In October, Bezos bought a seven-bedroom mansion for US$79 million, which is next to another waterfront mansion he bought for US$68 million earlier this summer.

As the name suggests, Bezos’ new, exclusive neighbourhood is home to a handful of ultra-high-net-worth people, including sports superstars and pop celebrities.

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“Billionaire bunker”, officially known as Indian Creek, is a heavily guarded man-made barrier island complete with its own police force. The exclusive village has 41 residential home sites and is one of highest income neighbourhoods in the country, with consistently fewer than 100 residents, according to the Miami-Dade Beacon Council.

So who else has – or had – property in this luxury neighbourhood?

1. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn

Carl Icahn bought his 14,000 sq ft home back in 1997 for just US$7.5 million out of a foreclosure. It’s now worth close to US$47 million, according to estimates from Zillow.

The billionaire investor, who derives his wealth from an 89 per cent stake in Icahn Enterprises, has a net worth of almost US$6 billion, according to Bloomberg.

2. Tom Brady and his ex wife, supermodel Gisele Bündchen

After they divorced in 2022, the pair cancelled their construction plans. Brady has since taken out a US$35 million loan for construction on a new bachelor pad, while Bündchen acquired a US$11.5 million home in nearby Surfside, according to the New York Post.

Bündchen’s colleague at Victoria’s Secret, Adriana Lima, lived in the area until 2022, when she sold her four-bedroom, four-bathroom, waterfront mansion for US$40 million, after acquiring it for just US$9 million in 2009, according to property news site The Real Deal.

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3. DJ David Guettam a potential move-in?

DJ David Guetta was reportedly in talks to buy a waterfront home on Indian Creek island for US$69 million in August.

4. Spanish singer-songwriter Julio Iglesias

Spanish singer-songwriter Julio Iglesias paid around US$15.2 million for a property on the island in 2012.

It’s one of several lots that Iglesias owns on the island, according to Forbes. And he sold one of them to celebrity plastic surgeon Aaron Rollins for US$30 million in 2020, according to The Real Deal.

5. Car dealership tycoon Norman Braman

Car dealership tycoon Norman Braman bought a house on the island for US$3.9 million in 1991.

The eight-bedroom, eight-and-a-half bathroom, 19,000 sq ft property is now worth over US$49 million, according to estimates from Zillow.

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6. Property developer Irwin Tauber

Property developer Irwin Tauber owns a huge, 24,716 sq ft, eight-bedroom mansion on “billionaire’s bunker” that also has tennis court.

Tauber and his wife paid US$7 million for it in 2003.

7. Hedge fund titan Eddie Lampert

Former Sears CEO and hedge fund titan Eddie Lampert dropped US$38.4 million on a piece of property on the island back in March 2012.

The seven-bedroom, Italian-style mansion has 11 full bathrooms, sits on 1.1 hectare (2.7 acres), and is worth more than US$77 million, according to Zillow.

8. Businessman Jared Kushner and wife Ivanka Trump

Kushner and Trump dropped around US$32 million on a lot on the island in 2020.

The nearly 0.8-hectare (two-acre) lot was previously owned by Iglesias, and the couple subsequently bought a six-bedroom, eight-and-a-half bathroom home for US$24 million in 2021, according to the Miami Herald.

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9. Dutch businessman Geert-Jan Bakker

The magnetics entrepreneur bought the seven-bedroom, eight-bath Mediterranean mansion for around US$9.3 million, and it’s now worth over US$14 million, according to Zillow.