Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg are piling into critical $4.3T US asset and pricing out Americans. Get in now? Jing Pan Sat, August 29, 2026 at 3:15 AM PDT 7 min read Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. When some of the richest people on the planet start accumulating the same tangible asset, it's worth asking what they see in it. Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg built their fortunes through technology, but each now controls vast stretches of something far more old-fashioned: land, including farms, ranches and other agricultural property. Must Read Jeff Bezos backs a platform that lets anyone invest in rental homes for as little as $100 6 ways to build wealth like a landlord without actually being one JPMorgan sees gold hitting $5,000/oz by Q4 and savvy investors are protecting their wealth with a tax-advantaged Gold IRA. Get your free guide from Priority Gold The tax breaks in Trump's 'big beautiful bill' expire after 2028. Here are 4 moves to make before the window closes According to the Land Report (1), Gates owns 275,000 acres of land across America, making the Microsoft co-founder the country's 44th-largest private landowner. His holdings include 250,000 acres of highly productive farmland. Then there's Bezos. The Amazon founder may be reaching for the stars through his rocket company Blue Origin, but he hasn't lost sight of the ground beneath his feet: he owns 462,000 acres (2) of land across America. Meanwhile, Meta CEO Zuckerberg's $300 million Ko'olau Ranch on the Hawaiian island of Kauai now spans roughly 4,000 acres (3). And those holdings look modest beside the empire of billionaire Stan Kroenke, owner of the Los Angeles Rams and husband of Walmart heiress Ann Walton Kroenke. He owns an estimated 2.7 million acres (4). The attraction isn't only recreational. Farmland has grown into a $4.3 trillion asset class, according to Steve Bruere, president of agricultural real estate firm Peoples Company. And values are still climbing. The average value of U.S. farmland reached roughly $4,350 per acre (5) last year, up 4.3% from a year earlier. Why billionaires are piling in For wealthy investors, farmland offers a rare combination of qualities. It is tangible, its supply is inherently limited and it can generate income through crops or rent while potentially appreciating over time. And come what may, people always need to eat. Because demand for food doesn't disappear when the stock market falls, farmland can also help diversify a portfolio dominated by public equities. The asset has been viewed as an inflation hedge as well. When food prices and other costs rise, the income and value associated with productive agricultural land may rise with them. Story Continues "If you believe you want diversification, and you also believe we're going to have underlying inflation which is what a lot of people want right now then farmland is a great option for them," Bruere told Fortune. But the billionaire rush can also...
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