Interactive Brokers Chairman Thomas Peterffy
Billionaire Peterffy Says N.Y. Rich in Florida Are There to Stay The ultra rich are coming to Florida from not only New York, but from California and the Midwest, too.
Amanda Gordon | Feb 19, 2021
(Bloomberg) Palm Beach real estate broker Lawrence Moens made how much in the Covid-fueled boom?
“At least $100 million,” Thomas Peterffy guesses a few days after Moens sold a house for $122.7 million. “At least,” Peterffy adds, breaking into a chuckle. “Maybe he would laugh at the number. He’d say it’s $200 million, silly, or $300 million.”
Feeling comfortable poking fun at Moens (who declined to comment) is just one sign of Peterffy’s insider status in this cosseted enclave for masters of the universe. So too, perhaps, is his ease inviting a reporter to lunch at Mar-a-Lago, which is a few doors down from land he bought for more than $20 million from you guessed it Moens.