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World's richest man goes on sale mansion for 80 million dollars in New York

a Carlos Slim put on sale the mansion he purchased five years ago in New York at a list price of $ 80 million, which would make it the most expensive house sold in the city. According to the website of the house real estate Sotheby's, Slim asks the mansion of 1,900 square meters, located in the Upper East Side on Fifth Avenue, almost twice the amount that he bought in 2010 The 44 million. Bloomberg reported that sales materialize, the mansion would be the most expensive sold in the city, far exceeding a transaction of $ 53 million made in 2006. Slim, one of the world's richest men, had said after acquiring the mansion that was not his intention to live there, but consider it an investment. The mansion, which has seven floors, was built in 1901 under the Beaux Arts, according to Sotheby's listing. According to Quien.com site, its previous owners were the heirs of tobacco entrepreneur Benjamin Duke, which was sold in 2006 to a realtor for 40 million dollars. Slim also acquired in June 2010 a 11-story commercial building also on Fifth Avenue, for $ 120 million, and in 2009 became the owner of the building of The New York Times, as part of a deal to reduce debt the publisher of the newspaper.

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