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Back in June, we told you about Roman Abramovich’s new megayacht “Eclipse,” which is also touted as the world’s biggest yacht. The Russian oligarch is back in the news for his ostentatious spending habits. This time this uber-rich socialite has bought a piece of the Caribbean with a $90 million estate in St. Bart’s which earlier belonged to Jeet Singh, co-founder of ATG, the Cambridge, Mass., maker of Web software. The 70-acre Governor beach estate boasts fabulous ocean views, a tennis court and swimming pool, which is a signature of all of St. Bart’s. Balinese bungalows, and is one of the most expensive properties ever sold.
This Russian magnate has lost more than half his fortune in the past year, which made him slip down to #51 spot on the prestigious Forbes World’s Billionaires 2009 list, but that has not stopped him from spreading his empire that includes a “La Leopolda,” a $500 million estate in the south of France, dubbed as world’s most expensive house at $500 million in 2008.
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Sorry, but no matter how often you quote your own blog posts on this matter:
Roman Abramovich doesn’t own and never owned Villa ”La Leopolda”.
He was at first falsely connected to the €500-million purchase because he always gets connected to large-scale mystery sales - be it yachts or real estate - by news publications and blogs without any fact base just on the grounds of ”it could be him therefore it must be”...
Wikipedia would be a good starting point for what was called research in the old ages citing that later the buyer was said to be Russian Mikhail Prokhorov. Since then Prokhorov has reportedly backed out and never closed the deal, forfeiting a $55 million deposit, meaning La Leopolda was not sold in 2008, not for €500 million nor anything else.
Unfortunately it’s the continuous rumination of unverified false information that further cemments these ”false truths” because other publications who have not done proper research either continue to quote them in endless cycles of self-replicating wrongness.
Hey Alex, thanks for updating us on this !