The Complete List of What Billionaires Own in Hawaii
ASIA--PACIFIC, 20 Apr 2026
Brigitte and Zsolt | SandinMyLuggage - TRANSCEND Media Service
Updated 2026
Just 37 billionaires now control more than 218,000 acres of Hawaii. That’s 11% of all private land in the state – and the actual number is almost certainly higher because these buyers hide behind shell companies with Hawaiian-sounding names.
After 30 years on Oahu, I’ve watched this unfold in real-time. But what happened in 2025 changed everything.
The Numbers Behind the Billionaire Land Grab Are Staggering
Forbes spent months digging through thousands of property records across all six major islands in 2024. What they found shook people.
Those 37 people equal just 0.003% of Hawaii’s population. They own 11% of its private land. And that number is almost certainly low. These buyers go to extreme lengths to hide ownership through shell companies with Hawaiian-sounding names.
I’ve seen LLCs pop up with names like “Koolau Holdings” or “Mauka Properties.” Sounds local, right? There’s usually a tech billionaire behind them. It’s become standard operating procedure.
Twenty years ago, you could still find affordable ag land on Kauai. The smell of red dirt and sugarcane would hit you the second you stepped off the plane. Now that same land costs more than most families will earn in a lifetime – and the hidden costs don’t stop at real estate. There are scams targeting Hawaii visitors that cost thousands, and most people don’t realize they’ve been hit until they’re home.
And here’s the thing that keeps me up at night.
Three-quarters of Hawaii households can’t afford a median-priced home anymore. On Oahu, the median single-family home crossed $1.1 million in 2025. Only 4% of land in the entire state is zoned for residential housing.
Round-trip flights from LA start around $231, so tourists keep flooding in – but the locals who serve them can’t afford to live here.
The pandemic changed who controls Hawaii’s land forever. It happened faster than anyone predicted. But 2025 made the pandemic look like a warm-up act.
Larry Ellison Literally Bought an Entire Island
Let’s start with the most jaw-dropping acquisition in Hawaii history. Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison bought 98% of Lanai in 2012 for about $300 million.
Not a house. Not a resort. An entire island.
The sale included both Four Seasons resorts, a newspaper, the water utility, and basically everything except the tiny pieces owned by the state and a handful of remaining residents. About 3,200 people live on Lanai. Ellison owns the land under most of their feet.
I’ve visited Lanai multiple times over the years. The warm trade wind hits your face as you step off the ferry from Lahaina, and the quiet is almost eerie compared to the rush of Honolulu traffic. The vibe shifted hard after the sale.
His leases say if you lose your job, you lose your home. Some locals told me they don’t mind because he’s invested in infrastructure. Others feel differently about living on what’s essentially a billionaire’s private playground.
What strikes me most?
Ellison used to be Hawaii’s richest permanent resident. But records now show California as his primary home. So he owns nearly an entire Hawaiian island but doesn’t even live here full-time anymore.
Think about what that means for the 3,200 people whose lives depend on his decisions. And Ellison’s island purchase is just the most visible example – the most dangerous things in Hawaii aren’t always the ones you’d expect. Even the plants and animals that look completely harmless have landed tourists in the ER. But that’s not even the most controversial story on these islands right now.
What Mark Zuckerberg Built on Kauai Made Even Other Billionaires Nervous
The Meta CEO’s buying spree on Kauai would make even Larry Ellison raise an eyebrow. And it keeps growing.
Zuckerberg started in 2014 with a 700-acre purchase on Kauai’s North Shore for about $100 million. In 2021 he added nearly 600 acres for $53 million. Then in mid-2025, he quietly scooped up another 962 acres of ranchland through a Hawaiian-sounding LLC for over $65 million.
His total holdings now exceed 2,300 acres and his investment tops $300 million. That’s more than Kauai County’s entire annual operating budget of $311 million.
