Who owns most of real estate?
The largest landowner in the world currently is King Charles III of England. How much land does the Royal Family own? He and the British Royal Family own more than 6,600,000,000 acres of land around the world. They technically own many territories around the globe, amounting to 1/6 of the surface of the planet.
Who Is the Largest Landowner in the U.S.? The largest landowners in the United States are the Emmerson family, with 2,330,000 acres of land. Red Emmerson, the patriarch of the family, founded Sierra Pacific Industries in Anderson, CA.
The Utah-based religious organization now owns at least $2 billion worth of agricultural terrain across the country. It now owns an estimated $134 million worth of agricultural land in Nebraska and is on track to surpass CNN founder Ted Turner as the single largest landowner in the country.
As of the most recent fiscal year, Walmart comes out on top with $116.9 billion worth of real estate, more than doubling Amazon's second-place total of $57.3 billion. Alphabet — Google's parent company — ranks third at $49.7 billion, followed by Microsoft and AT&T.
Total acres in 2022: 1.74 million
Sierra Pacific Industries isn't just the largest private landowner in California, with about 1.74 million acres in the state as of 2022, per Regrid's data. It's the largest in the nation, overseeing more than 2.4 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon and Washington.
Editor, The Land Report
The Emmersons became America's largest landowners in 2021 when they acquired 175,000 acres in Oregon from Seneca Timber Company. With that acquisition, the Emmersons surpassed Liberty Media chairman John Malone's 2,200,000 acres.
Who Owns the Most Land in the World? The largest landowner in the world currently is King Charles III of England. How much land does the Royal Family own? He and the British Royal Family own more than 6,600,000,000 acres of land around the world.
Hawaii Reserves, Inc.
that manages property for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the town of Laie, Hawaii. Hawaii Reserves, Inc. Hawaii Reserves manages more than 7,000 acres of land in the Laie area—most purchased in 1865.
| Organization | Worth (billion USD) | Country |
|---|---|---|
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | 236.0 | United States |
| Sree Venkateswara Swamy Temple | 35.0 | India |
| Catholic Church in Germany | 26.0 | Germany |
| Muhammadiyah | 26.0 | Indonesia |
Decades of membership growth, tithing donations and lucrative investments resulted in the modern church's massive accumulation of wealth.
Who owns the biggest ranch in the US?
The nation's largest private landowners are the Emmerson family in California who own over 2.4 million acres. The bulk of that land is dedicated to timber in Northern California. But the most headline-worthy transaction of 2022 was the Four Sixes Ranch in Texas.
Roman Catholic Church: 70 million hectares
The largest landowner in the world is not a major oil magnate or a real estate investor. No, it's the Roman Catholic Church.
Previously headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, it moved to nearby Chicago in June 2018. McDonald's is also a real estate company through its ownership of around 70% of restaurant buildings and 45% of the underlying land (which it leases to its franchisees). Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
China owns 384,000 acres of American agricultural land. That's a 30% increase just since 2019. And on top of that, they own land near an air force base in North Dakota.
The Hawaii State Government.
Of the approximately 4 million acres of land in Hawaii, the state government owns most of this.
King Ranch, largest ranch in the United States, composed of a group of four tracts of land in southeastern Texas, totaling approximately 825,000 acres (333,800 hectares).
Ted Turner, the media mogul, also owns 2 million acres of farmland, while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns over 420,000 acres.
No. 1 on the list, the Emmerson family, accumulated their wealth through the lumber business. Family owned and run Sierra Pacific Industries is the largest private lumber production firm in the nation, according to Forbes. American Billionaire John Malone, follows on the list.
Millions of acres owned by wealthy individuals and corporations (those not actively involved in farming) are leased out. According to the last Census of Agriculture in 2017, agricultural land is still primarily owned by families and individuals (201.5 million acres of cropland and 223.8 million acres of pastureland).
- John Malone. • Land area: 2.2 million acres.
- Ted Turner. • Land area: 2 million acres. ...
- Emmerson family. • Land area: 2 million acres. ...
- Reed family. • Land area: 1.7 million acres. ...
- Stan Kroenke. ...
- Irving family. ...
- Brad Kelley. ...
- Singleton family. ...
Who is the biggest farmer in the world?
Qin is the richest farmer in the world and owns 883 million shares of Muyuan stock, 40.06% of the company. Qin's wife Qian Ying is also a billionaire, and together they own a majority stake in Muyuan. His son Qin Muyuan (秦牧原) is a vice-president at Muyuan Group.
- Emmerson family 2.411 million acres.
- John Malone 2.2 million acres.
- Ted Turner 2 million acres.
- Reed family 1.661 million acres.
- Stan Kroenke 1.627 million acres.
- Irving family 1.267 million acres.
- Buck family 1.236 million acres.
- Singleton family 1.1 million acres.
Residence Inn by Marriott Maui Wailea sells for $148M to Mormon church affiliate. The 200-room Residence Inn by Marriott Maui Wailea hotel was acquired by an affiliate of the real estate arm of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints for $148 million.
The Washington Post's recent news story, captioned “Mormon Church has misled members on $100 billion tax-exempt investment fund” is likely to be met with little resistance to its message. It is a familiar one: Mormonism is too rich and stays so by exploiting its members.
Additionally, investigative journalism from the Truth & Transparency Foundation in 2022 suggests the church may be the owner of the most valuable real estate portfolio in the United States, with a minimum market value of $15.7 billion.
