We’ve spent a lot of time talking about the large chunk of celebrity New Yorkers who’ve chosen the Upper West Side as their home. But here are some of the business tycoons who live in some of the most expensive Upper West Side apartments and in one of the most iconic buildings in New York City. Meet the wealthiest 15 Central Park West residents.
Marcel Herrmann Telles
Telles is a Brazilian beer magnate and a controlling shareholder in Anheuser-Busch InBev. He spent $30 million on his first apartment in the building in 2014. Recently, he picked up another apartment, right next to his first one, for $18 million (h/t therealdeal.com)
Estimated net worth: $10.1 billion.
photo: Fundação Estudar
Ofer Ayel
Chairman of Ofer Global, Zodiac Group and Global Holdings. Global Holdings partnered with Zeckendorf Realty to develop 15 Central Park West.
Estimated net worth: $9.5 billion.
photo: Ofer Global
Dmitry and Ekaterina Rybolovlev
Ekaterina is the daughter of Dmitry Rybolovlev, who purchased a penthouse at 15 Central Park West for her in 2011. The apartment went for a record-breaking $88 million at the time.
Dmitry is a Russian billionaire whose fortune primarily came from Uralkali, Russia’s largest producer of potassium fertilizer.
Dmitry’s estimated net worth: $6.8 billion.
photo: Francknataf
Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
Sovereign ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah since 1972. He is also a professor, published author and historian.
Estimated net worth: $1.3 billion
photo: © Raimond Spekking
Lloyd Blankfein
Former CEO of Goldman Sachs.
Estimated net worth: “well over $1 billion as of 2017”, according to thestreet.com.
photo: Financial Times
Alan F Horn
Chairman of Walt Disney Studios since 2012.
Estimated net worth: $50 million (www.celebritynetworth.com)
photo: Sharon Graphics
Arthur Zeckendorf
President of Vanderbilt Insurance. and owner and co-chairman of Zeckendorf Realty, owner and co-chairman of Terra Holdings.
15 CPW is a Zeckendorf development, so it should come as no surprise that Arthur lives here. The building was developed in partnership with Eyal Ofer’s Global Holdings.
William Zeckendorf Jr., Arthur’s father, passed away in 2014. And William Zeckendorf Sr. was the creator of the family real estate dynasty.
Here’s some more information about the Zeckendorf family.
William Zeckendorf Sr, 1952. photo credit: New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: DeMarsico, Dick, photographer; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 08:19, 16 April 2010 (UTC) [Public domain]
Abby Joseph Cohen
American economist and financial analyst on Wall Street, advisory director at Goldman Sachs, after retiring from leadership of its Global Markets Institute.
Estimated net worth: unknown.
