Leonardo DiCaprio just bought a 2012 Fisker Karma
Leo got his hands on the first luxury-hybrid 2012 Fisker Karma.The asking price starts at $100,000 grand for this car that Al Gore and Collin Powell are also waiting to get.
Donald Trump owns a Boeing 757 private jet with
Gold-plated bathroom fixtures
The Trump bought this Boeing 757 from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen for $100 million and then gave it a makeover.The seat belts are encrusted with gold, and he plastered his logo on the outside of the plane and on almost everything inside.
Richard Branson has a recreational submarine And anyone can rent it
Richard Branson, Virgin Group founder, owns Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands and in an effort to explore the deep blue seas he bought the “Necker Nymph.”
This submarine resembles an aircraft, and gives its passengers a 360 degree view of the waters.Branson rents out his sub to visitors of Necker island for $25,000 a week.
An anonymous car lover bought
This Ferrari Testa Rossa prototype
This 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa recently sold for $16.4 million at auction -- smashing records before it of the most expensive car ever sold.The buyer is still under wraps but we can't wait to find out who shelled out all that money for the rare prototype.
Mikhail Prokhorov works out on his own virtual ski machine
Image: 60 Minutes
Billionaire Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov owns lots of cool toys (including that sports team he bought for $200 million).But he's also got some unique possessions, including a virtual ski machine. Prokhorov is a known daredevil; he once filmed himself doing stunts on a jetski and had a production company set the movie to music.
Paul Allen collects and restores WWII planes
The Polikarpov U-2/Po-2
Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, collects and restores World War II planes as a part of his toy collection. Alllen has 20 planes so far, including a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, a Curtiss 40C Tomahawk and the Polikarpov U-2/Po-2. He stores the planes in his personal hanger, which he spent $5 million restoring. And to share the wealth, he opened his own museum, "The Flying Heritage," which is open to the the public.
George Lucas has his own fire brigade
George Lucas spent $100 million on his Skywalker Ranch Nicasio, Calif. So he took the necessary steps to protect it -- which includes having his own fire brigade on staff. The fleet has 12 full-time firefighters, plus a few volunteers, and two fire trucks. Their main responsibility is to protect Skywalker Ranch and the production facility on the property, but help out Marinwood Fire Department, nearby, when needed.
Milton Verret won Michael Jackson's red "Thriller" jacket in an auction
Michael Verret, a gold trader from Austin, Texas, beat out six other bidders for the jacket Michael Jackson wore in the Thriller video. He paid $1.8 million at a charity auction in June, marking the red jacket as the Most expensive piece of Rock & Roll memorabilia ever sold.
Larry Ellison owns a Malibu home complete with cable car
Larry Ellison, the chief executive of The Oracle, bought this Malibu, Calif. home for $20 million, which is a fraction of the $26 billion he's worth. There is a tennis court and swimming pool on the property, but what makes them particularly impressive is that that section of the backyard is connected to the main house by a cable car that descends a fixed track to the lower level of the terraced property.
Vladimir Antonov just purchased a British football team
Image: vantonov.com
London-based Russian businessman Vladimir Antonov became the newest Russian owner of a British sports team when he bought Portsmouth in June. He is one of a growing number of Russian businessmen to own sports teams both at home and abroad.
Image: MSNBC
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos funded a spaceship developed by Blue Origin LLC. The project is one of three high-profile commercial space ventures backed by billionaire entrepreneurs (the other two are Richard Branson and Elon Musk). Unfortunately, the unmanned ship just suffered a catastrophic failure during a test flight.
Steven Spielberg owns a prop from "Citizen Kane"
Movie director Steven Spielberg is thought to be worth around $3 billion. Though he could probably take his pick from the movie props of his own blockbusters, he reportedly paid around $60,000 for “Rosebud,” the sled from the 1941 Orson Welles classic film "Citizen Kane," in a Sotheby's auction back in 1982.
David Koch has his very own hot air balloon
Image: Nono Fara via flickr
The NYC engineer and businessman is estimated to be worth $19 billion, millions of which he spends on trying to prove climate change is all made up. A part of the campaign he has invested in an impressive hot air balloon which stops in cities across the US as part of "The Hot Air" tour intended to show that climate change is just a bunch of "hot air."
Bill Gates is the owner of
Leonardo da Vinci's most famous journal
Image: BBC via WinRumors
Of the 30 surviving Da Vinci scientific journals, the Codex Leicester is the most famous. Gates bought it at a 1994 auction for $30.8 million, making it the most expensive book ever sold. After the purchase, Gates had the notebook digitally scanned and made available as a comprehensive CD-ROM. You can buy the CD for less than $30.
Steven Cohen's art collection includes
Damien Hirst's shark
As the hedge fund manager and founder of SAC Capital Advisor, Steven Cohen is worth $11.4 billion. He has spent $137.5 million on de Kooning's Woman III (the second most expensive painting ever sold), and just recently dumped $110 million for a Jasper Johns. It's a good thing this shark suspended in formaldehyde was cheap - $8 million- because the giant fish has been dealing with some serious deterioration issues and has now been pickled in alcohol.
Luxury News / Golden Choice by Lux Creative International
