Real Estate
Former Providian CEO’s ‘Western White House’ Listed for $35 Million
The 22,300-square-foot home, originally designed for a member of the Hearst family, is being sold by Shailesh Mehta.
A rear view of the so-called Western White House.
Source: Sotheby's International Realty
In 1997, the same year that the credit card giant Providian Financial went public, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, Shailesh Mehta, purchased a 22,300-square-foot, 24-room mansion in Hillsborough, Calif., about a half-hour drive from downtown San Francisco.
The house, a deliberate echo of the White House that was designed in 1930, wasn’t actually what Mehta was looking for.