A Florida man who sold his $85 million mansion on Miami’s Indian Creek Island for a bargain is suing the realtor who persuaded him to knock $6 million off the asking price without telling him that the buyer was the world’s second richest man, Jeff Bezos.
Cofounder of Brazilian toy company Tectoy and homeowner, Leo Kryss, accepted a reduced “final” offer of $79 million for his 19,000 square foot mansion he had listed for $86 million on the private island, dubbed the ‘Billionaire Bunker.’
Once Kryss found out the buyer was Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, he’s crying foul and is suing relator Douglas Elliman for the missing $6 million, claiming that the “real estate company withheld the billionaire buyer’s identity and told him that $79 million was the final offer.”
‘It was highly material to his negotiations and his decision on the ultimate sales price to know whether Bezos was attempting to anonymously acquire the home in order to assemble it with the adjoining property,’ the lawsuit claims.