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Ukrainian Jan Koum , who is co-founder of WhatsApp , acquired in 2019 a spectacular mansion in Malibu for $ 100 millions of dollars, while in recent days he decided to extend his empire and buy the house next door for $ 87 millions of dollars.
The property, which until recently belonged to Bosnian entrepreneur Diana Jenkins and is located in the exclusive neighborhood of Paradise Cove , it went on the market in May 2020 by $ 125 million dollars , but the lack of stakeholders led the founder of energy drinks Neuro Drinks to reconsider her position.
Before con Once the operation was created, Jan and Diana were involved in a legal fight after the latter decided to hire a landscaping company to cut a hedge located on the border of their properties, arguing that it obstructed their view of the sea.
Her decision caused great annoyance to the WhatsApp co-founder, who decided to sue her, in July of 2020, by $ 70 thousand dollars, as he considered that he had done it with the sole intention of increasing the value of his house.
The residence, of 13, 693 square feet of construction and nestled on a nearly three acre lot, has six bedrooms and 7.5 baths.
It also has a kitchen, dining room, living room, main room, TV room, dance studio, recording studio, among others. The rooms.
Outside there is a guest house with three bedrooms, pool with spa area, waterfall, koi pond, tennis court, guardhouse and extensive green areas.
Before it belonged to Diana Jenkins, who bought it, in 2005, for about $ 25 millions of dollars, The mansion passed through the hands of the executive Barry Diller and by the country music singer Kenny Rogers .
It was precisely during Kenny Rogers’ stay that the house underwent one of its transformations more striking and controversial, because he decided to install a funicular to help him get to the beach quickly, since the property was stands on a cliff.
His controversial decision led him to pay a fine that was around $ 2 million d e dollars , since he did not request authorization to carry out these works.
The funicular moves to an area where there is a oceanfront cottage with retractable roofs, a bar, a barbecue area and a fire pit.
Whatsapp co-founder Jan Koum splashes $ 87 M to buy house next door to his $ 100 M Malibu mansion https://t.co/IQQHh 36 XBE
– Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) February 19, 2021
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In addition to his two properties in Malibu, Jan Koum bought one more, at 2020, in the Beverly Hills area, for which paid $ 125 million dollars after reaching an economic agreement with Jeffrey Katzenberg , its then owner.
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