Brody House By A. Quincy Jones

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The Brody House was designed by A. Quincy Jones in 1949 on South Mapleton Drive in Holmby Hills neighborhood for Frances Brody, a well-known LA philanthropist and daughter of advertising titan Albert Lasker. She lived here until her death.

It as sold for $15 Million in 2010 to billionaire James Chao, the chairman of Houston-based Westlake Energy.

In January 2014, it was sold to Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi for $40 Million.

6 months later in the summer of 2014, they sold the house to Napster co-founder Sean Parker for $55 million.
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imkjam picture
@ 2010-01-15 21:01:22
Son Christopher W Brody is a director at Intuit, a former partner at Warburg, Pincus and partner at Vantage Partners
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@ 2011-03-07 16:23:06
Frances and her husband Sidney owned Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust for nearly 60 years. In March 2011, the painting was sold, presumably by their estate for a record breaking $106.5M USD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude,_Green_Leaves_and_Bust
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@ 2012-02-02 06:28:22
Arch = A. Quincy Jones, 1950
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@ 2013-05-23 12:04:13
Was sold for $14.88M in 2010

The new owner is billionaire James Chao, the chairman of Houston-based Westlake Energy.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-17/hidden-billionaires-unmasked-as-westlake-chemical-soars.html
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@ 2014-01-10 12:28:26
Just purchased by Ellen Degeneres for $39.888M.
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@ 2014-07-08 09:59:33
Ellen Degeneres reportedly sold the house for $55M to IT entrepreneur Sean Parker, making a $15M profit.