I drove past his property once. Or tried to. The security is something else entirely:
- Six-foot perimeter walls blocking the view from the road
- Guards monitoring the entrance around the clock
- More than 20 surveillance cameras covering some buildings
- Every single worker bound by strictly enforced NDAs
Here’s where it gets really dark.
A security guard on the property suffered a heart attack. His family wasn’t told until after he died because of NDAs. That case went to trial.
Planning documents revealed that Zuckerberg built a roughly 5,000-square-foot underground shelter. We’re talking blast-resistant doors, an escape hatch, and enough space for about 100 people based on bedroom plans.
Two mansions with a combined footprint the size of a football field connect to this shelter through a tunnel. New permits from 2025 show plans for three more structures ranging from 7,800 to 11,000 square feet – ten times the size of an average Hawaii home.
Two of those planned buildings are motel-style dorms with 16 bedrooms and 16 bathrooms each. Cost? Between $3.5 and $4 million apiece.
Zuckerberg called the shelter “a little shelter” in an interview. That’s like calling Disneyland a small theme park.
And then there are the burial grounds.
A WIRED investigation in July 2025 confirmed at least two burial sites on the property. A local man named Julian Ako spent months negotiating with Zuckerberg’s team just to visit and register his great-grandmother’s grave on the land.
The state later confirmed a high probability of additional remains nearby.
Other remains likely exist, but NDAs make public discovery impossible. A professor of Native Hawaiian studies at Kauai Community College didn’t mince words. She said if the island has any hope of remaining Hawaii, this kind of activity has to stop.
She warned Kauai will eventually look like a resort community, not a Hawaiian island.
Zuckerberg’s team says the estate focuses on conservation, ranching – including organic ginger, macadamia nut, and turmeric farming – and they point out that a previous owner had plans for 80 luxury homes that Zuckerberg canceled.
But here’s the part nobody talks about.
In 2016, Zuckerberg filed quiet title and partition lawsuits against local residents with kuleana rights – traditional Native Hawaiian land claims passed through generations. He eventually dropped them after backlash. But the lawsuits told you everything about the playbook.
Speaking of Maui, the situation there is just as complicated.
Oprah’s Maui Holdings Are Way Bigger Than Most People Realize
Oprah Winfrey now owns more than 2,130 acres across Maui. That’s more than double what most reports mention.
She started in 2003 with 100 acres in upcountry Kula on Haleakala’s slopes. Her former trainer worried a developer might build condos on the pristine land. So Oprah bought it and promised to keep it natural.
Between 2022 and 2023, she purchased four more parcels totaling 870 acres for $6.6 million. That included 520 acres for $3.89 million and 330 acres for $2.47 million from Ulupalakua Ranch.
She also owns more than 200 acres of coastal land in remote Hana.
All her properties hide behind companies like OW Ranch LLC and Yellow Brick Road LLC. See the pattern?
Here’s where Oprah’s story gets interesting though.
During the 2025 tsunami warning, she opened her private road to help evacuees reach higher ground. That earned her real respect from locals. It’s not just about owning land but how you exist within the community.
There’s a Hawaiian value called ha’aha’a – humility. And that single act showed more of it than a thousand press releases.
That kind of action matters more than people realize. And it’s exactly what separates certain billionaires from others in the eyes of kama’aina. If you’re visiting, understanding ha’aha’a goes a long way – and there’s one thing tourists do that makes locals genuinely happy to have them around, and it surprised me.
But even Oprah’s goodwill doesn’t cancel out the broader math happening across these islands. Because what happened with the biggest sale of 2025 changed the game entirely.
Michael Dell Just Paid $400 Million for What Used to Be Hawaiian Trust Land
This is the story that should have made national headlines.
In August 2025, Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell dropped roughly $400 million to buy 491 acres on the Kona coast from Kamehameha Schools. That land sits underneath the Four Seasons Hualalai resort and Jack Nicklaus golf course that Dell has owned for nearly 20 years.
He was leasing the ground. Now he owns it outright.
Land held in trust since 1884 to fund education for Native Hawaiian children – sold to a mainland billionaire worth $140 billion.
