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Who is the billionaire who transformed the iconic Playboy Mansion after five years of renovations? Here's how it looks now

Live Events FAQs (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel The Playboy Mansion has finally concluded the long awaited renovations after 5 years, reports said. The mansion was bought in 2016 for $100 million by Daren Metropoulos , a Greek-American businessman. Daren is 42 years old and used to run Hostess Brands and Pabst Brewing Company, according to the DailyMail dad is billionaire Dean Metropoulos , who is 79 years old. Dean likes iconic houses and once partied at the Playboy Mansion in 2012 with Snoop Dogg and Playboy bunnies, as per has spent about $326 million buying fancy properties. He also owns a $148 million Mediterranean-style house in Palm Beach, Florida, according to the Realtor also owns a smaller mansion next door to the Playboy Mansion worth around $60 million and might join both houses in the future. Renovations were led by celebrity architect Richard Landry, who has worked with Tom Brady, Kylie Jenner, Rod Stewart, Mark Wahlberg, and Sylvester Stallone, according to the filed with Los Angeles city said they fixed the kitchen, family room, bathrooms, and powder room. The outside now looks completely different, it has a cream and aqua blue color scheme. It has a new guest house, a bright cobalt blue tennis court, and perfect lawns and gardens, as mentioned in the DailyMail back terrace was made bigger so more people can hang out there. There is a new 42x23-foot glass solarium. Under the solarium is a luxury spa-jacuzzi. The spa also has a cold plunge, like the ones Gwyneth Paltrow, Lady Gaga, and Madonna use. When Daren bought the mansion, he let Hugh Hefner live there until he died in 2017 at 91, according to the mansion was famous because it appeared in Playboy magazine and for crazy celebrity parties. There were lingerie-only dress codes for women, and a famous grotto for Presley allegedly slept with 8 Playmates there at the same time. John Lennon once burned a Matisse painting with a cigarette. Donald Trump filmed an episode of The Apprentice at the mansion and met Hefner there, according to the Cosby was accused of assaulting two women there, Judy Huth said she was 15 when it happened, and Chloe Goins also accused him, though no charges were filed. The mansion was super dirty in the past, old bunnies said there was dog poop and pee on the 2023, permits showed workers fixed termite damage and dry rot in the wooden parts of the house. The Playboy Mansion is in Holmby Hills near the LA Country Club and off Sunset to the reports, the house was first built in 1927 by Arthur Kelly for Arthur Letts Jr. In 1971 Hefner bought the house for $1 million and then it became the second Playboy Mansion.Q1. Who owns the Playboy Mansion?Daren Metropoulos owns the Playboy Mansion.Q2. What is the worth of Playboy Mansion?Playboy Mansion is $100 million worth.