$173M pad for Ellison

Sets Fla. record

Tech titan Larry Ellison has reportedly bought a $173 million estate in Florida, breaking the record for the highest price ever paid for a home in the state.

The Oracle co-founder, 77, picked up the 63,000square-foot Manalapan compound from fellow tech billionaire Jim Clark, who had snatched it for $94 million just last year, the Palm Beach Daily News reported.

The purchase pulverized the previous record paid for a Flor- ida home, set in February 2021, when a Palm Beach spread once owned by former President Donald Trump was sold to a mystery buyer for nearly $140 million.

The latest mammoth transfer adds another jewel to Ellison’s real-estate portfolio.

Ellison (inset) forked over $300 million for 90 acres on the Hawaiian island of Lanai that now serves as his home base. The mogul also boasts a selection of homes across California, including a dozen spreads in Malibu.

Ellison ranks as 11th-richest person in the world with a net worth of roughly $83 billion, according to Bloomberg.

Clark, the founder of Netscape, had bought the Manalapan estate as a “spur-ofthe-moment purchase” and sought to unload it after deciding to spend most of his in New York, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The compound, near Palm Beach, boasts 1,200 feet of oceanfront and 30 bedrooms across several buildings. It also has a private dock and a three-hole golf course.

Billionaires have piled into South Florida in recent years, with big-name buyers jostling to secure homes from Miami Beach to Palm Beach.

An elite pool of real-estate players, including former casino magnate Steve Wynn, have also made windfalls in recent years by flipping homes amid Florida’s scorching market.