Meet the CEO who turned a tiny shack into her $52.4 million dream home via CNBCMakeIt
I recently went to Malibu to tour a $52.4 million cliffside villa on the Pacific Ocean. And the only thing more extraordinary than the home itself was the story of the woman who stopped at nothing to build it.
When I spot the wrought-iron gates, I turn off the roadway toward the entry. They automatically swing open and I roll down a winding drive that's so steep my foot lingers on the brake the whole way. I don't see the shoreline yet, but the sound of waves is getting louder and I can smell the ocean in the air.
Edlich welcomes me at the entry and when we shake hands I instantly feel the confidence and determination of an accomplished CEO, but it's tempered by a soothing energy that instantly makes me feel like we've been friends forever. One of the first things I notice is her eyes, they're such a vibrant shade of light blue it's distracting.
At the time, she had no idea that shack in the rocks would set her on a 15-year journey of planning, designing, and building one of the town's most extraordinary oceanfront estates. "I only wanted the best. I wanted to create a legacy that would be priceless — and that's what we did," Edlich tells me.
"Every single thing was brought from many, many multiple countries and cultures." Edlich says. And that's no exaggeration. Il Pelicano overflows with more history and culture than some museums I've visited.As we walk through the home she shows me where her contractor constructed modern door frames to perfectly fit century-old doors she's collected on trips to Morocco, India, Tibet and more countries than I can remember.
"An Italian artist had to re-carve the areas [of the fireplace mantle] that we had mitered and repainted any of the areas to make the stone look like old wood," Edlich says. "Of course it was too large to fit into the den. We had to take out all of the doors to actually get the ceiling in here," Edlich tells me.
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