Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s billionaire lifestyle: Meta’s CEO may dress down (in US$400 T-shirts), but he splurges on Hawaiian land, mansions, top-notch security, private jets and luxury cars

May 19 , 2022

Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg have spent a large chunk of their money in Hawaii. Photo: @zuck, @gohawaii/Instagram

Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp’s billionaire CEO was criticised for buying swathes of land in Hawaii – some called him a colonist, but he bought more anyway

He lives in Palo Alto, California with his wife Priscilla Chan and kids and drives a Pagani Huayra – on par with Ferrari and Lamborghini – along with his more humble Honda

Mark Zuckerberg is the 15th richest person in the world with a net worth of US$72.5 billion, per Forbes. While you might like to believe that Zuckerberg doesn’t care for opulence – as he reportedly does not wear fancy watches and prefers sporting plain grey T-shirts – you may be surprised to know the 38-year-old billionaire indeed has a very lavish lifestyle.

Mark Zuckerberg’s tees are made by Italian designer Brunello Cucinelli and cost between US$300 and US$400. Photo: @zuck/Instagram

He reportedly has a property portfolio worth US$320 million and was once rumoured to have bought a jaw-dropping US$150 million yacht called Ulysses, according to TechCrunch.

Here are some of the most prized possessions of the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

His US$186 million land in Hawaii

Pila’a Beach sits below hillside and ridgetop land owned by Mark Zuckerberg on the north shore of Kauai. Photo: Unsplash

In 2014, Zuckerberg bought 286 hectares (707 acres) of land on the island of Kauai in Hawaii for a whopping US$116 million, according to Forbes. The land includes most of Pila’a Beach and Kahu’aina Plantation, prompting critics to slam him for trying to colonise the island and failing to respect its history.

Apparently, it didn’t deter Zuckerberg, who, in March 2021, bought nearly 245 hectares (600 acres) of land on Kauai’s North Shore for US$53 million, reported SF Gate, which included a public beach and a working cattle ranch, to add to his luxury estate nicknamed Ko’olau Ranch. Six months later, he bought 45 hectares (110 acres) of agricultural land for US$17 million, according to The Guardian. It includes the Ka Loko Reservoir, which remains on the island’s list of high-risk dams.

Ben LaBolt, Chan-Zuckerberg family office spokesperson, has defended Zuckerberg’s controversial land purchases. “Mark and Priscilla continue to make their home at Ko’olau Ranch. [The couple] had worked closely with a number of community partners to operate a working ranch, promote conservation, produce sustainable agriculture and protect wildlife and look forward to expanding their efforts to include this additional property,” he told Insider.