New research has revealed the famous faces with the most expensive car collections in the world, with Ralph Lauren owning the most valuable car collection after royalty!
The team at Bill Plant Driving School has analyzed estimated values for celebrity car collections – from the Sultan of Brunei to Messi and Floyd Mayweather Jr. The research also looked at the most desired car collections, by annual Google searches.
The Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, is the owner of the largest car collection in the world: a total of over 7000 vehicles with an incredible value of $5bn! Although, it has long been rumored that many of his prized, rare wheels have been sold or abandoned following some financial troubles.
Coming in second place is fashion mogul Ralph Lauren, owner of a $350 million car collection ranging from exotic hypercars to vintage race cars. The collection includes several rare models: a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, McLaren F1 LM, 1929 “Blower Bentley” 4½ Liter, a 1930 Mercedes-Benz SSK “Count Trossi” (aka “The Black Prince”), and a Lamborghini Reventón Roadster, to name a few.
Most valuable celebrity garages:
|
Rank |
Celebrity |
Value |
|
1 |
Hassanal Bolkiah |
$5bn |
|
2 |
Ralph Lauren |
$350m |
|
3 |
Lawrence Stroll |
$185m |
|
4 |
Jay Leno |
$150m |
|
5 |
Jerry Seinfeld |
$100m |
|
6 |
David Letterman |
$50m |
|
6 |
Lionel Messi |
$50m |
|
8 |
Manny Khoshbin |
$30m |
|
9 |
Floyd Mayweather Jr |
$25m |
|
10 |
Ian Poulter |
$24m |
The research also looked at the celebrity car collections that people desire the most, and found that Cristiano Ronaldo’s cars register the second highest number of google searches.
Jay Leno owns the most desired collection: around 286 vehicles, including some of the last remaining models of vehicles such as the Duesenberg Model X and Chrysler Turbine Car. He also has his own TV show called ‘Jay Leno’s Garage’.
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are in third and fourth place, with 49,200 and 46,500 Google searches respectively. Bill Gates’ collection also makes it to the top 10!
Most desired celebrity garages:
|
Rank |
Celebrity |
Annual Searches |
|
1 |
Jay Leno |
175,500 |
|
2 |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
112,000 |
|
3 |
Elon Musk |
49,200 |
|
4 |
Jeff Bezos |
46,500 |
|
5 |
Kylie Jenner |
43,800 |
|
6 |
Ralph Lauren |
38,500 |
|
7 |
Hassanal Bolkiah |
36,100 |
|
8 |
Jerry Seinfeld |
35,700 |
|
9 |
Bill Gates |
34,800 |
|
10 |
Lewis Hamilton |
31,200 |
This article was sourced from a media release sent by Olivia Smith of Digitaloft
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