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Tom Gores is starting to look just as much like a sports mogul as a private equity guy—and lately, he’s been spending accordingly. According to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, he’s worth about $10.1 billion, a fortune built through Platinum Equity, the Beverly Hills–based firm he founded in 1995 that now manages roughly $50 billion in assets.
Gores was born in Israel and raised in Flint, Michigan, and his path into business was a relatively scrappy one—he started out working in his father’s grocery store before moving into dealmaking in the 1980s alongside his brother, Alec Gores. Early on, he showed a tendency to move quickly and opportunistically. In 2009, he picked up the San Diego Union-Tribune for about $30 million and sold it just two years later for roughly $110 million.
Over the past decade, those instincts have scaled up considerably. He bought a stake in the Detroit Pistons in 2011 and later consolidated full ownership, turning the NBA team into a multibillion-dollar asset. More recently, he expanded into the NFL with a 27 percent stake in the Los Angeles Chargers, and he’s now reportedly part of a group vying for the San Diego Padres—an MLB franchise expected to command north of $3 billion.
Despite business and sports interests that span leagues and state lines, his real estate footprint remains surprisingly concentrated in Los Angeles, where he has quietly built a portfolio that feels less like a scattershot collection and more like a carefully orchestrated footprint—roughly $230 million across Holmby Hills, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, and Malibu. Here’s a closer look at how that strategy plays out.
Beverly Hills
Image Credit: Google Earth The foundation of Gores’s Los Angeles footprint begins in Beverly Hills, where he owns at least three properties. In 2006, he paid $33.64 million for a nearly six-acre vacant parcel on Angelo Drive. Today, however, it’s far from empty; it’s a private recreational compound that functions more like a training ground than a traditional homesite with a tennis court, a Pistons-branded basketball court, and a soccer pitch.
That land abuts a 10,000-square-foot villa residence he acquired in 2007 for $11.5 million. With seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms, the house operates as the livable counterpart to the adjacent sports grounds and has at times been used as a rental. Then there’s the outlier, a 2,700-square-foot condo not far from Rodeo Drive, reportedly purchased in 2010 for $2.2 million, likely serving as a flexible landing pad for family, friends, or staff.
Malibu
Image Credit: Google Earth In 2003, Gores picked up a place in Malibu from Silicon Valley tech mogul and software engineer Marc Andreessen for about $22.7 million. The 6,700-square-foot beachfront residence sits along one of the coastal town’s premier streets.
Set on a 0.68-acre parcel, the 1927-built house features three bedrooms and six bathrooms and is far more restrained in style than his inland estates. In 2014, he expanded, spending $20 million on the neighboring property—a smaller 3,600-square-foot home with three bedrooms and four baths. Together, the two parcels form a substantial compound that reflects Gores’s penchant for buying the house next door.
Gores’s real estate influence in Malibu and nearby communities extends to the next generation: his daughter, Catherina Gores, bought a Pacific Palisades home for $25 million in 2022 and a Malibu Colony property for $17 million in 2021, which she sold in 2024 for $22.5 million.
Beverly Park
Image Credit: Google Earth By the early 2010s, Gores had moved into one of Los Angeles’s most exclusive enclaves, Beverly Park. He first acquired a Tuscan-style mansion there in 2010 for just over $21 million. Built in 2000 and designed by architect Donald Ayres, the house spans roughly 24,000 square feet, with seven bedrooms and 14 bathrooms across two levels. Interiors skew classic and grand, featuring beamed ceilings, stone fireplaces, and a mix of formal and informal living spaces. Loggias and sunlit patios extend into more than two acres of landscaped grounds, complete with a pool, spa, and mature gardens.
The house later became part of a much larger strategic play, illustrating his approach to dealmaking. In 2016, Gores sold the property for about $40 million to developers Gala Asher and Ed Berman, using it along with other assets, including land in Bel Air, as part of a complex transaction that secured his Holmby Hills estate. He didn’t stay away for long: in 2017, he quietly reacquired the Beverly Park estate in an off-market deal for $38 million.
Holmby Hills
Image Credit: Google Earth If there’s a centerpiece to Gores’s Los Angeles footprint, it’s his extravagant Holmby Hills estate. In 2016, the Detroit Pistons owner closed on the newly built spec mansion for $100 million—a steep discount from its $150 million asking price—in a glossy, supersized deal that reads as much like a private equity transaction as a home purchase. Rather than simply buying the house, Gores traded a portfolio of Los Angeles–area assets, including undeveloped land in Bel Air, while retaining a financial interest in some of those properties, consolidating multiple holdings into a single trophy estate.
Set on 2.17 acres along one of L.A.’s most prestigious streets, the property carries serious provenance. The land once formed part of Barbra Streisand’s former Mon Rêve estate, and the block has hosted everyone from Walt Disney to Frank Sinatra.
Records show the house spans roughly 27,000 square feet, with seven bedrooms and 15 bathrooms across a main residence and the guesthouses. The 5,300-square-foot primary suite alone is larger than most American homes and opens onto a covered, heated patio. Amenities lean full fantasy: a theater complex with its own entrance and valet station; a wine room and lounge; and a spa level featuring a cascading indoor water wall, lap pool, steam and massage rooms, and a full-service beauty salon.
The scale continues outside with multiple infinity pools, landscaped grounds threaded with private walking trails, and parking for more than 50 cars, plus a 10-car garage. Even by Holmby Hills standards, it’s a statement.
Michigan
Image Credit: Elaine Cromie/Getty Images With his roots in the Wolverine State and ongoing ownership of the Pistons, he is believed to maintain a foothold in Michigan. At one point, he was said to maintain a low-profile loft-style condo in Birmingham, just outside Detroit, though details are predictably scarce.
His brother, Alec, offers a sharper contrast. While primarily based in Los Angeles, Alec has maintained more visible ties to Michigan real estate, including a sizable lakefront home along Lake Michigan built in 2013. At the same time, he has remained active—and highly public—on the West Coast. In 2022, he sold his French Normandy–style estate in Beverly Park for $70 million in an off-market deal, parting with the 30,000-plus-square-foot mansion he originally commissioned in 2007.
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