Queen Of Versailles

The movie The Queen of Versailles is about a married couple who become incredibly rich, only to be greatly affected by the Great Recession. The couple is David Siegel, who is seventy-four. His wife is Jaqueline Siegel and she is forty-three. They both grew up with not very much money and had not nearly as much as they would eventually have. They had so much money they began to build one of the largest single family home in America; measuring at 90,000 square feet. Their primary business was Westgate Resorts; a huge privately owned timeshare. One of his sons from his first marriage worked for him; his name was Richard. Richard worked at the company as a senior executive. Their relationship was a work relationship not a personal one. Jacqueline was a model and beauty queen; she also was a computer engineering graduate. They had a total of eight kids, one was her niece that she inherited. In 2008, the stock market crashed and money began to run out quickly. Their house was only halfway done. They had to let go of thousands of workers and sell most of their assets through auction. They have difficulty changing their lifestyle having to let go of about 15 of their house staff. They began to even neglect their pets, some of them dying. This documentary shows this

This home was a 90,000 square foot house. It was the largest single family house. It was on a 10 acres’ lakefront property. Had 11 kitchens, 32 bathrooms, and 14 bedrooms. Included things like a bowling alley, tennis court, roller rink, and much more. They were trying to sell the home for 100 million or 75 million as is. David really did not want to let go of the home. It was in default at one time, in the process of getting foreclosed. David said “we will work something out before we lose it.” They were forced to stay in their tiny 26,000 square foot