Buyers of record breaking Surfers Paradise penthouse revealed

Philanthropist Kevin Chatfield and wife Vicki have emerged as the buyers of entrepreneur Ron Bakir's record breaking Surfers Paradise penthouse.

The couple paid $9.5 million for the Ferny Avenue spread atop the Chevron Renaissance building earlier this year.

The sale, which took 435 days, topped the previous penthouse high of $9.2 million, set six years ago when melbourne builder Peter Devitt bought in Main Beach’s Liberty Panorama tower.

Bakir turned the apartment from an empty shell of an office in to a four bedroom apartment, having paid $1.2 million in 2014 for the ex-Raptis offices.

The apartment features a 12 seat rooftop teppanyaki grill, eight drop-down TV set and parking space for 21 cars.

Michael Kollosche at Kollosche Prestige sold the apartment.

Kevin Chatfield founded AV Technology, an audiovisual integration company.

Kevin and Vicki own a nearby Surfers home on the the pricey riverfront Admiralty Drive that cost them $4.8 million in 2011.

This article first appeared in The Weekend Australian.