Silicon Valley buyers invest in L.A. real estate

Justin Yoshimura purchased a Santa Monica home recently. He works in the tech industry in the Bay Area and commutes back to Los Angeles on weekends.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Sean Parker, of Napster and Facebook fame, dropped $55 million last year to buy Ellen DeGeneres’ Holmby Hills mansion.   (Paul Sakuma / AP)

Swedish programmer and creator of Minecraft Markus Persson with his Special Award at the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards. Persson bought a home in Beverly Hills for over $70 million.  (Yui Mok / Associated Press)

Napster co-founder Sean Parker purchased the Brody House on L.A.’s Westside from flipper extraordinaire Ellen DeGeneres.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Napster co-founder Sean Parker purchased the Brody House on L.A.’s Westside from flipper extraordinaire Ellen DeGeneres.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Napster co-founder Sean Parker purchased the Brody House on L.A.’s Westside from flipper extraordinaire Ellen DeGeneres.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison also owns a large stake in NetSuite.  (Toru Yamanaka / AFP/Getty Images)

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has spent an estimated $200 million to $250 million on at least nine homes including this one on coveted Carbon Beach in Malibu.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)