These Celebrities Have More Homes Than They Could Reasonably Need

PHOTO: Kim Kardashian & Kanye West have 6 homes. zz/John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx.

In what feels like the 1000th month of lockdown, there’s never been a more tempting time to drool over real estate you can’t afford. Just imagine how much easier all this staying home could be if “staying home” meant staying at a massive Beverly Hills mansion with a pool and movie theater. Hollywood stars and billionaires, of course, don’t have to imagine (despite what Gal Gadot may have you think). Stars like Oprah Winfrey and Leonardo DiCaprio have long set the standard for what our dream homes would look like, but there’s an extra-elite level of celebrity real estate ownership that Winfrey and DiCaprio have reached too: those who own five or more homes.

Sure, you’d be hard-pressed to find a celebrity who doesn’t own at least two homes, but one particular club of homeowners has truly gone above and beyond in their pursuit of property. Unlike Ellen DeGeneres, another famous celeb-slash-real estate tycoon, these stars are notable for holding on to their homes, rather than selling them for a profit as DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have done with over ten different mansions. Taylor Swift, who has a notably sentimental streak, owns eight homes total, none of which we can quite imagine her giving up. And while Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, two more famous landowners, are no stranger to upgrading their living spaces, they’ve so totally customized their homes over the years that we can’t imagine it would be an easy flip.

As a result, these celebs in the five-and-over club have a home in every port where they may want to travel (and private jets to take them between manses). Lockdown who? Read on for all the stars whose real estate portfolios are basically a passport to the world.

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2019, file photo, Bill and Melinda Gates look toward each other and smile while being interviewed in Kirkland, Wash. The George W. Bush Presidential Center is honoring the Gates with its annual award for those who work to improve the lives of others. Former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush on Thursday, April 11, will present the Gates with the George W. Bush Medal for Distinguished Leadership. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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Bill & Melinda Gates – 6 homes

As the third-richest person in the world, it’s no surprise that Bill Gates and wife Melinda are on this list. Their primary residence is a $123 million mansion in Medina, Washington nicknamed “Xanadu,” which boasts over 66,000 square feet, 7 bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, a trampoline room, automatic temperature controls, a 60-foot swimming pool, and so much more.

Gates also owns two horse farms: one worth $8.7 million in Wellington, Florida (4.8 acres, 4 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms), where he quickly bought out the neighbors as well, and one in California: Rancho Paseana, purchased for $18 million from Jenny Craig (228 acres).

Finally, Gates purchased a Wyoming ranch in 2009 that was listed at $8.9 million (492 acres) and sits close by to Yellowstone National Park, a $12.5 million mansion in Palm Desert in 1999, and a $43 million San Diego mansion with 120 feet of private oceanfront in 2020, rounding out his 6 homes.