The most expensive penthouse ever sold in the United States is Ken Griffin’s four-floor home at 220 Central Park South in New York, which closed in January 2019 at roughly $238 million. This list ranks the top 15 recorded penthouse sales by closing price as of October 2026, from New York to Miami to Los Angeles. We left out asking prices, because a listing at $250 million proves nothing until somebody signs.
| Rank | Penthouse | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Griffin’s Central Park South mega-penthouse | $238 million |
| 2 | Joe Tsai’s 73rd-floor penthouse | $188 million |
| 3 | The Aman New York penthouse, 730 Fifth Avenue | $135 million |
| 4 | Central Park Tower upper duplex, floors 107 and 108 | $115 million |
| 5 | The One57 penthouse | $100.5 million |
| 6 | The top duplex of the Griffin tower | $100 million |
| 7 | The Central Park penthouse bought for Ekaterina Rybolovleva | $88 million |
| 8 | Fawaz Alhokair’s 432 Park Avenue penthouse | $88 million |
| 9 | The Seaway penthouse at the Surf Club | $86 million |
| 10 | Ken Griffin’s Miami Beach penthouse | $60 million |
| 11 | The One Central Park penthouse | $50.7 million |
| 12 | The Four Seasons Surf Club oceanfront penthouse | $44 million |
| 13 | 111 West 57th Street, Penthouse 76 | $41.75 million |
| 14 | The Sierra Towers penthouse | $36 million |
| 15 | The Henry, Penthouse A | $28.7 million |
1. Ken Griffin’s Central Park South mega-penthouse, New York: $238 million
The most expensive home ever sold in the United States started as a three-floor deal. Hedge fund founder Ken Griffin agreed in 2015 to buy three floors in the 220 Central Park South tower for about $200 million, then grew the purchase to four floors, and it closed in January 2019 at roughly $238 million. We found no US sale since that comes close.
The number is the one cleanly recorded closing at the top of the market, so it anchors our scale. We used the widely reported closing figure without adjusting it.
2. Joe Tsai’s 73rd-floor penthouse, New York: $188 million
Daniel Och’s old penthouse on the 73rd floor of the same building changed hands in January 2022 when Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai bought it for $188 million. At the time it was the second-highest price ever paid for a residence in the US.
The figure is the recorded 2022 sale, with no inflation adjustment.
3. The Aman New York penthouse, 730 Fifth Avenue: $135 million
A five-story penthouse at the Aman residences inside the old Crown Building traded in 2024 for $135 million, one of the biggest Manhattan sales of that year. The developer, Vlad Doronin of OKO Group, sold it as unfinished space, so the buyer got a blank canvas and a very large bill for the interior. The buyer was not disclosed.
We ranked it on the reported closing price alone, because the raw shell is what actually changed hands.
4. Central Park Tower upper duplex, floors 107 and 108: $115 million
Central Park Tower’s real penthouse has been on and off the market at asking prices between $195 million and $250 million, with no sale we could confirm. What did close, in 2024, was the duplex on floors 107 and 108 at $115 million, which made it the fourth-priciest residence in New York City at that point.
Our figure rests on that 2024 closing. We left out the unsold top units because an asking price tells you what a seller hopes for, not what a buyer pays.
5. The One57 penthouse, New York: $100.5 million
The duplex covering the 89th and 90th floors of One57 sold in 2014 for about $100.5 million, which was then a Manhattan record. The buyer was kept secret at first, and reports later pointed to Michael Dell.
The price is the recorded 2014 sale. As a sanity check, only a handful of homes have cost more since.
6. The top duplex of the Griffin tower: $100 million
An anonymous buyer closed on the duplex at the very top of Griffin’s building in July 2020 for $100 million, then the third-largest residential purchase in New York City history.
Here we simply took the closing from mid 2020 as reported.
7. The Central Park penthouse bought for Ekaterina Rybolovleva, New York: $88 million
Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev bought this penthouse for his daughter Ekaterina in the mid 2010s, setting a Manhattan price record for that moment. As gifts for a student go, it beat a laptop.
The figure is the widely reported purchase price, which we did not index forward.
