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Tech Entrepreneur David Bohnett Buys Midtown Pad (thepoliticker.observer)
After making his fortune in the days before the dot-com bubble burst, GeoCities co-founder **David Bohnett** has spent much time and energy figuring out how to spend it. These days, most of Mr. Bohnett's vast wealth (Yahoo bought the social networking company for $3.6 billion) goes to worthy causes—LGBT rights, gun control, the arts, AIDS research—through his eponymous foundation. But Mr. Bohnett has clearly kept a little cash in the bank for real estate deals, as he's just purchased a **$1.9 million** _pied-a-terre_ in Midtown, city records show. The Rockefeller Apartments penthouse at **17 West 54th Street **was listed with Douglas Elliman brokers **Magda Schenone, Richard Hottinger **and **Adam Hernandez** since December. It sold at the asking price—Mr. Bohnett may have driven a hard bargain with Yahoo, but he's clearly a soft touch when it comes to real estate. The seller was **Gary Lumsden**. Mr. Bohnett lives primarily in Beverly Hills, where he is Chairman of the board of LA Philharmonic Association and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, but he often jaunts into New York on business. He's a busy, bi-coastal man, after all. Besides volunteer and foundation work, Mr. Bohnett also manages and chairs OVGuide.com, his ...
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