Bruce Makowsky

Bruce Makowsky (born 1956) is an American real estate developer and entrepreneur. In 2017, he set the record for the most expensive home listed in the United States by listing a home he developed in Bel Air on the market for $250 million, which ultimately sold for $94 million in October 2019. Career Makowsky built a fashion business in New York selling designer handbags through over 1,300 department stores and QVC.

Makowsky is the founder of BAM Luxury Development, a property development company that focuses on a 10-mile radius centered around the Westside of Los Angeles.

In early 2013, he purchased a house above the Sunset Strip for $5.3 million, which he renovated and sold for $19 million in April 2014.

Makowsky listed an 8-bedroom, 15-bathroom mansion in Beverly Hills for $85 million in September 2014. Also in 2014, he sold a 22,300 square-foot Beverly Hills mansion to the creator of Minecraft, Markus Persson, for $70 million. The mansion has an infinity pool, a candy wall, and a "car turntable".

In January 2017, Makowsky listed a Bel Air mansion $250 million known as Billionaire, the most expensive home listed on the American market at the time. Previously, the highest recorded sale price in the area was $100 million for two homes sold in 2016 including the Playboy Mansion, and a home in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles which was listed for $150 million. Makowsky said his inspiration came from megayachts. He wanted his creation to be "the ultimate megayacht, but on land." The mansion was built on a 1.2-acre lot which Makowsky bought from New York Giants football player Michael Strahan in 2013.

Net worth Makowsky has an estimated net worth of US$100 million.