Bill Gates Buys Palm Beach Area Mansion, Reportedly Pays in Cash

Microsoft founder, and filthy-rich billionaire, Bill Gates has plunked down a crapload of skrilla for a 7,230-square-foot, four-acre, four-bedroom, four-bathroom mansion in the Mallet Hill section of Wellington in Palm Beach. Gates, 57, whose net worth is said to be $72.7 billion, reportedly paid $8.7 million for the mansion located...

By Chris Joseph

June 25, 2013

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Microsoft founder, and filthy-rich billionaire, Bill Gates has plunked down a crapload of skrilla for a 7,230-square-foot, four-acre, four-bedroom, four-bathroom mansion in the Mallet Hill section of Wellington in Palm Beach.

Gates, 57, whose net worth is said to be $72.7 billion, reportedly paid $8.7 million for the mansion located at 3155 Mallet Hill Court.

The report also says Gates paid in cash.

Like a bawse.

Check out some pics of Gates' new digs after the jump:

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