Steph Curry slam-dunks sale of $31M Atherton home

NBA star Stephen “Steph” Curry has sold his Atherton home with barely a dribble this fall for $31.2 million.

The Golden State Warriors guard quietly exited the 7,500-square-foot home at 247 Polhemus Avenue in an off-market deal, Dirt.com reported. 

The September sale netted $150,000 more than what Curry paid for the home in June 2019, the year the Warriors moved from Oakland to San Francisco.

247 Polhemus Avenue, Atherton (Studio Green)

The buyer was Singapore-based billionaire Forrest Li, the China-born founder of Sea, a Singapore-based video game and e-commerce company known for its Free Fire game and Shopee platform.

Once Singapore’s richest man, Li was one of the biggest losers in the tech market crash earlier this year, shedding nearly $18 billion off his net worth, according to Bloomberg. But the Stanford MBA graduate is still among China’s wealthiest businessmen, with an estimated net worth of $3 billion.

247 Polhemus Avenue, Atherton (Studio Green)

The four-bedroom, five-bathroom house, designed by Ken Linsteadt Architects and built in 2019 by Woodlane Properties, sits on an irregular-shaped lot of more than an acre landscaped by Studio Green.

Hidden behind gates at the end of a secluded cul-de-sac, the contemporary stucco and glass home includes an open-concept interior in white, gray and charcoal.

The three-story manse has formal living and dining rooms and a gourmet eat-in kitchen.
Outside, a sundeck-encased pool has a cabana, fireplace and built-in barbecue. There’s also a small guesthouse and detached three-car garage topped by a loft-style living space.

247 Polhemus Avenue, Atherton (Studio Green)

It’s not clear where Curry and his wife, Ayesha, are calling home. Last summer, they bought a vacation house in Winter Park near Orlando, Florida, for $2.1 million.

Atherton, a Silicon Valley home to tech billionaires and sports superstars, has long been dubbed the nation’s “richest city,” with the most expensive home prices in the country. This month, it claimed the title for the sixth straight year with a median single-family home price of $7.9 million, according to PropertyShark’s list of priciest Zip Codes. 

Last month, Curry’s former Alamo home in the East Bay hit the market for nearly $9 million.

— Dana Bartholomew

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