Jeffrey Soffer was born in 1968 in Miami, USA of Jewish descent, and is a developer of real estate. Currently, he serves as the chairman and CEO of Turnberry, which has an estimated $7 billion worth of real estate properties around the world. Moreover, Soffer is also known as a philanthropist. Jeffrey started his career after matriculation from high school.
How rich is the real estate developer? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the outright size of Jeffrey Soffer net worth is as much as $1 billion, as of the data presented in the early 2017. The main source of Soffer’s net worth is real estate ownership and dealings.
Jeffrey Soffer Net Worth $1 Billion
To begin with, Jeffrey grew up in Miami; his father Donald Soffer, was the owner of the Turnberry company, which he launched alongside his brother Harry after the war. They started with building the Norwin Shopping Centre in Irwin, Pennsylvania, and at the same time, the company operated the Baldoc Hills Golf Club in the same area. In 1964, the Soffer Organization was established in which Donald Soffer was the chairman -the company was later renamed to Turnberry. Donald Soffer stayed in the above mentioned position until his death, after which his son, Jeffrey took the position.
Jeffrey Soffer is now the owner of such real estate properties as condominiums in Las Vegas, Washington and Bahamas, plus property in Miami. Currently, Soffer is working on the project called Sole Mia with Richard LeFrak, a real estate developer from New Jersey. They are turning the dump, which is 183 acres based in the North of Miami into a community with shopping malls, cinema, around 4,400 condos commercial properties etc. Moreover, the company is also building two apartment blocks with 55 floors based in Sunny Isles Beach in the east of Aventura. It has been estimated that each of two penthouses is valued at $35 million. It is also worth mentioning the fact that the Soffer family is the owner of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, the hotel which is loved by celebrities, having two luxurious restaurants and a trendy nightclub. Eventually, all the aforementioned properties and projects will make the net worth of Jeffrey Soffer increase almost every day.
At the end of 2012, Jeffrey survived the crash of a helicopter in the Bahamas, but suffered several broken bones including a fractured vertebra; unfortunately, two friends died. A year later, the widow of one friend filed a lawsuit against Soffer for $100 million alleging that Jeffrey was guilty for flying the helicopter irresponsibly while not having enough experience to handle the aircraft in poor weather conditions.
Finally, in the personal life of Jeffrey Soffer, he started dating Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson at the beginning of 2009; the two split up in the beginning of 2012, however, after the helicopter accident Elle and Jeffrey announced that they were a couple again, and in the summer of 2013 they married in a ceremony in Fiji. He is rumoured to have had several previous affairs, including with actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson.
