Woodside estate is Bay Area’s biggest sale in a decade

The five-generation family property in Woodside, which was also once home to Elizabeth Holmes, was acquired by an unknown private wealth management client.

A large mansion sits behind a wide, manicured lawn with two parallel paths leading to it, bordered by tall trees and a reflective rectangular pond in front. — Spread out among Green Gables’ seven homes are a total of 34 bedrooms and 26 bathrooms in nearly 25,000 square feet of living space. | Source: Courtesy Green Gables

By Emily LandesPublished Sep. 12, 2025 • 6:35pm

A 74-acre Woodside estate that has been part of the same family for five generations has sold for $85 million — the biggest recorded Bay Area residential sale on record in more than a decade.

Known as Green Gables, the property was built in 1911 to look like an English country estate for San Francisco businessman and philanthropist Mortimer Fleishhacker. It remained in his family’s hands until Sept. 3, when it traded to an LLC tied to EPIQ Capital, a San Francisco wealth management firm for the rich and private.

Spread out among the property’s seven homes — one of which was famously rented by Elizabeth Holmes during the trial at which she was convicted of fraud — are a total of 34 bedrooms and 26 bathrooms in nearly 25,000 square feet of living space.

A large beige house with ivy on the front, multiple chimneys, dormer windows, and surrounded by manicured green trees and bushes under a clear blue sky.

A large house sits behind a rectangular pond with lily pads, surrounded by manicured lawns, trees, and two large urns on either side of the pond.

A lush garden with green vegetables, blooming pink and white flowers, and a rustic greenhouse surrounded by tall trees under a clear blue sky.

A bright dining room features a large oval table set with plates, glasses, flowers, eight chairs, a chandelier, and double doors opening to a garden view.

A spacious brick patio features white metal tables and green cushioned chairs, surrounded by trees and a beige stucco house with large windows.

A small stone building with arched windows and a tiled roof sits beside a circular stone structure, surrounded by tall trees and dry leaves on the ground.

A backyard with a swimming pool, two black round chairs, two blue lounge chairs, a wooden house, green lawn, and trees under a blue sky.

A stone archway entwined with cascading purple flowers leads to a garden path lined with potted plants and lush greenery.

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The English manor-style main home | Courtesy Green Gables

The seller, Marc Fleishhacker, Mortimer’s great-grandson, said in a statement that it had been “an immense privilege for five generations of my family to create, enhance, and profoundly enjoy Green Gables for the past 114 years.”

The buyer is Pantheum LLC, which is managed by Mirari Jacobson at EPIQ, according to San Mateo County records and state LLC filings. EPIQ was founded in 2018 by a cofounder of Iconiq Capital, which reportedly handles the fortunes of Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, and J.J. Abrams, among other tech and Hollywood luminaries. Jacobson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A white heron stands on green grass beside a calm pool, with stone arches and lush trees in the background. — Roman-inspired reflecting pool | Source: Courtesy Green Gables

The buyer’s agent is unknown, as the property has been removed from multiple listing services.

The estate had been on the market for several years, asking $135 million and, later, $110 million. Compass agents Brad and Helen Miller represented the family in the sale.

Helen Miller called the estate — which has an English manor-style main home, equestrian barns, a dairy, swimming pools, a Roman-style reflecting pool, a tennis court, and several guesthouses — “truly one of a kind.”

“We are very pleased to have played a critical role in finding the next, fortunate family that will now be blessed with the stewardship of this rare and remarkable property,” she said.

Though the sellers’ agents once floated the idea of breaking up the estate for separate sales, a Compass representative confirmed that the buyers had purchased the entire property, which is located about one mile outside downtown Woodside.

“There may not be another estate of this size in the country which can offer its owner such an unusual combination of privacy and jaw-dropping scenic views, all within walking distance to Town Center shops, restaurants, and the acclaimed Woodside School,” Miller said.

Woodside, known as the equestrian-friendly version of Atherton, logged the still-highest Bay Area sale on record in 2012, when Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, the wealthiest person in Japan, paid $117.5 million for a nine-acre hilltop estate. The Green Gables property is the biggest sale in the Bay Area since then, according to Compass data, surpassing even Laurene Powell Jobs’ $71 million buy in San Francisco last year.