But Dell didn’t stop there. He also owns the 18,500-square-foot “Raptor Residence” in nearby Kukio, valued at $64.7 million. Seven bedrooms, seven full baths, five half baths. His neighbor? Matthew McConaughey. And he owns the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea too.
Kamehameha Schools sold more than $910 million in land in 2025 alone. Three months after the Dell sale, they sold the land under the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki to a Japanese firm called Daisho Co. for $510 million.
That pink beachfront hotel has sat on trust land since 1884. Now a Tokyo-based company owns the dirt.
The trust’s board chair said they only sell land after “much deep and agonizing consideration.” Their endowment sits at $15.2 billion. But they’re facing an $872.5 million Maui wildfire settlement from 2024 and a new federal lawsuit challenging their Hawaiian-preference admissions policy.
The financial pressure is real.
That shift from Hawaiian institutional ownership to mainland billionaire control is massive. And it’s accelerating. If you want to understand how Hawaii’s future is being rewritten, this is the biggest story you probably missed. But it’s only part of the picture.
Jeff Bezos Bought His Own Beach and Part of the Ocean
The Amazon founder purchased the Carter Estate on Maui for around $78 million in 2021 with his fiancee Lauren Sanchez. At the time, it was the most expensive residential purchase ever on the island.
The property spans nearly 15 acres of oceanfront with a two-acre deeded cove. The listing bragged about “the only private white sand beach” on Maui.
So yeah. Bezos owns a beach. And technically part of the ocean.
The estate sits on the sparsely populated southwestern side of Maui, about 12 miles south of Kihei. It’s surrounded by state parkland and old lava fields from the 1750s that buried most of the original coastline.
I’ve kayaked past that general area. The salt spray stings your face, the black lava rock bakes in the sun, and the water shifts from turquoise to deep blue in seconds.
The contrast between public beaches and massive private estates is something you feel in your gut. Locals call it “coastal colonization.” And they’re not wrong. There’s a reason that the reality behind the aloha spirit is harsher than any vacation brochure will tell you.
But wait until you hear about the guy who grew up right here in Hawaii.
Steve Case Controls More Land Than Almost Anyone Else and Nobody Talks About It
Here’s a name that doesn’t get enough attention. Steve Case, the AOL co-founder, actually grew up in Hawaii. He went to Punahou School, same as Barack Obama. Same school where kids chase mynah birds across the courtyard and the plumeria trees drop blossoms on your homework.
Case now owns approximately 57,400 acres across the islands. That includes his 35,170-acre Grove Farm on Kauai, which he bought for $26 million.
Grove Farm was previously used for ranching and sugarcane. The acquisition was highly controversial and led to years of litigation from previous owners.
The state wants 1,000 acres of his land for local food production. The potential $39 million purchase of Grove Farm land for agriculture shows some political will. Whether it actually happens is another story.
Case rents portions of his land for sustainable development initiatives. If you’re interested in Hawaii’s agricultural future, watch what happens with his properties. They could shape local food systems for decades.
But here’s the thing about Case. Even though he’s the second-largest billionaire landowner in Hawaii, you rarely hear his name in the same breath as Zuckerberg or Ellison. Maybe because he grew up here. Maybe because the Salesforce CEO’s story is even wilder.
Marc Benioff Knows Exactly Where a Reporter’s Family Lives and That’s Not Even the Strangest Part
The Salesforce CEO built a $25 million beachside mansion on the Big Island about 20 years ago. He also bought ranch land in Waimea. Standard billionaire stuff.
But since 2020, Benioff went on a much larger, previously unreported buying spree.
He now owns more than 600 acres total across 29 parcels in Waimea and nine parcels at the beach. One coastal property actually encircles an entire public beach. The total market value approaches $100 million.
Since 2020 alone, he’s acquired 22 parcels in Waimea. And in most cases, he paid more than current market value.
