Nightly News   |  December 21, 2011

22-year-old buys NYC apartment for $88 million

A 22-year-old college student from Russia bought what is largely considered the most expensive apartment in New York for $88 million. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> this may go down as the height of excess, the extravagance, the poster child of the guilded age , a 22-year-old college student from russia has purchased what is largely considered the most ex-pex p pensive apartment in new york for $88 million. her primary apartment is in monaco, but she goes to school here and needs a place to stay when she's here. her father is a billionaire russian. the man selling the apartment, sandy wile, a new york financier has said he'll give the proceeds to charity. so some lucky cause is about to get $88 million and a 22-year-old gets the apartment.