Instant Alert: Inside the secretive waterfront town that's home to Bill Gates' $125 million 'Xanadu 2.0' and Jeff Bezos' $91 million estate

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Inside the secretive waterfront town that's home to Bill Gates' $125 million 'Xanadu 2.0' and Jeff Bezos' $91 million estate by Harrison Jacobs on Dec 28, 2017, 6:01 PM Advertisement Forget about the Upper East Side of New York or Atherton, California, as bastions for the ultra-rich. The tiny waterfront city of Medina, Washington, is where several of the world's wealthiest people live. Located just outside of Seattle, Medina is home to the world's top two richest people — Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. But they are far from the only moneyed residents. The town's inhabitants include a number of other Microsoft bigwigs, tech entrepreneurs, and telecom magnates.  We visited to see why the sleepy town has become a haven for the 1%. SEE ALSO: The world's richest people are flocking to these 17 cities DON'T MISS: Meet the kids of the world's richest tech billionaires Medina is located on a peninsula, just across Lake Washington from Seattle, and has long been a haven for tech bigwigs in the area. Visitors enter the town from the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge. At 7,708 feet-long, it is the longest floating bridge in the world. Source: The Seattle Times Medina is a city of about 3,000 people. The Medina Beach Park doubles as the City Hall and police station. See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network:    Email sent to: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011