Reality Star of 'Undercover Billionaire'

Elaine Culotti | Biography

Designer & Owner of Infamous House of Rock

• By Yunil Tamrakar
• Original : February 26, 2022

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Elaine Culotti is a reality TV star and entrepreneur best known for her appearance in Discovery's show Undercover Billionaire. 

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Elaine Culotti is an Entrepreneur born on 20 July 1964 to an English mother and Irish-American father. 

Culotti is one of three billionaires who appeared on the second season of Discovery's Undercover Billionaire. It is a reality television show in which billionaires are tasked with starting a business worth $1 million, with only $100 in capital. 

The billionaires are dropped off in different locations with only a cellphone and a vehicle to conceal their true identity and establish their business in 90 days.

Culotti is also a property developer who has designed and constructed everything from luxury homes to casinos and hospitals. 

Moreover, Culotti owns Porta Bella, a design firm, and a 40-acre ranch in Fallbrook, California, where she has invested in organic farming.

On Military Upbringing & Early Career

Culotti has been a serial entrepreneur since she was 14 years old. 

In an interview with The List in 2021, she said the creativity just came to her innately. She feels as if she taps into previous lives and experiences. 

Davis was born in a military household and tried to understand her father's military career as a child. Culotti also shared a story about how she learned to 'observe when she's learning and speak when she's teaching.'

Davis further said, "It starts at a really young age to listen, just with your child, just to say, 'This is the routine that we need to follow.' It's not because you have to keep yourself in a routine. But if you can teach a child a routine, then they have more time to learn because they know what they're supposed to be doing."

In the same interview, she explained how Nicole Kidman's movie, Australia, inspired her.

She said, "They were talking about how they have to have a story, and if you don't have a story, you're not alive. And I really identified with that. And so for me, my story is what brought me where I am."

House of Rock

Culotti was the designer and the owner of Santa Monica's 10,000-square-foot mansion, known as the House of Rock. It is situated in Santa Monica's beachside neighborhood and includes six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and a two-bedroom guesthouse.

Culotti first bought the 1926 English Tudor home for $7.7 million from actress and singer Kathryn Grayson in 2010 and listed for $22 million in 2012 after upgrading it.

She renovated it to include a larger kitchen. The dining room features a chandelier, La Scala, a Corbett Lighting design with smoke crystal drops and faceted beads.

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Culotti mostly hosted events at the House of Rock after renovating premium furniture and high-end music equipment.

She also commissioned a Grammy Award-winning music engineer to create a professional recording studio on the home's top floor. 

Other Luxurious details of the house include English Oak paneling, hand-crafted leaded windows, and a minstrel's gallery.

Ex-Husband and Kids

Culotti was previously married to Gary Culotti, with whom she shares two kids, Leonardo and Jessica Culotti. 

Gary managed the manufacturing aspect of Culotti's design brand and firm, Porta Bella. 

The couple and their business partner, Greg Briles, purchased a Santa Monica estate in 2010. Unfortunately, the partnership ended in a dispute, followed by a lawsuit around the same time the pair got divorced.