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Crazy Rich Asian: Dyson’s founder forks out US$54 million for Singapore’s biggest penthouse – this is what it looks like

James Dyson’s new home is Singapore’s tallest, largest and most-expensive condominium. Photo: Sotheby’s Realty

It’s official: James Dyson will soon be living like a crazy rich Asian.

The billionaire founder of British electronics company Dyson has bought Singapore’s most expensive penthouse – a sumptuous three-storey dig in Tanjong Pagar – for which he paid S$73.8 million (US$54.4 million), according to a report from The Business Times (BT).

Photo: Sotheby’s Realty

This price tag beats Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s S$60 million Sculptura Ardmore unit purchased in 2017.

But while Saverin’s super-penthouse is a freehold unit, Dyson’s super-penthouse sits on land which has a lease of only about 90 years left, BT said.

Nevertheless, Dyson still snagged the home for less than 75 per cent of its previously reported asking price, estimated to have been from S$100 million to S$108 million.

Photo: Sotheby’s Realty

While a typical penthouse is a luxury apartment located at the top of a tall building, super-penthouses go beyond that, with a minimum size of 10,000 square feet and a building height of at least 1,000 feet.

Business Insider previously reported that six of the world’s 11 super-penthouses on sale were in Singapore – with Wallich Residences being one of them.

The Dyson founder’s new home is Singapore’s tallest and largest condominium unit, which sits on the 62nd to 64th storey of Tanjong Pagar Centre.

It boasts five bedrooms, a private garden, a 12-metre pool and jacuzzi, and a viewing deck with insane views of Singapore.

Photo: Sotheby’s Realty

James and his wife, Deidre, are Singapore permanent residents, BT said. The company relocated its corporate headquarters from the UK to Singapore in January this year, citing an increasing number of Asian customers and manufacturers.

Dyson is developing an electric car that will be manufactured in the city.

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This article originally appeared on Business Insider.

British inventor James Dyson’s new home is Singapore’s tallest and largest condominium unit, on the 62nd to 64th storey of Tanjong Pagar Centre