Utah’s Richest Man Ignites Feud Over Park City Mega-Mansion

It was lunchtime on Thursday, and tech billionaire Matthew Prince was riding a ski lift above the jagged peaks of Park City, Utah, as he does every afternoon before heading back to work. Usually, Prince noshes quietly on a sandwich, but on this day he was animated and a little bit grumpy as he defended his plan to build a mega-mansion above the city’s historic Old Town—a proposal that has some neighbors up in arms.

“This is essentially just two rich people fighting with each other, which is silly, but here we are,” he told The Daily Beast.

It’s more than just two people. Prince’s main adversaries are his neighbors Eric Hermann and Susan Fredston-Hermann, who filed an appeal this month after he received approval to build the home. Eight other Park City property owners joined the appeal, arguing that the proposal would flout local zoning laws.

Read more at The Daily Beast.