Scott Shleifer (right) is one of the latest to move to Florida from New York City.
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A home in Palm Beach, Florida has sold for $132 million, making it the second highest-priced single-family home on record for the U.S. The buyer was Scott Shleifer, cofounder of private equity investing arm of Tiger Global Management.
The 21,000-square-foot house had been on the market a few weeks ago with an asking price of $140 million, and despite the slight price reduction, it still comes close to the most expensive house purchase in the country. It ranks just behind the $165 million purchase by Jeff Bezos of David Geffen’s former Beverly Hills estate in 2020.
Hedge funder Ken Griffin still holds the record for priciest purchase of all with his $238 million buy of a condo New York’s Central Park South building. Griffin has also spent at least $350 million combined on purchases in Palm Beach as part of his plan to assemble one contiguous…