Hawaii is quickly becoming the isle of internet billionaires, much to the consternation of the locals. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos just bought a remote $78 million 14-acre estate surrounded by dormant lava fields on La Perouse Bay in Maui, adding to his $500 million real estate portfolio. The sale comes after Mark Zuckerberg’s controversial purchase of an additional 110-acre site on Kauai in November 2021, giving the Facebook founder a total of over 1,600 acres on the island. And Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison owns almost the entire 141-square-mile island of Lanai, which is eight miles off the coast of Maui.

Bezos’ new estate was reportedly sold in an off-market deal from Colorado-based holding company Lochland Holdings, owned by energy mogul Doug Schatz. It’s home to three buildings, including a main 4,450-square-foot home with three bedrooms and three bathrooms, a 1,839-square-foot guest house with two bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms, and a third guest house measuring 1,815 square feet with three bedrooms and one bathroom. The property also has a 700-meter swimming pool and its own private white sand beach.
Mark Zuckerberg’s addition to his massive Kauai estate includes the Ka Loko reservoir, which is infamous for a burst dam incident in 2006 that released 400 million gallons of water and killed seven people on Kauai’s north shore. The reservoir is considered high-risk and has not yet been repaired. The spokesperson for Zuckerberg and ...