Ukraine’s richest man was just revealed as the mystery buyer who scooped up a historic French villa for $221 million last year

• Ukraine’s richest man, billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, has emerged as the buyer of historic Villa Les Cèdres in southeastern France. He purchased the property in 2019 for $221 million, Financial Times reported.
• The 14-room mansion is surrounded by 35 acres of gardens in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France’s so-called “Peninsula of Billionaires.”
• Built in 1830, the palatial mansion was once the home of King Leopold II of Belgium.
• When Italian beverage company Campari initially listed the property for $413 million, it was the most expensive home for sale in the world.
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