d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 1 亿万富婆因何变得穷困潦倒 10亿美元20年败光
传媒业亿万富豪约翰?克鲁格(John Kluge)和他妻子帕翠西亚?克鲁格(Patricia Kluge)
在1990年离婚，据有关报导称，后者拿到了超过10亿美元的分手费。
现在，克鲁格夫人在陷入止赎危机后卖掉了其位于弗吉尼亚州的一座拥有45个房间
的庄园，她珍视的葡萄酒庄和豪华地产开发项目也被债权人扣押。她甚至卖掉了珠宝和
古董。
《华 盛顿邮报》(The Washington Post)的一篇文章报导，克鲁格夫人和她的现任
丈夫已经仓促搬到他们开发失败的地产项目后面一栋价值仅300万美元的spec home居住
（spec home是开发商在没有找到买主前就开始修建的房屋，通常价格会比较便宜）。
那么，究竟是什么原因使她从亿万富婆沦落为债务人呢？
据《华盛顿邮报》的这篇文章称，这是美国经济下滑、不合时宜的业务扩张以及其
他不明智的商业决策共同作用的结果。笔者认为还要加上第四个原因，可能也是最重要
的原因，那就是：负债。
克鲁格夫人拖欠各家银行和贷款人的欠款总额超过6,000万美元。这些欠款包括：
有 报导所称的从Farm Credit of the Virginias 借来的3,400万美元，这笔钱用
于购买占地960英亩的克鲁格葡萄酒庄(Kluge Estate Winery Vineyard)。这家银行目
前在经营这座葡萄酒庄，并打算在定于4月9日举行的拍卖会上将其出售。
克鲁格夫人还拖欠美国银行(Bank of America) 2,390万美元本金和利息，这笔贷
款以其位于弗吉尼亚州的雅宝大屋(Albermarle House)作为抵押。
另外还有从Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Inc. 借来的850万美元贷款
，以名为Vineyard Estates 的房地产开发项目作为抵押，该项目共有22栋住宅。
当然，只要克鲁格夫人的资产价值能够抵得过贷款总额，这6,000万美元的贷款应
该是可控的。然而，雅宝大屋2009年在市场上首次放售的价格是1亿美元，而美国银行
的买入价仅为1,530万美元。
葡萄酒庄的售价只抵得上它一半的产出，而那个豪华地产发展项目也不幸遭遇房屋
市场泡沫破裂带来的冲击。
从这一事件中得到的教训是：不管你有多富，也不管你认为自己的资产有多值钱，
都请你妥善管理自己的债务。就算是亿万富翁，也很容易忘掉这一点。 | d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 2 她的故事可以拍电影了,拍出来能获奖,
还能捞点钱,笑死人.
Kluge)
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 亿万富婆因何变得穷困潦倒 10亿美元20年败光
: 传媒业亿万富豪约翰?克鲁格(John Kluge)和他妻子帕翠西亚?克鲁格(Patricia Kluge)
: 在1990年离婚，据有关报导称，后者拿到了超过10亿美元的分手费。
: 现在，克鲁格夫人在陷入止赎危机后卖掉了其位于弗吉尼亚州的一座拥有45个房间
: 的庄园，她珍视的葡萄酒庄和豪华地产开发项目也被债权人扣押。她甚至卖掉了珠宝和
: 古董。
: 《华 盛顿邮报》(The Washington Post)的一篇文章报导，克鲁格夫人和她的现任
: 丈夫已经仓促搬到他们开发失败的地产项目后面一栋价值仅300万美元的spec home居住
: （spec home是开发商在没有找到买主前就开始修建的房屋，通常价格会比较便宜）。
: 那么，究竟是什么原因使她从亿万富婆沦落为债务人呢？
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 3 http://www.paparazzinewz.com/patricia-kluges-downfall-billionai
Divorcée Patricia Kluge’s DownfallPatricia Kluge had it all—beauty, an
exotic past, and a rumored “cool billion” post-divorce. So how did she
lose it all, from her 960-acre Virginia winery to her 45-room mansion?
Sandra McElwaine on Kluge’s dizzying fall.
The saga of Patricia Kluge is one of glamour, sex, power, and money—and the
luxurious lifestyle she so carefully crafted has crashed and burned. The
era of conspicuous consumption for the ex-wife of the late billionaire John
Kluge came to an end last month, when several banks foreclosed on an
elaborate 960-acre winery and real-estate development she had established in
Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1999. And just last week, Bank of America
delivered the coup de grace, filing suit against Kluge, claiming she
defaulted on three loans worth $23 million. The bank stepped in and seized
Albemarle, her opulent, 45-room Georgian mansion, adjacent to Thomas
Jefferson’s Monticello.
