Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones' Christmas light extravaganza

Jonathan ChancellorDecember 22, 2011

 

In keeping with the holiday spirit, billionaire hedge fund philanthropist Paul Tudor Jones has once again shared his Christmas light extravaganza with the public at his waterfront home in the Belle Haven section of Greenwich, Connecticut overlooking Long Island Sound.

Jones, one of Wall Street's legendary hedge fund traders, has done so since 2000.

Susie Costaregni at The Dish column in greenwichtime.com wrote last weekend it was on again. His daughter Caroline features singing in this year's presentation.

In 2010 it was featured on the Wall Street Journal website and on YouTube.

His family occasionally spend Christmas Down Under since they bought the $7 million hillside Bronte house sold by the actor Heath Ledger in 2006. It’s the summer base for Jones and his Sydney-born wife, former model Sonia Klein, when visiting her family and taking in the sun at Palm Beach.

The Jones clan flew to Australia for the 2004 summer, hiring six houses at Palm Beach, and are tipped to be heading down this year too.

He’s currently ranked by the Forbes Rich List as the world's 107th richest person with a $US3.2 billion worth and met his future wife after she won the 1985 Cosmopolitan Look of the Year model competition and was rewarded with a two-year modelling contract in New York. The couple now have four children.

Jones founded the New York City poverty-fighting Robin Hood Foundation.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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