Hugh Hefner’s world-famous Playboy mansion sold to Greek billionaire for £77million
The Los Angeles pad was bought by Daren Metropoulos
THE Playboy mansion has been sold to a Greek billionaire for $100milllion (£77million) – half of its initial asking price.
Hugh Hefner’s world-famous Los Angeles pad was bought by Daren Metropoulos, a private equity firm boss, it emerged last night.
It was sold with the agreement that the 90-year-old Playboy can live in the mansion until he dies.
The property, which sits amid 5 acres (2 hectares) in Holmby Hills, west of Los Angeles, boasts 29 rooms, a tennis court and a free-form swimming pool - and has a zoo licence.
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Metropoulos, a principal Metropoulos & Co, said Hefner’s 1927 Gothic Tudor-style mansion, which has an area of 20,000 square feet (1,858 square metres), had a “rich and storied legacy” and is a “masterpiece in design.”
The mansion was purchased by Playboy in 1971 for a reported $1.1 million.
It is home to the famous Playboy grotto, which over the years served as the setting for some of Hefner’s most lavish, hedonistic parties.
The news release said that after Hefner’s tenancy concludes, Metropoulos plans to reconnect the Playboy
Mansion property with a neighbouring estate that he purchased in 2009, combining the two for a 7.3 acre (3-hectare) compound as his own private residence.