The 6-bed, 6.5-bath home sits on a super-private 2-acre peninsula jutting into Peconic Bay.

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"There's a sense of disbelief that it could ever happen, " said Louise Harrison, a conservation biologist who lives in the Southold hamlet of Peconic.

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He had four other titles at Peconic, including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and was, according to his claim, a 15% partner in the business.

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