Housing prices in Waimea have jumped nearly 90% since the pandemic. Locals are watching their small ranching town – the kind of place with a bronze statue of a cowboy at its center – transform in real-time.
Here’s where his story takes a different turn though.
Benioff donated 282 acres to a nonprofit for affordable housing. The Ouli project plans to build around 40 houses initially. It’s about 6 miles from town and will take several years. He’s also donated millions to the local fire department – his beachside home has nearly burned down.
That’s genuinely refreshing. But let’s be real. Forty houses doesn’t offset the broader impact of massive land acquisitions on local affordability. Especially when the vast majority of his parcels seem to be for personal use.
An NPR reporter investigating Benioff’s purchases said he called her and revealed he knew the exact part of the island where she was staying at her family’s house. When she asked how he knew, he said “it’s his job.”
She described him driving around Waimea in his white Hummer pickup, curly brown hair tumbling out from under a baseball cap.
There’s a saying in small-town Hawaii. “No talk stink.” It basically means you don’t criticize people in public. That culture of silence makes it even harder to push back against billionaire influence.
And if you think these names are surprising, the full list goes deeper than most people realize.
The Other Billionaires Quietly Reshaping Hawaii Right Now
Pierre Omidyar, the eBay founder, is actually Hawaii’s richest permanent resident now. He lives in Honolulu with his wife Pamela and owns a beachfront estate on Kahala Avenue. That’s sometimes called the “Beverly Hills of Oahu.” Only about 60 homes have beachfrontage like his.
Peter Thiel, the PayPal co-founder, paid $27 million for a 1.7-acre Makena property on Maui. At the time, it was the largest amount ever paid for a single-family home in Maui County.
Frank VanderSloot owns over 2,000 acres on Kauai and claims he’ll build 500 affordable units. He paid $51 million for ranch land and wants to run up to 2,000 cattle. He also bought the legendary 102-acre Valley House estate in Kealia for $14.3 million.
Quek Leng Chan, the Malaysian billionaire, controls 55,490 acres. That’s roughly a third of Molokai. His development plans have stalled, and the ranch sits dormant.
And Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, listed his Big Island compound for $49 million in September 2025. He bought the 21.8-acre oceanfront estate from Paul Allen’s estate for $43 million in 2021 through Big Surf LLC, managed by his cousin.
It’s got 10 bedrooms, a private marina, a helipad, and a man-made beach. He got married there in January 2024. Now he wants out.
The full list includes names like Rob Walton, Steve Ballmer, Charles Schwab, Howard Schultz, Jerry Yang, Ken Griffin, and Guy Laliberte. It reads like a Forbes billionaires list that decided to go on vacation and never leave.
But the real story isn’t about any one of them individually. It’s about what all of this means for the people who were born here. And the math is devastating.
The Real Cost Nobody Puts in the Glossy Magazine Profiles
I’m gonna be straight with you. This land consolidation is pricing locals out of their homeland.
The people who were born and raised here can’t afford to live here anymore.
Here’s the math. Three-quarters of Hawaii households can’t afford a median-priced home. The median single-family home hit roughly $1 million statewide by the end of 2024. On Oahu, it crossed $1.1 million in 2025 and stayed there through the start of 2026.
Even the median home value across all property types sits around $836,000. And with mortgage rates hovering near 6%, monthly payments on a typical home can easily hit $5,000 to $6,000.
Hawaii’s property tax rate is the lowest in America at just 0.27%. On a $500,000 home, that’s only about $1,350 a year in property taxes. Compare that to New Jersey where the same house would cost you $11,000 in taxes.
It sounds like a great deal – and it is, if you can afford the house in the first place. For billionaires buying $50 million estates, the tax savings are enormous.
A former vocational counselor who lives near Zuckerberg’s compound described it perfectly. She said we have this whole new economy that basically serves at the rich people’s whims. She doesn’t know how stable those kinds of jobs are.
When billionaires buy up large properties, land values skyrocket. Property taxes increase. Groceries get more expensive. Everything costs more.
