All pictures are of Ernie Boch Jr.
Posted on 09/18/2021 6:34:05 AM PDT by billorites
“That will be me,” says Ernie Boch Jr., gesturing toward a shiny black casket. He is standing in an underground burial chamber of the 1,600-square-foot mausoleum he built at his home outside of Boston. “I’m testing out caskets. I’m pretty much settled on this one.”
The headline-grabbing scion of a car-dealership empire, Mr. Boch, 63, has often been at odds with his family and neighbors. So when it comes to his death, he isn’t leaving anything to chance.
The domed granite mausoleum—with “Boch” etched in huge letters over its columned entrance—is part of a compound in Norwood, Mass., that Mr. Boch spent more than $100 million to create, buying 12 neighboring properties in his middle-class hometown. The estate is only a portion of a real-estate portfolio that stretches from Martha’s Vineyard to Vermont, where Mr. Boch in June purchased a 200-acre property for $7.1 million, well over the $5.95 million asking price. The guitarist-turned-car dealer sees the properties not just as places to live but as a permanent foothold for his family and a homage to his passion for cars and music.
“Very few people build for generations,” he says over lunch in the spacious kitchen of the newly constructed, 40-car auto salon at his Norwood estate. “I would like my family living here 100 years from now.”
In addition to his collection of rare Bentleys and Ferraris, an entire wall of the auto salon is dedicated to guitars. Mr. Boch pursued a music career before joining the family business, and his homes reflect his would-be rock-star persona. Guitars also are on display in nearly every room of the Norwood estate. Spanning about 21,800 square feet, the auto salon contains a 1970 Maserati once owned by Frank Sinatra and a fiberglass Batmobile replica that shoots flames from its exhaust pipe.
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I think Herb Chambers has bank accounts with more dosh than Ernie Boch Jr. does?
All pictures are of Ernie Boch Jr.
“Very few people build for generations,” he says over lunch in the spacious kitchen of the newly constructed, 40-car auto salon at his Norwood estate. “I would like my family living here 100 years from now.”
His garage complex:
Unlike the Washington and various state royalty,
it’s his money and he earned it honestly so I could not care less how he spends it.
The Frikkin’ Bat mobile!!
“In 2015, he outraged his neighbors in liberal Norwood by hosting a flashy fundraiser for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. The following year, he made national headlines by saying on CNN that his support for Mr. Trump was like picking a girl to go home with at closing time.”
Well, maybe not the crypt.
Well his dad kinda set him up for life
The richest man in Arizona is worth $16 billion. He helped found Carvana. There must be more money in car sales than meets the eye.
Since each of your pictures doubles in size, don’t put up any more or Ernie Boch Jr. will swallow the Internet.
So much for Pelosi’s statement about capitalism not working.
How could I not admire a man who said that on a broadcast...:)
Hahahahahaha
🙂 No worries, long done now. I just thought his transformations were interesting.
I applaud Ernie for his individuality. Of course his money has not hurt his ability to express it in large ways.
Doesn’t matter, as long as he (and Daddy) got the money legally.
Can you say the same for any politician?
“I just thought his transformations were interesting.”
I thought his eye color transformation was interesting.
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