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Mystery San Francisco Buyer Is Tied to Charles Schwab Family

The Wall Street Journal

October 17, 2025

The mystery buyer behind San Francisco's priciest home sale of the year is a limited liability company linked to Katie Schwab Paige, daughter of the famed financier Charles Schwab.

- -Sarah Tilton with additional reporting by Katherine Clarke

Mystery San Francisco Buyer Is Tied to Charles Schwab Family

The Pacific Heights house, which sold for $42 million, wasn't publicly listed for sale. It was the longtime home of Brooks Walker Jr., a well-known fixture in San Francisco business and social circles, who died last year at 96.

This story is from the October 17, 2025 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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