Meet The Billionaires Who Live In The World's Most Expensive Apartment Building
One Hyde Park, located in Knightsbridge, is adjacent to Hyde Park and the Mandarin Oriental hotel.
The per-square-foot price of a unit at One Hyde Park is 10 TIMES the price of average residential real estate in London, and nearly three times more than luxury real estate in the city.
Among other perks, there's a stainless steel ozone pool, an entertainment suite, a golf simulator, and a spa run by the Mandarin Oriental.
There are also three retailers on site: Rolex, McLaren, and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank.
Security in the building is insane. There are panic rooms, bulletproof glass, and guards trained by British Special Forces, according to Vanity Fair.
Source: Vanity Fair
One Hyde Park was created through a joint venture between high-end real estate developers the Candy brothers and Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, the Prime Minister of Qatar.
Source: The Daily Mail, The Guardian
Photos are of apartments currently for sale at One Hyde Park; not actual residences.
The owners were some of the first people to buy into the building. The Sheikh paid $64 million for his triplex, which Vanity Fair calls "the best apartment of all."
Source: The Daily Mail
Photos are of apartments currently for sale at One Hyde Park; not actual residences.
Christian Candy reportedly has two apartments that cost $85 million. And Nick Candy owns an 11th-floor duplex penthouse.
Sources: The Guardian, Vanity Fair
In 2010, Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov paid $216 million for a penthouse in the complex. It's the most expensive home ever sold.
Photos are of apartments currently for sale at One Hyde Park; not actual residences.
Two apartments worth $43.7 million are owned by Professor Wong Wen Young, likely the Taiwanese business tycoon Winston Wong Wen Young.
Source: Vanity Fair
In April 2011, Australian pop star Kylie Minogue dropped $25 million on a three-bedroom flat in the complex.
Source: The Herald Sun
Photos are of apartments currently for sale at One Hyde Park; not actual residences.
Mohammed Saud Sultan al-Qasimi, head of finance for the government of Sharjah, part of the UAE, reportedly paid $18 million for his apartment.
Source: The Guardian
Photos are of apartments currently for sale at One Hyde Park; not actual residences.
At least one apartment is owned by Russian real-estate tycoon Vladislav Doronin, who is dating supermodel Naomi Campbell.
Source: Vanity Fair
Photos are of apartments currently for sale at One Hyde Park; not actual residences.
Nigerian billionaire Folorunsho Alakija is believed to have spent $123 million on several apartments there, all supposedly registered under the name Rose of Sharon.
Source: Vanity Fair
Photos are of apartments currently for sale at One Hyde Park; not actual residences.
Vladimir Kim, a copper baron and the wealthiest man in Kazakhstan with a net worth of $2.3 billion, also owns a home there.
Source: The Daily Mail
Photos are of apartments currently for sale at One Hyde Park; not actual residences.
And Rory Carvill, an insurance entrepreneur and chairman of U.K. based R.K. Carvill & Co. Ltd. reportedly paid $33.5 million for his residence and additional storage space.
Source: The Guardian
Photos are of apartments currently for sale at One Hyde Park; not actual residences.
Two apartments held by Irina Viktorovna Kharitonina and Viktor Kharitonin, presumed to be a co-owner of Russia’s largest domestic drugmaker, cost $49.8 million.
Source: Vanity Fair
Photos are of apartments currently for sale at One Hyde Park; not actual residences.
Want to live in One Hyde Park? You're in luck—a 5-bedroom flat there recently came on the market. At $101 million, it's the most expensive apartment currently for sale in London.
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