pagesix | A source familiar with the purchase said: “While everyone in New York
wants a doorman, Eric specifically said he didn’t want one. He doesn’t
want anyone to see him and his guests coming in and out. He insisted on
his own elevator.”
Schmidt has also spent millions getting the 6,250-square-foot duplex —
which has four bedrooms and a large entertainment area with a wet bar
opening onto a 3,300-square-foot terrace — soundproofed, claiming he
“doesn’t sleep well,” but also affording him complete privacy.
Other sources say that earlier this summer, the tech mogul was
embarking on a tour of the French Riviera and asked his aides to find
alluring female companions to “decorate his yacht.”
Schmidt, who’s worth $8.2 billion, bought the 195-foot Oasis for
about $72.3 million in 2009. The source said, “He had one of his aides
approach beautiful and intelligent women that Schmidt never met before,
saying, ‘Eric would like to invite you to his yacht,’ which was cruising
around the Riviera.”
He was spotted in St. Tropez earlier this month, and later sailed to
the Cap d’Antibes, and we’re told that some of the women approached by
his aides had agreed to join Schmidt onboard.
Wendy Schmidt, who lives in Nantucket, said in an interview last year
that they started living separate lives because she felt like “a piece
of luggage” following him around the world.
A rep for Schmidt didn’t respond last night.
