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The luxurious property &#8211; Ch\u00e2teau de la Garoupe &#8211; sold for close to 65 million euros, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicematin.com\/immobilier\/le-chateau-de-la-garoupe-dantibes-officiellement-vendu-au-fondateur-de-whatsapp-901482\">according<\/a> to Nice Matin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The local newspaper reports that the property was last valued at 158 million euros. It was repossessed by the French state in 2015 in connection with a money laundering case. It was previously owned by Russian oligarch Boris Berezovski, who died in the UK in 2013. The sale was conducted by the French agency for seized and confiscated assets, known as Agrasc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not 47-year-old Koum\u2019s first foray into the south of France. His superyacht, Moonrise, reportedly spent most of last summer cruising along the C\u00f4te d&#8217;Azur. Koum, who grew up in the Ukraine, moved to the United States when he was 16. The computer programmer, who originally worked for Yahoo, set up WhatsApp in 2009 with his friend and colleague Brian Acton. They sold the social media app to Facebook (now Meta) in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the French government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pop.culture.gouv.fr\/notice\/merimee\/IA06001149\">website<\/a>, the Parc du Ch\u00e2teau de la Garoupe was first developed in 1907 for British MP Sir Charles Benjamin Bright Mc Laren, first Baron Aberconway, and his wife Lady Laura Elisabeth Aberconway. Over the years various owners &#8211; including the Aberconways, and Lord and Lady Henry Norman &#8211; have added guest homes on the 20-hectare property, some of which remain unfinished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1922, American composer Cole Porter, rented the home, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pop.culture.gouv.fr\/notice\/merimee\/IA06001148\">according<\/a> to the French Cultural Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The principal mansion &#8211; designed by British architect Ernest George &#8211; is surrounded by manicured lawns, swimming pool, jacuzzi and tennis court, with breath-taking sea views and wooded area that has been \u201cleft in a natural state which extends to the sea\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A network of winding paths connects the different buildings. 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