Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos Among the Largest Landowners in the U.S.

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Billionaire technology company owner Bill Gates has become the largest private farmland owner in the United States, while Jeff Bezos ranks 25th among the largest landowners in the country with the lands he has acquired in recent years.

According to information compiled from The Land Report magazine's "Top 100 Landowners Report," the land investments made by billionaire technology entrepreneurs have been increasing day by day.

The businessman with the most land among technology company owners is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Bezos ranks 25th on the list with his 420,000 acres (approximately 1.7 million acres) of land. Considering that the area of Istanbul is approximately 5,461 square kilometers (5.4 million acres), it is understood that Bezos owns land in the U.S. equivalent to about one-third of Istanbul's area.

GATES, OWNER OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE FARMLAND IN THE U.S.

In 41st place on the list is Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Gates owns a total of 270,000 acres, or 1,092,000 acres, of land in the U.S. It appears that Gates' total land in the U.S. is about one-fifth of Istanbul's area.

ONLY 1 IN 1000

In a news article on The Land Report site regarding Gates, his response to the question "Why are you buying so much farmland?" is noteworthy: "I own only 1/4 of the farmland in the U.S. I am acquiring these farmlands to make them more productive and create more job opportunities."

TOP 5 ON THE LIST

According to the "Top 100 Landowners Report," the Emmerson family ranks first. The family, which operates in areas such as timber, renewable energy, and agriculture in the U.S., owns 2.4 million acres (9.7 million acres) of land. This is equivalent to 1.8 times the size of Istanbul. In 2nd place on the list is John Malone with 2.2 million acres (8.9 million acres), followed by Ted Turner with 2 million acres (8.09 million acres), Stan Kroenke with 1.7 million acres (6.8 million acres), and the Reed family with 1.6 million acres (6.4 million acres).