Marie Ridder, a prominent Virginia environmentalist, dined on several
occasions at the manse, where Kluge, a statuesque society vintner, 62,
entertained movie stars, politicians, and international luminaries at
pheasant and quail shoots, fox hunts, and lavish black-tie dinners.
Albemarle is over the top and overdone, Ridder says: “It’s really
ridiculous and very pretentious. There were these grand busts of people
everywhere, and even a private chapel. It was imitation British grandeur
without the history to go with it.”
Kluge and her third husband, former IBM executive William Moses, tried to
save their pastoral property and stave off creditors in 2009 by putting it
on the market for $100 million. (The price has been reduced to $24 million.)
Last June, the couple began auctioning off an assortment of treasures,
including a massive 8-carat cabochon ruby ring, several initialed shooting
guns, silver Faberge plates, and a well-worn frock by Arnold Scaasi, who
designed Kluge’s wedding gown.
Although these items fetched more than $15 million, Kluge and Moses were
forced to retreat to far less ostentatious digs and now reside in a 6,000-
square-foot spec home, the only house Kluge ever constructed on the land
adjacent to the winery. (There are also reports she has purchased several
apartments in Marrakech, Morocco, a resurgent haven for the chic and well-to
-do.)
Kluge’s neighborhood is in a tizzy. How could the woman who was once
labeled the “Richest Brit in Virginia” be down and out in Charlottesville?
Kluge’s neighborhood is in a tizzy. How could the woman who was once
labeled the “Richest Brit in Virginia” be down and out in Charlottesville?
“Nobody knows anything, and nobody sees them anymore,” says a longtime
resident. “She’s become a laughingstock, and that’s sad.”
Born in Iraq, the daughter an English translator father and a half-Iraqi
half-Scottish mother, Patricia Maureen Rose attended a French convent school
in Baghdad. She moved to London at 16 and then burst upon he swinging ’60s
scene as a belly dancer in a sleazy nightspot. There she met and married
her first husband, Russell Gay, publisher of Knave, a steamy tabloid, and
became a member of his soft-porn enterprise and a celebrity by posing nude
and contributing to a cheeky sex-advice column.
A saucy, sultry 5-foot-10, with long, dark hair, she created quite a stir
and did not lack for admirers. ”I was hot looking in my twenties,” Kluge
told The Daily Telegraph. “I was gorgeous. It was a no-brainer.”
Eventually Kluge tired of her spicy role and opted out. After ditching her
career and her spouse, she headed for New York, where she met the married
and mega-rich John Kluge, chairman of Metromedia and 35 years her senior. (
John Kluge ultimately sold his company to Rupert Murdoch for a reported $4
billion and was dubbed the richest person in America by Forbes. Metromedia’
s radio and television stations would later form the core of what would
become the immensely successful Fox TV network.)
When Kluge laid eyes on the exotic former centerfold, he was smitten and,
before long, divorced. “John was so in love, he even converted to
Catholicism to marry her,” said Barbara Sinatra, a family friend.
John and Patricia tied the knot in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in 1981.
According to Marie Ridder, his wife’s belly dancing became the main topic
of John Kluge’s conversation. “It was startling to sit next to him at
dinner and have him tell you what an expert she was,” says Ridder.
With the new wedding band came a new persona and starring role—society
maven. The Kluges adopted a son, John Jr., began construction on Albemarle,
and acquired a Palm Beach villa, apartments in New York and London, and a
shooting lodge in the Scottish Highlands, close to Balmoral. Patricia Kluge
tried to ingratiate herself with her neighbor the queen, but was continually
snubbed. Finally one Christmas the queen sent over a gift of a Labrador
retriever, indicating a social benediction of sorts.
The Kluges’ foray into the high-powered whirl of Palm Beach benefits proved
more problematic. When the couple was asked to host a soiree for Prince
Charles and Princess Diana, the British tabloids trumpeted the “Naked Truth
,” revealing Patricia’s shady past, along with nude photos and the name of
her racy movie, The Nine Ages of Nakedness. The couple quickly withdrew
from the royal welcoming committee and scuttled off to an undisclosed
location. The scandal, she said, “was the best thing that ever happened,”
because she learned exactly who her friends were. Even Prince Charles, she
claimed, “sent a note” when, a few years later, they were back in the news
. John Kluge wanted to split and was willing to ante up. According to The
New York Times, “It sounded like a divorce made in heaven, which was
refreshing, since everyone had had enough of the other kind.”
