According to the New York Times, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos purchased the Warner Estate in Beverly Hills from David Geffen for $165 million. The 9.4 acre parcel was designed in the 1930s for Jack Warner, the a force in the entertainment industry and is best known as the former president of Warner Brothers Entertainment. Geffen purchased the residence for $47.5 million in 1990, which was a record for L.A. County at the time.
Bezos’s $165 million purchase, which was not an online order, is a new record for L.A. County and likely for the entire state of California. Alexa, can you say impressive!
