article_snippet: Mark Zuckerberg bought four houses surrounding Mark Zuckerberg multi-million dollar home after discovering that a developer planned to turn one of four houses surrounding his multi-million dollar home into a huge estate that would have 'a direct view into Mark Zuckerberg bedroom'.
article_snippet: Next-door neighbors: In November 2012, Voskerician reportedly sent Mark Zuckerberg a letter saying Mark Zuckerberg planned to tear down the property behind Mark Zuckerberg home and replace his home with a 9,600sq-ft mansion.
article_snippet: In November 2012, Voskerician reportedly sent Mark Zuckerberg a letter saying Mark Zuckerberg planned to tear down the property behind his home and replace his home with a 9,600sq-ft mansion, which Mark Zuckerberg would then sell. '
article_snippet: The real estate developer was going to build a huge house and market the property as being next door to Mark Zuckerberg,' a source told The San Jose Mercury News at the time.
article_snippet: In a letter saying he planned to tear down the property behind his home and replace it with a 9,600sq-ft mansion, which he would then sell, Voskerician apparently told the tech executive, who is worth an estimated $33billion, that the mansion would have a direct view of Voskerician home, including Voskerician 'yard and master bedroom'.
article_snippet: , Mark Zuckerberg proposed to sell  a slice of the property at '100 per cent premium' to grant Mark Zuckerberg more privacy.
article_snippet: Billionaire's mansion: In the letter, Voskerician apparently told the tech executive, who is worth an estimated $33billion, that Billionaire's mansion would have a direct view of Voskerician home (pictured), including Voskerician 'master bedroom' Disputed properly: If 'Mark plans to live Mark long term, Mark has 'one shot to ensure Mark privacy is where his privacy needs to be,' the developer  told Mark Zuckerberg's people.
article_snippet: The billionaire subsequently snapped up a further three homes nearby to guarantee The billionaire .
article_snippet: In an April 13, 2013, email, the developer, who lives in Palo Alto with The billionaire wife, Eva, told Mark Zuckerberg: 'First I am happy that I could maintain your privacy by selling you the property. '
article_snippet: Mark Zuckerberg also told Mark Zuckerberg one of the reasons Mark Zuckerbergsold Mark Zuckerberg the house, aside from privacy, was 'your offering to help me get my homes, development projects, in front of your Facebook employees'.
article_snippet: Makan's firm later bought  three other homes surrounding Mark Zuckerberg's house - which is less than a 10-minute drive away from Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park - to secure Mark Zuckerberg privacy.
article_snippet: The houses in Palo Alto, situated 35 miles south of San Francisco and 14 miles north of San Jose, were reportedly snapped up for $10.5million, $14million, and $14.5million.
highlights_snippet: In 2012, developer Mircea Voskerician declared developer Mircea Voskerician intention to turn one of the houses surrounding the Facebook CEO's California home into massive estate .
  