He’s Spent Just One Night on His Private Island. He’s Had Enough.
Albert Sutton paid just over $1 million for something that many rich people dream of — a private island. Then he bought a second island, 400 yards away, for $450,000.
The purchases put Dr. Sutton, a pathologist turned real estate investor, in the universe of better-known island owners like the British entrepreneur Richard Branson and the actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Mel Gibson, Eddie Murphy and Johnny Depp.
Read more on the New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/nyregion/island-sale-nyc.html
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