Speculation was that Patricia received a cool $1 billion, the largest
divorce settlement ever, along with several of their homes in order to
liquidate the nine-year union. This startling sum alone was enough to stir
up the local gentry, but Patricia’s close connection to the dashing Douglas
Wilder, Virginia’s first elected African-American governor, drew even
greater scrutiny. And when his helicopter was frequently seen whizzing back
and forth between the State House in Richmond and her elaborate pad, a
firestorm of publicity erupted. Both vehemently denied any impropriety,
saying they were strictly friends, but insiders recall the relationship as
“a good romance” and “a terrific fling.” (Wilder is the former mayor of
Richmond, and Kluge has been married for 11 years to Moses, with whom she
started the extravagant winery. John Kluge died in September.)
Now all their plans are smashed. On Feb. 15, Albemarle House is to be sold
by creditors on the steps of the Albemarle County Courthouse. (Rumors abound
that Patricia is trying to disassociate her name from the entire process.)
I tried to reach both Moses and Kluge and left messages at the winery, but
got no response. When I called The Farm Shop, a café and general store on
the property, on Monday morning I was told the bank had taken over and the
couple were no longer there.
What precipitated this devastating fall?
Hubris, over-expansion, the recession, and naivete. Million-dollar French
wine masters, imported oak barrels, boxes specially designed by Viscount
Linley, and overpriced consultants do not produce profits. Nor do $75-a-
bottle wines. Like yacht and horse racing, wine making is a wildly expensive
proposition, says Michael Mondavi, founder of Folio Wines. “It’s a
cutthroat business,” he says from his vineyard in Napa Valley, California.
“To establish a brand is extremely capital intensive, and you have to be
prepared for seven to 10 years of negative cash flow. If you can weather
that storm, you’re generally OK, but if you haven’t planned for that, it
can be critical.”
According to local vintners, Patricia Kluge way overspent and overproduced,
and tried to go national and global before establishing a regional market.
“Unless you have an unlimited budget, to be taken seriously in this
business you have to give it 120 percent of your time,” says Mondavi.
So, was this a business or a hobby for Kluge?
No one can answer that question.
An earlier version of this story said that Douglas Wilder is mayor of
Richmond, Virginia. Wilder was mayor from 2005 to 2008.
Sandra McElwaine is a Washington correspondent for The Daily Beast. She has
been a reporter for The Washington Star, The Baltimore Sun, a correspondent
for CNN and People, and Washington editor of Vogue and Cosmopolitan. She has
also written for The Washington Post, Time, and Forbes.
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【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 她的故事可以拍电影了,拍出来能获奖,
: 还能捞点钱,笑死人.
:
: Kluge)
| r****n
发帖数: 7315 | 4
看起来很普通阿。
【在 d******e 的大作中提到】
: 她的故事可以拍电影了,拍出来能获奖,
: 还能捞点钱,笑死人.
:
: Kluge)
| d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 5 眼光和嗅觉太差,这就是要捧的.
那个剧作家快来改编,这里有机会.
【在 r****n 的大作中提到】
:
: 看起来很普通阿。
| O*********9
发帖数: 552 | 6 玩过大富翁的都知道
有钱的阶段，对手也有钱
出入都是大钱
破产也很快
高处不胜寒
不像阿土仔刚登陆，出入没多少，破产也不会 | d******e
发帖数: 4192 | 7 这个女人玩过的也太多了,干的都是什么事啊?
早年在夜总会,第一个老公是出版色情刊物的,
觉得她是个好模特.第二个老公是传媒大王,
曾经去和英国女王拉近乎,女王看不上她,后来好容易
让她组织了一个对查儿斯王子和戴安娜的什么酒会,
英国媒体不饶她,铺天盖地暴露她的丑闻,...离婚.
拿到世界离婚史上最大的一笔赡养费.
后来传和V州的民选黑人市长有菲闻,
和现在的老公做红酒的生意......要搞一个名酒的品牌.
最后终于一败涂地了,很惊险刺激啊.
她这样花钱如流水社交名媛,还不是经常宴请那些名人,
明星,现在没什么钱了,这些名流也不会理她了...
只有小报记者感兴趣了.
不过瘦死的骡驼比马大,她前一阵子拍卖一个清代的古钟,
380万美金吧,被一个华人暴发户买了.
【在 O*********9 的大作中提到】
: 玩过大富翁的都知道
: 有钱的阶段，对手也有钱
: 出入都是大钱
: 破产也很快
: 高处不胜寒
: 不像阿土仔刚登陆，出入没多少，破产也不会
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