The billionaire Xavier Niel is not only a telecoms giant, he is also an extraordinary property collector. Besides, he has a surprising work in one of his residences …
The French billionaire Xavier Niel, known as the founder of Free, is not only a telecommunications keen. The businessman also appreciates real estate investment and has several exceptional goods. One of its residences is also home to an original sculpture.
Xavier Niel: this amazing work he has in his garden
Entrepreneur Xavier Niel, whose fortune is estimated at 9.8 billion euros according to Forbesis known for his character as discreet as theypical. In particular, he said he was passionate about the catacombs in Paris, in which he likes to walk. A persistent rumor even says that he would have a property connected to a secret passage leading directly to this historic underground network!
Classified 10th among French billionaires, Xavier Niel also attaches great importance to the interior and exterior decoration of its properties. He would have notably installed a colossal work in the garden of his home in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It is an immense in -form statue, an emblematic work of the sculptor César, also visible in the La Défense district of Paris and on the forecourt of the town hall of Nice.
Xavier Niel and his real estate empire: vertiginous sums
At 57, Xavier Niel is not satisfied with a fortune estimated at several billion. Bernard Arnault’s stepson, as a couple with his daughter, Delphine Arnault, has also built, over the decades, a real real estate empire. According to Le Canard Enchaînéthe value of its stone heritage would today exceed 3 billion euros.
The Boursorama Bank has drawn up a non -exhaustive inventory of its goods, and the least that can be said is that there is something to be dizziness. Among its most impressive acquisitions: the Coulanges hotel, neighboring Place des Vosges, bought for 31 million euros or the sumptuous Lambert hotel, an architectural jewel nestled on Île Saint-Louis, acquired for the vertiginous sum of 200 million euros.
But the telecoms tycoon does not stop at the old stones steeped in history. True to his image as an atypical man, he also offered himself unexpected places to say the least. He thus spent 35 million euros for the old AP-HP museum, located in the heart of Paris, and 5 million euros for the golf of Lys de Chantilly.
