A retired computer scientist is selling his 800-acre ranch f
Source: Madeline Stone

A nearly 800-acre ranch belonging to retired computer scientist and engineer Jim Mitchell and wife Judy Wainwright has come on to the market for $10.95 million, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The ranch, which includes a 9,500-square-foot house inspired by a Frank Lloyd Wright design, is located in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and is a haven for local wildlife like bald eagles and deer.

Mitchell spent decades working with computers and became wealthy enough to buy the ranch and his own plane.

"I got into computers in the early days and wrote my fist line of code in 1962," he told the WSJ.
The home is perched on a hill above an area to the north of Steamboat, called Elk River Valley.



Mitchell and Wainwright purchased the home in 1999. They spent several years constructing the home, which was inspired by a Frank Lloyd Wright design.


"We hiked up there in snowshoes in the winter with the architect and within 15 minutes we said the house has to optimize the views and has to have lots of windows," Mitchell told the WSJ.