Zimbabwean Tycoon Strive Masiyiwa Buys $25 Million Penthouse In New York

December 14, 2016

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Zimbabwean telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa has reportedly bought two penthouse units at the prestigious Eldorado tower for $24.5 million.

According to a report by The Real Deal, the adjacent units have 5 bedrooms spread across the top two floors at the 29-story tower at 300 Central Park. The sellers of the property were John and Valerie Rowe.

Strive Masiyiwa, 56, is the founder of Econet Wireless Group, a Pan-African telecom company that has lucrative operations in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Burundi, as well as investments in telecom companies in New Zealand and the United States.

Masiyiwa’s spokesperson, Sure Kamhunga was unavailable to comment as at the time of writing this blog post.