Billionaire Ken Griffin just bought a $238 million penthouse
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Ken Griffin just bought an New York City penthouse for $238 million. It's the most expensive home ever sold in the US.
www.businessinsider.comKen Griffin’s NYC penthouse has been widely reported as the record-setting purchase at 220 Central Park South, completed in January 2019 for about $238 million. Since then, there hasn’t been a widely corroborated public update that changes its status as the most expensive U.S. residential sale to date, though Griffin has continued to expand his real estate footprint elsewhere.
Key points from the latest widely cited coverage:
- The property is a near-24,000-square-foot unit spanning floors 50–53 in a Robert A.M. Stern–designed tower on Central Park South, delivered unfurnished as a “white box”.[4][5]
- The purchase set a U.S. real estate record at the time, surpassing prior records in New York and the country.[1][4]
- Griffin’s broader real estate activity around that period included substantial Florida buys and other high-value moves, illustrating a pattern of mega-property investments.[1][4]
If you’d like, I can pull the most recent articles from reliable outlets and summarize any updates since 2020, including any new records or changes to Griffin’s NYC residence status. Would you like me to do that and provide inline citations?