Media mogul pays $30M for Palm Beach mansion

200 Via Palma and Jeanne and Herbert Siegel
200 Via Palma and Jeanne and Herbert Siegel

TV media mogul Herbert Siegel and philanthropist Jeanne Sorensen Siegel paid nearly $30 million for a mansion in Palm Beach, county records show.

A company tied to New York-based Solil Management sold the nearly 1-acre site at 200 Via Palma to the Siegels. The deal closed on Thursday, according to Palm Beach County records. A mortgage was not recorded.

It last sold for $22.45 million in April 2008.

The 12,770-square-foot house includes a pool, dock and cabana. The mansion features seven bedrooms and nine-and-a-half bathrooms.

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Forbes billionaire Herbert Siegel has invested in Warner Communications and Viacom. He sold Chris-Craft Industries, United Paramount Network’s parent company, to News Corp. for $5.3 billion in cash and stock in 2011, Forbes reported. The most recent Forbes report values his net worth at $1.1 billion.

In June, the Siegels sold their Manhattan duplex co-op for $16.5 million.

Corcoran’s Colleen Hanson and John Campbell represented the Siegels in the sale, according to the brokerage’s website.

Solil Management’s Jane Goldman is listed as a registered agent on the seller’s corporate records.