US billionaire bags £100m mansion next to palace

An American billionaire hedge fund manager has paid £95m for a Grade II*-listed Georgian mansion within sight of Buckingham Palace. Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, purchased the mansion at 3 Carlton Gardens, in what is believed to be the most expensive sale of a home in the UK since 2011. The John Nash-designed property, previously used by MI6, comes with a pool, staff quarters and formal private gardens, and was sold by the luxury property developer Mike Spink, who bought it for £65.5m in 2012.

Financial Times (21/01/2019)