Revealed: Identity of mystery tech billionaire who spent $23 million on DC mansion to cozy up to Trump

The individuality of a enigma mogul who purchased a $23 cardinal location successful Washington, DC has yet been revealed arsenic tech CEOs flock to beryllium portion of President Donald Trump's 2nd term. 

DailyMail.com obtained exclusive photos of the sprawling spot that is lone astir 15 minutes from the White House, depending connected traffic.

It's in the aforesaid vicinity arsenic Vice President JD Vance's authoritative residence astatine the Naval Observatory. 

A spokesperson from Meta confirmed that Mark Zuckerberg is the buyer.

‘Mark and Priscilla person purchased a location successful D.C., which volition let Mark to walk much clip determination arsenic Meta continues the enactment connected argumentation issues related to American exertion leadership,’ Meta said successful a connection to Politico. 

The location was sold successful March to a mysterious LLC formed successful Delaware for each currency prompting neighbors to wonderment who was the latest big-money mogul readying to determination adjacent to Trump.

The merchantability is the third-most costly successful the past of the city’s existent property market.

Street-view images of the location were blurred connected Google Maps and Apple Maps but near up connected Microsoft’s Bing hunt engine.

The spot was antecedently purchased for $5.15 cardinal successful 2013 and the location was demolished to marque mode for the operation of a 15,400 quadrate ft ceramic mansion.

The caller operation was designed by celebrated section designer Robert M. Gurney. 

New walls and fencing were erected to further unafraid the location which has wide outdoor spaces for amusement and fitness, including a hoops tribunal and excavation complex.

Zuckerberg’s caller location allows the Facebook mogul to enactment for extended periods of clip successful Washington, DC arsenic the full tech manufacture vies for the president’s attention.

He was spotted astatine the White House connected Wednesday connected the aforesaid time that quality broke of concern mogul Elon Musk’s planned departure from authorities astatine the extremity of May.

That prompted speculation whether Zuckerberg was making his determination to get wrong Trump’s orbit arsenic the president’s ‘new’ adjacent tech advisor.

For now, however, Zuckerberg has much contiguous concerns.

Zuckerberg’s Meta institution is facing an antitrust proceedings successful April, arsenic the Federal Trade Commission could interruption up its ownership of the WhatsApp messaging level and Instagram.

The champion lawsuit script for Zuckerberg would beryllium to scope a colony with the medication but Trump could beryllium looking to marque an illustration of the tech institution to nonstop a message.

Several large tech moguls person each purchased homes successful Washington, DC, to marque definite they person a beingness successful the metropolis arsenic the authorities plays a important portion successful the aboriginal of their companies.

Trump's cryptocurrency czar David Sacks swept into the metropolis successful January and purchased a $10.3 cardinal residence.

In 2016, Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos bought a $23 cardinal spot successful the city.

Paypal co-founder and tech visionary Peter Theil bought a location successful the metropolis for $13 cardinal successful 2021.

Former Google enforcement Eric Schmidt besides bought a mansion that erstwhile served arsenic a impermanent location for President John F. Kennedy’s widow Jaqueline for $15 cardinal successful 2024.

Musk, however, is not consenting to enactment down roots successful the city, choosing alternatively to slumber successful his bureau successful the Executive Office Building, according to reports. 

The billionaire advisor to the president does question with the president often connected weekends to his nine astatine Mar-a-Lago successful Palm Beach, Florida.