Washington's mystery mansion buyer unmasked
THIS COULD BE MAGA WORLD’S NEW D.C. MEETING SPOT — In August, former Trump Commerce Secretary WILBUR ROSS and his wife HILARY GEARY ROSS sold their 10,000-square-foot home in Woodland-Normanstone for $13 million, according to D.C. tax records. It is the most expensive D.C. home sale of the last 12 months.
The August deal was shrouded in mystery. The purchaser used an LLC called Salona Village Holdings that concealed their identity. The Rosses are barred by a confidentiality agreement from disclosing the real buyer’s name, Geary Ross told Daniel Lippman.
But the secret is out.
According to multiple sources, the anonymous buyer behind the LLC is PETER THIEL, the German-born billionaire co-founder of PayPal and friend of Trump. It is “common knowledge” among neighbors and real estate sources, one well-informed person told Playbook.
The mystery buyer’s identity became the talk of the neighborhood, which also includes PENNY PRITZKER (across the street), STEVEN MNUCHIN and LOUISE LINTON (down the hill), GEORGE and KELLYANNE CONWAY, EDEN RAFSHOON and ADRIENNE ARSHT, who sold the home to the Rosses in 2017 and moved around the corner.
The purchase of the splashy new Washington residence comes amid a burst of political activity for Thiel, who turned 54 in October. Previously he was best known in media and politics for secretly funding the HULK HOGAN lawsuit against Gawker.com that bankrupted the site and for his speech praising Trump at the 2016 GOP convention.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/11/15/washingtons-mystery-mansion-buyer-unmasked-495098
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