Millionaires Who Live in Surprisingly Small, Modest Homes

9. Don Cheadle

Net Worth: $40 Million*
Purchased For: $894,000*
Sq. Footage: 2,400-Square-Feet*

In the fantastic year of 1984, Don Cheadle landed his first professional acting credit. As the years and decades passed, Cheadle’s resume and net worth began to steadily grow. But, as the roles began to flood in, Don Cheadle didn’t give in to the temptation of going all-in on a huge house.

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Don Cheadle ©Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com | @variety / Pinterest.com


Don Cheadle spent less than a million dollars buying the 1950s bungalow that he purchased about 7 years ago. The industrial-style house in Venice, California, didn’t remain in the family for long, however, as his designer wife, Bridgid Coulter, gave the place a make-over, and they flipped it, not even two years later, for $2.45 million.