Home Savings & Loan president Howard F. Ahmanson, the financier, philanthropist and art collector, moved with his family into the spacious house in 1958. His second wife, Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson, gained full title to the house in 1971; it was sold in 1975. Howard Ahmanson supported, among many local institutions, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Music Center's Ahmanson Theatre.
20 years after his death, Johnny Carson's Malibu compound is reemerging on the market with a $110 million price tag. The late Tonight Show host bought the modern wood-and-glass abode in the 1980s and maintained it until his 2005 death. Designed by architect Ed Niles, the triangular 7,100-square-foot house features a flat roof, glass walls, and soaring ceilings lined with dramatic beams.
The OpenAI co-founder and CEO's Big Island residence is now for sale, with a new listing that touts a "blend of luxury and natural beauty" - and many amenities of the ultra-rich. The estate looks out on Kailua Bay and the Pacific Ocean, with the listing boasting 10 bedrooms across a main residence and a guest house, a helicopter landing spot, staff quarters, a screening room, a private harbor, and "advanced security systems [that] guarantee peace and discretion."