An enormous and opulent Upper East Side duplex once owned by the late "King of Wall Street" John Gutfreund (who died earlier this year), has just listed for $120 million, making it the most expensive listing in New York City, according to Curbed NY.
Gutfreund made a name for himself as CEO of Salomon Brothers, becoming an icon of Wall Street in the 1980s. He took Salomon from a private partnership to a public corporation, and in 1985 Businessweek named him the "King of Wall Street" - a title which he later told The New York Times that he hated.
John Burger of Brown Harris Stevens has the listing, along with Richard Ziegelasch and Key-Ventures' A. Laurance Kaiser IV and Craig Dix.
The apartment's $120 million price tag beats out the previous most expensive in the city, a co-op apartment in the historic Sherry-Netherland Hotel asking $86 million.