{"id":793406,"date":"2026-07-30T13:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/793406\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:38:12","slug":"mike-minogue-owns-31-million-home-in-exclusive-yellowstone-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/793406\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Minogue owns $31 million home in exclusive Yellowstone Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minogue\u2019s home has a market value of $31 million, according to Montana records, and provides another level of insight into the former medical device company executive\u2019s vast wealth and potential connections as he pumps millions of his own dollars<\/a> into his gubernatorial bid. <\/p>\n

The Globe confirmed Minogue\u2019s homeownership in the Yellowstone Club through land records, with the contractor that built his six-bedroom, eight-bathroom house, and with one of Minogue\u2019s childhood friends who said he\u2019s repeatedly visited him at the private ski community in southern Montana.<\/p>\n

Minogue had previously acknowledged<\/a> that he owned a property in Big Sky, but had not disclosed the details, value, or location. A 238-page financial disclosure<\/a> Minogue was required to file as part of his gubernatorial bid lists properties he owns in Massachusetts, but not elsewhere. Public officials and candidates are asked to disclose only properties they own inside the state.<\/p>\n

Minogue, like the other major party candidates running for governor, has also declined to release copies of his tax returns that could offer a more complete window into finances. The first-time candidate has already put at least $15 million of his own money toward his bid.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Hopkins, a spokesperson for Minogue\u2019s campaign, did not make him available for an interview nor addressed questions about Minogue\u2019s home in the private community. She called his financial disclosure \u201cone of the longest and most transparent\u201d ever filed by a gubernatorial candidate, adding that the state\u2019s rising costs of homeownership \u201cis just one element of the affordability crisis Mike is focused on solving.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only homes Mike is concerned about are the ones hardworking Massachusetts families have been priced out of as a result of economic stagnation and failed leadership,\u201d Hopkins said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Minogue\u2019s campaign also claimed the market valuation of the home and land was \u201coverinflated.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"MikeMike Minogue autographs a campaign sign for Frederick Holt, right, after turning in signatures in May to qualify for the primary ballot.Pat Greenhouse\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n

Minogue\u2019s 10-acre property sits steps away from the Yellowstone Club\u2019s \u201cCamphouse,\u201d a clubhouse with a 75-foot heated swimming pool, pickleball and tennis courts, and a seasonal ice rink<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A limited liability company dubbed \u201cMount Zion 10\u201d purchased the property in 2020, according to records in Montana. Minogue is not listed on the business filings, but a Boston-based attorney who coordinates Minogue\u2019s other trusts is included on the paperwork, the records show.<\/p>\n

Shawn Johnstun, a custom home builder, confirmed in a Globe interview that he built the house for Minogue. Johnstun said the project started in 2022 and took about two and a half years to complete. <\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have a lot of interaction with them, to be honest with you. But what interaction I did have, they were great to work with,\u201d Johnstun said of Minogue and his wife, Renee. \u201cThey were super nice people. Very family oriented.\u201d <\/p>\n

Johnstun described the Yellowstone Club as being \u201cfor the super wealthy that want their own private ski resort and golf club.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert Neuner, the chair of a super PAC backing Minogue<\/a> and a friend who has known him since childhood, said Minogue\u2019s home at the Yellowstone Club is \u201creally nice\u201d and was designed by the couple.<\/p>\n

Neuner said he first went to the club with Minogue roughly four years ago and traveled there again last year. Neuner said he believes Minogue was introduced to the club \u201cby some of his friends in the Boston area that belong there.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cMichael dug ditches and pools for a living growing up, so he\u2019s definitely earned every cent that he\u2019s made,\u201d Neuner said. \u201cI don\u2019t think Michael views the club as a haughty place to go. I think he views it as a nice place to take his family and have an elevated ski experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minogue, a US Army veteran who in a campaign ad touted digging pools<\/a> as a summer job, joined the Danvers-based biotechnology company Abiomed in 2004 after more than a decade at GE Healthcare.<\/p>\n

Other gubernatorial candidates have varying assets. Republican Brian Shortsleeve<\/a> owns multiple homes, including a $12 million seaside property in Barnstable, a condo in downtown Boston, and a house in Wellesley. Governor Maura Healey does not own any property, but lives with her partner in Arlington, according to her campaign.<\/p>\n

Minogue has another connection to the Yellowstone Club \u2014 his $22.5 million family foundation has donated at least $25,000 to the Yellowstone Club Community Foundation<\/a>, according to tax filings from 2021<\/a> and 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He has drawn political support from club employees, too. <\/p>\n

Bill Collins, the director of sales at the Yellowstone Club, donated $1,000 to Minogue in October and another $1,000 in January, according to campaign finance records. Collins declined to comment \u201cacross the board\u201d when reached by phone. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am not at liberty to discuss any of that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Yellowstone Club, as seen in 2008.AP Photo\/Bozeman Chronicle\/Erik Peterson<\/p>\n

The Yellowstone Club is set across 15,200 acres \u201chigh among untamed peaks\u201d near Big Sky, a mountain town that also plays host to the ski resort by the same name, according to the club\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The club was co-founded in the late 1990s by former billionaire Tim Blixseth, but it fell into bankruptcy in 2008 following Blixseth\u2019s divorce from his third wife, the Associated Press reported<\/a>. It was purchased out of bankruptcy for $115 million<\/a> by Boston-based CrossHarbor Capital, a private equity firm in which Minogue\u2019s own private equity fund says<\/a> it invests.<\/p>\n

Father Val Zdilla of the St. Joseph Mission, a church in Big Sky, said Minogue and his family attend Mass at the church. Zdilla said he last saw Minogue at the end of winter, when he said Minogue mentioned his political bid.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see them more in the winter than the summer, to be honest with you,\u201d Zdilla, 71, said in an interview.<\/p>\n

Zdilla said he travels to the private community \u201cquite often\u201d when someone is sick or dying, but admitted he feels out of place there.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can I say this nicely?\u201d he said. \u201cI do not feel very comfortable around that kind of wealth, I guess. I didn\u2019t come from it, so it\u2019s all kind of crazy for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to become a member of the club, a person must pay an initiation fee, buy a home located on the club premises, and pay annual dues, according to court documents filed in a case brought in 2018 by Jamaican-born workers who claimed the club discriminated against them. The workers reached a $1 million settlement with the club<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n

The club\u2019s website does not disclose the cost to join and maintain membership, but homes within the premises of the community regularly run more than $10 million, according to a Globe review of property records.<\/p>\n

Zdilla said he\u2019s seen a few \u201cfamiliar faces in town on and off over the years,\u201d including Justin Timberlake, who at one point was a member of the club, according to the 2018 lawsuit. But it\u2019s not just pop stars he\u2019s run into.<\/p>\n

\u201cTom Brady, I crossed paths with him on a hike with my dog,\u201d Zdilla said. <\/p>\n

Chris Van Buskirk can be reached at chris.vanb@globe.com<\/a>. Follow him on X @byChrisVan<\/a><\/p>\n