News about Carlos Slim

A Gatsby-inspired Long Island home has hit the market for $45 million, after it was purchased for $185 million in 2013. The grand home has 32 bathrooms and 18 bedrooms, several lakes, saunas, wine cellars, a bowling alley, and a fitness center. The eight-acre farm is 24 miles from Manhattan but has 'panoramic views' of the Big Apple. Each room is grand, and definitely Jay Gatsby-approved, with stained glass ceiling windows and marble walls from Italy, abundant natural light, and stunning light fixtures. The lower level is devoted to health and well-being. The spas, fitness center, and the indoor/outdoor pool will be among the spas found by homeowners.

The Gilded Age attracted the most affluent crowds to settle down on Fifth Avenue. The avenue, which had been once an undeveloped portion of Manhattan, was lined by grand homes, some a block wide. Although the majority of the mansions were demolished in the 1920s and replaced with a Zara and Bergdorf Goodman and a religious church, some of the mansions remain in their original glory. If pedestrians are paying close enough attention, they may get a glimpse into the city's rich past and wealthy families.

1009 Fifth Avenue was constructed as a'spec house' by landbro William and Thomas Hall, who built four mansions on the famous street in the Gilded Age in 1899. Benjamin N. Duke, a chairman of the American Tobacco Company, snapped the home up immediately after its completion in 1901, and the house is listed on today. It wasn't until 2006 that it was owned by the family. Before the current owner, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, bought it for $44 million in 2010, it was sold for $40 million to real estate mogul Tamir Sapir. It has now been listed for $80 million.

Carlos Slim Helu (inset) has listed the more than a century old palatial townhouse for more than $80 million after a failed bid to sell the house in 2015. According to Forbes Billionaire List, the Telcom billionaire, who was once listed as the world's richest man, is taking another shot at the 20,000 square-foot mansion on Manhattan's ritzy Upper East Side. Realtors have called the auction a "rare opportunity to buy a piece of history," and if sold, it will smash the record for the most expensive townhouse ever sold in New York City. Slimett earned him nearly double the amount built for the house in 2010, with the eight-bedroom, ten full bathroom mansion built between 1899 and 1901.