New York Observer, former principal owner of the "Uralkali" was the 93rd richest person in the world with a net worth around US$ 9.5 billion. Were he to move in full-time, that would make him the fifth richest New Yorker, behind David Koch, Mayor Bloomberg, John Paulson and Ronald Perelman.

This is not the first time a rich Russian has set real estate records this year. The current belt is held by Igor Krutoy, a Russian composer who paid US$ 48 million for a massive spread just across the park at the Plaza.

The fertilizer kingpin is no stranger to staggering real estate. In 2008, he purchased Donald Trump's 3 thousand square meters Florida estate, Maison L'Amitie, for US$ 95 million.

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