8. Fawaz Alhokair’s 432 Park Avenue penthouse, New York: $88 million
Saudi retail magnate Fawaz Alhokair paid about $88 million in 2016 for the 96th-floor top unit of 432 Park Avenue, one of the tallest residential towers in the city. He later listed it at $169 million in 2021, and the asking price slid to $105 million by May 2024. We found no completed resale.
We use his 2016 purchase because it is a closed price. The later asks tell a story about the market, not about the value.
9. The Seaway penthouse at the Surf Club, Surfside, Miami: $86 million
Developer Fort Partners reportedly sold the oceanfront Seaway penthouse in November 2025 for $86 million, or roughly $5,358 per square foot. It set the closed-sale record for a condo in Miami-Dade County and beat the previous mark of $44 million by almost double.
Our basis is the recorded November 2025 closing, the only Miami figure in this range that is a done deal and not a contract.
10. Ken Griffin’s Miami Beach penthouse: $60 million
Griffin shows up again on the list. Around 2015 he reportedly paid something like $60 million for a Miami Beach penthouse, which set a Miami condo record at that moment and has since been passed by the Surf Club sale above.
We list it at the reported 2015 price and flag it as older data.
11. The One Central Park penthouse, New York: $50.7 million
A penthouse at One Central Park reportedly sold in January 2026 for about $50.7 million, the biggest Manhattan penthouse result we found for the first half of 2026.
The figure is a fresh public record from 2026.
12. The Four Seasons Surf Club oceanfront penthouse, Surfside, Miami: $44 million
In 2024 a buyer reportedly paid $44 million for an oceanfront penthouse at the Four Seasons Residences at the Surf Club. It held Miami-Dade’s condo record until the Seaway deal in 2025.
The ranking uses the reported 2024 closing price and the buyer was not publicly confirmed.
13. 111 West 57th Street, Penthouse 76, New York: $41.75 million
This duplex at the Steinway Tower reportedly closed in August 2026 at just over $41.75 million. That was about 23.5 percent under the first ask, which was $54.6 million when it hit the market in June 2023.
We used the closing price, not the original ask, which is why this one sits below where the brochure would put it.
14. The Sierra Towers penthouse, West Hollywood: $36 million
Los Angeles sets its own scale. A penthouse at Sierra Towers on Doheny Road reportedly sold in July 2026 for about $36 million, about $4,888 per square foot, which is a county record for a condo on that measure. The sellers bought the unfinished shell in 2021 for $17.5 million, then spent five years on the build-out.
Our basis is the recorded July 2026 closing and the per-foot figure in the same report.
15. The Henry, Penthouse A, Upper West Side, New York: $28.7 million
A floor-through six-bedroom with a 754-square-foot private terrace, Penthouse A at The Henry reportedly closed in May 2026 at just over $28.69 million. It is the entry seat in this club.
We used the closing price as recorded in the May 2026 sales report.
FAQ
What is the most expensive penthouse ever sold in the US?
Ken Griffin’s four-floor home at 220 Central Park South in New York, which closed in January 2019 at roughly $238 million.
What is the most expensive penthouse sold since 2020?
Behind Griffin’s 2019 deal, the highest recorded closings are Joe Tsai’s $188 million penthouse at 220 Central Park South in 2022 and the $135 million Aman New York penthouse in 2024.
What is the most expensive penthouse outside New York?
The Seaway penthouse at the Surf Club in Surfside, Miami, which sold for $86 million in November 2025.
Why are asking prices not on this list?
Many penthouses are listed at $100 million to $250 million and then sit unsold or sell far lower. We rank closed sales only, so the list shows what buyers actually paid.
Which penthouse from the old list dropped out?
Most of the old entries were asking prices that never turned into recorded sales, such as the Pierre Hotel, Ritz-Carlton and City Spire units, so we replaced them with verified closings.
How do penthouse prices compare per square foot?
The Seaway sale in Miami works out to about $5,358 per square foot and the Sierra Towers sale in Los Angeles to about $4,888 per square foot.
How we estimate net worth
Our estimates are based on public reporting, company valuations, and deal and earnings figures all compiled in an internal valuation model. They are approximate, and figures change over time as new information emerges.
For this list we leaned on recorded closing prices, deed-level sales reports and developer sale announcements. Where a deal was only in contract or only listed, we left it out.
Last updated: October 2026.