The Big Island’s median household income is around $74,000. Benioff’s beachside mansion alone cost $25 million. That’s 337 years of the average local family’s income for one house.
But here’s the stat that haunts me.
According to the 2020 Census, 53% of Native Hawaiians now live on the continent. In 2010, 55% still lived in the islands. That flipped in just one decade. The continental Native Hawaiian population is growing five times faster than the population in Hawaii.
Think about that. The indigenous people of these islands are being priced out of their own ancestral home.
I watched my friend’s daughter graduate from UH Manoa with an engineering degree. She moved to Seattle immediately because she couldn’t afford to stay. Her mom cried at the gate. Plumeria lei around her neck, boarding pass in her hand, tears on her face.
That image doesn’t make it into the glossy magazine profiles about billionaire “conservation” efforts.
That’s the real cost nobody talks about. If you want to understand the real Hawaii, talk to kama’aina in places like Waianae, Nanakuli, or the North Shore. They’ll tell you about how the middle-class traveler is being priced out too, and the numbers are genuinely alarming.
And the bunker situation tells you everything about how these billionaires see our future.
The Bunker Phenomenon Reveals What Billionaires Really Think About the Rest of Us
Multiple billionaires are building underground bunkers and self-sufficient compounds across these islands. Zuckerberg’s 5,000-square-foot shelter is just the most publicized.
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman revealed that nearly half his Silicon Valley billionaire friends either have secret hideaways or are building one.
These aren’t simple tornado shelters. We’re talking:
- Decontamination chambers for biological or chemical events
- Medical suites that rival hospital operating rooms
- Hydroponic farms for growing food underground
- Years of self-sufficiency built into every system
After news about Zuckerberg’s bunker broke, luxury bunker inquiries went through the roof. It’s become a competitive sport among the ultra-wealthy.
But here’s what bothers me.
If you’re that worried about societal collapse that you need an underground fortress in Hawaii, maybe invest that money in preventing societal collapse? Just a thought.
Douglas Rushkoff, a tech futurist who wrote about this for The Guardian, revealed something chilling. He was invited to a private meeting with top tech leaders to discuss surviving an environmental apocalypse.
After his talk about community and meaning, the billionaires took away one lesson.
Control. That’s all they wanted to know about. How do you control your security force after the event? How do you make sure they stay loyal when money has no value?
That tells you everything about the mindset behind these purchases. Which brings us to why Hawaii specifically became ground zero.
Why Hawaii Became the Billionaire Safety Net of Choice
The appeal goes way beyond pretty beaches. Hawaii sits 2,500 miles from the mainland. That geographic isolation feels like security to people with enemies, anxieties, or both.
You can grow food year-round here. Abundant rainfall. Solar and geothermal energy potential. Zuckerberg’s Ko’olau Ranch already includes farms, cattle operations, and organic ginger production. These compounds are designed to function independently from the outside world.
That rock-bottom 0.27% property tax rate saves billionaires millions every year. When you’re buying a $300 million estate, the difference between Hawaii’s rate and New Jersey’s 2.23% rate comes out to roughly $5.9 million in annual savings. Enough to fund 40 local teacher salaries.
Climate change will likely make Hawaii even more attractive to billionaires. Our islands are vulnerable to rising seas and hurricanes, but they’re relatively stable compared to wildfire-ravaged California or hurricane-battered Florida.
Cultural acceptance of wealth has traditionally been complicated here. We respect success but value humility. That’s the local way. The Hawaiian word for it is ha’aha’a.
The current wave of billionaire land-buying has tested that balance like never before. And these billionaires have figured out exactly how to operate in the shadows. The playbook they use is infuriating – and it explains why tracking all of this is nearly impossible.
How They Hide Their Ownership From Everyone Including the Government
The LLC strategy is brilliant and infuriating. Property records show companies with generic or Hawaiian-sounding names. Tracing ownership requires the kind of resources most people don’t have.
