James' $14M Mansion Bought a $14 Million Delray Beach Mansion with a Wine Cellar and Five-car Garage
James paid $14 million for the Delray Beach property.
By the Rich vs Reality desk February 2021 10 sources

Could have fed
127,854
hungry kids for a whole year.
James paid $14 million for the Delray Beach property. The estate totals nearly 19,000 square feet across its structures and includes a guesthouse, pool, wine cellar and five-car garage.
Reported by Los Angeles Times, February 2021 and The Real Deal, February 2021.
$14 million could feed about 127,854 hungry kids three meals a day for a whole year.
$14 million could have changed these lives
Instead, it went on this.
127,854
hungry kids fed three meals a day for a whole year
No Kid Hungry: $1 can help provide 10 meals for kids. Three meals a day for 365 days is 1,095 meals, about $110 per child per year. Source
785
years of rent for a homeless veteran
At the U.S. median rent of $1,487 a month (Census, 2024), about $17,844 a year. Source
2,545
lives saved from malaria, most of them children under five
GiveWell estimates its top charities save a life for $3,000 to $5,500. We use the higher figure: $5,500, the cost through Against Malaria Foundation bed nets. Source
Or: 350,000 people given clean drinking water; 392 families escaping domestic violence given a safe home for two years. Every rate and source.
Kevin James
$14 million
For everyone else, that's
Could have fed 127,854 hungry kids for a whole year.
Drag the seam between the two worlds.
Measured against a typical American household: $87,460 a year, $192,900 net worth.
The receipts
- Los Angeles Times, February 2021
- The Real Deal, February 2021
- Net worth: No published estimate
- U.S. Census Bureau, Income in the United States: 2025 (Sept 2026)
- Federal Reserve, Survey of Consumer Finances 2022
- No Kid Hungry, What your dollars can do
- GiveWell, How much does it cost to save a life?
- charity: water, How much clean water will my donation provide
- U.S. DOJ Office on Violence Against Women, Transitional housing
- U.S. Census Bureau median gross rent, via USAFacts
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