Not long after he bought the most expensive single-family home in the state, a $45 million mansion off Georgica Pond in Wainscott, celeb-loving billionaire Stewart Rahr set his sights on joining the ultra-exclusive Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton.
A links aficionado who plays with Bill Clinton and Arnold Palmer, Rahr figured he’d donate big bucks to the owner’s favorite charity.
“The guy was dying to get in there,” said security honcho Bo Dietl, a pal of club founder Michael Pascucci, whose course will host the 2013 US Women’s Open. “So he actually handed me a blank check for a million dollars for the owner to give to a charity of his choice. I told [Pascucci], ‘Don’t let this douchebag in.’
“I’ve known him for 20 years. He buys everybody.”
Rahr, who became one of New York’s richest men at age 64 when he sold his drugstore supply company for $1.3 billion in 2010, concedes he was turned down but claims he walked away gracefully.
“What he’s not telling you,” Rahr said, “is that he came to me eight months later and wanted the check back. I said, ‘Forget it.’ ”
It’s the kind of story that seems to follow Rahr, perhaps the city’s wackiest mogul. Catapulted into New York’s elite late in life, Rahr is generous with his spending, thrilled to be rubbing elbows with the rich and famous — and known for bitter feuds with the likes of Tiger Woods and comic George Lopez, whom he’s ripped publicly.
In the last month he got banned from his favorite restaurant, Nobu, after cursing out a manager and lost his gun permit after allegedly threatening an elevator operator at Trump Tower, an allegation he denies and that ended without him being charged.
“There’s no other billionaire like him,” said a source who’s known Rahr for years. “He gives out all this money to good causes but gets into these ridiculous fights with people.”
Just who is this man with a fake tan who calls himself Stewie Rah Rah, wears bright yellow Ray-Bans and can’t stop boasting of his friendships with Mark Wahlberg, Andre Agassi and Alicia Keys?
His enemies cast him as a temperamental lout.
Professional gambler RJ Cipriani says Rahr acted inappropriately toward his wife after they all flew together from LA to Las Vegas on Nov. 7.
When Cipriani had to return to LA unexpectedly, Rahr promised to look after his wife, Greice Santo, a stunning 22-year-old Brazilian native.
But Cipriani says Rahr grew irate the next night after Santo declined to join him and a group of others for dinner at the Wynn hotel, where they were all staying as Rahr’s guests.
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