Zuckerberg’s latest 962-acre purchase went through a Hawaiian-named LLC. Oprah has OW Ranch LLC, Oprah’s Farm LLC, and Yellow Brick Road LLC. Altman operated through Big Surf LLC, managed by his cousin. This isn’t illegal. It’s just opaque.
Forbes spent months digging through property records and still couldn’t map it all. If a major publication struggled to figure out who owns what, imagine how impossible it is for regular citizens.
Some billionaires buy properties off-market before public listings appear. No competition. No publicity. Just done deals.
Altman bought his $43 million compound in an off-market deal. Benioff paid above market value on most of his Waimea parcels – which means sellers come to him before ever listing publicly.
Public property records have been “wiped” in some cases. When Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen bought a farm in Kailua-Kona, the records vanished from public view. Only trade publications caught it.
This lack of transparency should concern everyone. When that much land concentrates in that few hands with that little oversight, it raises serious questions about power and accountability.
And the trend is only accelerating. If you think what’s happened so far is alarming, understanding the real money dynamics of Hawaii will change how you see everything about these islands.
What Happens Next Won’t Be Pretty
The trend shows no signs of slowing down. If anything, it’s speeding up.
Hawaii’s top 10 commercial real estate deals in 2025 hit $1.6 billion in total volume. Kamehameha Schools alone accounted for $910 million of that. More tech billionaires are considering Hawaii partly because of California’s proposed wealth tax. Several have already started establishing residency elsewhere, and Hawaii remains the most attractive option.
That shift from Hawaiian to mainland billionaire and foreign corporate ownership changes everything. The state legislature has tried to address this. The potential $39 million purchase of Grove Farm land for local agriculture shows some political will.
But these efforts feel like cups of water against a wildfire.
Real estate agents report a steady uptick in inquiries from ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Private listings are becoming more common. The actual scope is getting harder to track every year.
Even the Bette Midler story is telling. Born right here in Honolulu, she owns more than 1,400 acres on Kauai and recently partnered with a local nonprofit to develop an agricultural park. She’s at least trying to put land back into community use.
But she’s the exception, not the rule.
Unless significant policy changes happen soon, we’re looking at a Hawaii where most land is controlled by people who don’t live here full-time and have no deep connection to these islands.
What I Think After Watching This Unfold for Three Decades
I’ve been here long enough to remember a different Hawaii. One where families could still afford beachfront property. Where local kids didn’t automatically assume they’d need to move to the mainland.
Where the smell of teriyaki from a neighbor’s grill meant you were about to get a plate, no questions asked.
The billionaire land grab isn’t just about real estate. It’s about power, control, and the future of these islands.
Every acre a billionaire buys is one less acre for local families. Some billionaires have shown genuine commitment to giving back. Benioff’s affordable housing donation matters. Oprah opening her road during the tsunami warning matters. Bette Midler turning land into an agricultural park matters.
But individual acts of generosity don’t fix a structural crisis.
The underground bunkers particularly bother me. There’s something deeply troubling about ultra-wealthy individuals buying up paradise while simultaneously preparing for its end.
What can actually be done? That’s the question keeping local activists and legislators up at night. Land use restrictions, residency requirements for large purchases, increased transparency in property records. All discussed. But implementation faces massive political and legal hurdles.
If you’re visiting Hawaii, you probably won’t see any of this directly. The resorts and public beaches remain beautiful. But understanding this context changes how you experience these islands.
That stunning coastline you’re photographing? Chances are, a billionaire owns the land surrounding it. And whatever you do, don’t bring home what tourists keep mailing back to Hawaii weeks later once they find out what happens next.
And to my fellow kama’aina reading this. I see you. I know the frustration. I know the heartbreak of watching aina slip further out of reach.
The Hawaii our grandparents knew is gone. The question now is what version of Hawaii we’ll leave for the next generation. If they can even afford to stay here to inherit it. And if you think the land situation is bad, wait until you hear about the rules locals wish every tourist understood before they landed – the last one changes your entire trip.
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