Richest Americans Continue to
Scoop up Rural Acreage
Increasingly seen as a “safe deposit box with a view,” acreages continue to be purchased by leading landowners at solid rates. In 2012, the country’s top 100 landowners cumulatively increased their private holdings by 700,000 acres to a total of 33 million acres, nearly two percent of U.S. land mass, according to the 2013 Land Report 100, the latest annual survey and ranking of the largest private landowners in the United States.
Liberty Media Chairman John Malone and his 2.2 million acres topped the Land Report 100 list. Malone edged out Ted Turner, who currently possesses more than two million land acres. Rounding out the top five in order were: the Emmerson family, Brad Kelley and the Irving family.
Source: Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, Real Estate Digest, December 2013, Volume 39, Number 12
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