Millionaires Who Live in Surprisingly Small, Modest Homes

18. Ellen Pompeo

Net Worth: $80 Million*
Purchased For: $1,226,000*
Sq. Footage: 1,889-Square Feet*

As Dr. Meredith Grey, on Grey’s Anatomy, Ellen Pompeo has worked her way into becoming one of the highest-paid actors in the business and, as a result, has been able to afford to buy houses all over America, but it’s one of the ones she’s purchased in Hollywood that has grabbed our attention.

Ellen Pompeo ©s_bukley / Shutterstock.com | @freshouz / Pinterest.com


Ellen Pompeo ©s_bukley / Shutterstock.com | @freshouz / Pinterest.com


Just three years into Grey’s Anatomy’s run, in 2008, Ellen Pompeo bought a 1,889-square-foot treehouse in the Cahuenga Pass region of the Hollywood Hills for just over $1.2 million. What the two-floor, 3-bedroom house lacks in size, however, its nature-set outdoor shower, and arboreous surrounding, make up for in character.