WELLINGTON, Fla. – Tommy Lee Jones isn’t just another A-List actor with instant entree to elite Hollywood circles. He’s also a former Rhodes Scholar, an accomplished horseman and a savvy investor with a large portfolio of real estate on two continents.
Upon graduating cum laude from Harvard, Jones went on to a stage and film career, playing some of Hollywood’s most coveted roles, including US Marshal Samuel Gerard in “The Fugitive,” for which he won an Academy Award. Jones switched to comedy in the “Men in Black” films with Will Smith, a franchise that has grossed more than $1.5 billion. Jones is also popular in Japan where he made 34 Suntory’s Coffee TV commercials and a number of Japanese public service announcements.
For years a champion polo player, Jones has immersed himself in the sport with his own stables, ranches and polo fields in North and South America. His permanent residence is in Terrell Hills, Texas just outside of San Antonio. He also has a house at a polo country club in Buenos Aires, a 3,000-acre cattle ranch in Texas, and another ranch near Van Horn in far West Texas. He also has a polo farm in the upscale polo community of Wellington, Florida, which is currently listed for sale for $19.9 million. Here is an overhead view of the property:
Wellington, just outside exclusive Palm Beach, is widely known as the North American hot spot of the polo world, with more than 60 full-size polo fields. The area attracts celebrity riders, such as Prince William; and both Bruce Springsteen and Bill Gates — whose daughters play polo — have homes in Wellington.
Jones has owned his San Saba Polo Ranch since 2002. It sits on 55 acres and has a beautiful contemporary residence, 48 horse stalls, its own regulation-size irrigated polo field, an exercise track, seven tack rooms, laundry, wash racks and separate equipment building. The property is surrounded by a lake with a waterfall and boasts over 180 rare plants on a five-acre nature preserve.
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