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Over the past few years, an Australian business and billionaire by the name of Laurence Escalante has been building one of the most remarkable collections of modern-day supercars and hypercars anywhere in the world. For the first time, this collection has been shown in full and it is even more staggering than we had thought.

For those that don’t know, Escalante has made his money as the founder and chief executive of Virtual Gaming Worlds, a site that operates a variety of casino-style games. His net worth skyrocketed during the Covid-19 pandemic and he is now worth more than $3 billion. He lives in Perth and roughly two years ago, started to build up his collection.

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In this clip, one of Escalante’s friends reveals that at this time last year, the collection consisted of approximately 49 cars. There are now approximately 120 vehicles under Escalante’s ownership and he is awaiting delivery of approximately 70 more over the coming year. Unlike so many other collectors, Escalante doesn’t just let his cars sit and rot in a warehouse. Instead, he frequently drives the cars and lets plenty of friends drive them too. Any time there is a car meet of some kind in Perth, you can be assured that some cars from ‘The Lee Collection’ will be there.

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All up, the collection is worth over $100 million. One of the craziest additions to it over the past few months has been an Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro, the only example of its kind in Australia. He also has a pair of McLaren Elvas, including one with a complete exposed carbon fiber collection. He also recently took delivery of a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren HDK and even races a Lamborghini Essenza SCV12 and a Ferrari FXX K Evo in his spare time.

Other highlights include a Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4, a Bugatti Chiron Super Sport, McLaren P1, Ferrari Daytona SP3, and a Bugatti Bolide which has been ordered and will be registered for street use, despite the French marque developing it as a track-only monster.