A well-known TV presenter bought 352 hectares of land on the Hawaiian island of Maui for $ 6.6 million.
Oprah Winfrey bought 870 acres (352 hectares) of land on the Hawaiian island of Maui for $6.6 million, in addition to the 100 acres (100 hectares) she already owns, infuriating locals. Those protesting his or celebrities like Mark Zuckerberg buying their land. The Daily Mail writes about it.
Additionally, residents are outraged that billionaires like Winfrey or Zuckerberg have inflated prices for local residents in the state of Aloha.
With a net worth estimated at between $2.5 and $3 billion, Oprah is one of the few billionaires who have bought multiple land in Hawaii.
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, with a net worth of nearly $70 billion, is accused of trying to “colonize” the paradise island of Kauai, believed to have at least 1,400 acres (566 hectares) of land – more state than local land.
Oprah has bought their last plot of land in Ulupalakua Farm, which is owned by the prominent Erdman family. Oprah’s intentions with the site are unclear, but she previously purchased the land to protect it from development, according to her website.
Oprah has owned a ranch in Hawaii for over 10 years and has repeatedly said she fell in love with the state 20 years ago. She spends time here all the time with her friends, including TV presenter Gail King.
And Zuckerberg, who bought land in Hawaii, was heavily criticized.
A petition was launched to “stop Mark Zuckerberg’s colonization of Kauai” and garnered more than a million signatures – thirteen times the island’s population.
The farmland now owned by Zuckerberg includes most of the Ka-Loko land reservoir. He also spent about $200 million on Hawaiian soil. But when he tried to block the passage to Pilaa Beach, such a scandal erupted that the billionaire had to apologize and reassure the public that he would now “work on a new approach with the community”.
Recall that for the first time since 2015, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook (now Meta), is not among the ten richest people in the United States according to Forbes. Mark Zuckerberg has lost nearly half of his fortune, $76.8 billion, since September 2021, slipping from #3 to #11 on the Forbes 400 richest people list.
Source: Focus
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