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.
1. EMMERSON FAMILY. The nation's largest private landowners, California's Emmerson family, are a prime example of this trend. Through their Sierra Pacific Industries, the Emmersons increased their landholdings by more than 100 square miles to over 2.4 million acres.
The British Royal Family, headed by newly crowned King Charles III, owns 6.6 billion acres of land worldwide. That's more than 37 times as much as the global runner-up, the Catholic Church. Most of the top 25 largest private landowners are Australian cattle farms, but they're outdone by the Inuit of Canada.
The largest landowners in the United States are the Emmerson Family, John Malone, the Reed Family, Ted Turner, and the Kroenke Ranch. The Emmerson Family is the largest landowner with 2.3 million acres of land across California, Washington state, and Oregon.
The world's primary feudal landowner is Queen Elizabeth II. She is Queen of 32 countries, head of a Commonwealth of 54 countries in which a quarter of the world's population lives, and legal owner of about 6.6 billion acres of land, one-sixth of the earth's land surface.
Dyson, a self-made billionaire, has bought a 3,000 acre estate in Lincolnshire, which brings his estimated land holdings to 25,000 acres (or 14,204 football pitches), more than the Queen's private estate, Sandringham, which is 20,000 acres.
"With her 6.6 billion acres, Elizabeth II is far and away the world's largest landowner, with the closest runner-up (King Abdullah) holding control over a mere 547 million, or about 12% of the lands owned by Her Majesty, The Queen."
The most prominent landowners in the United States together own almost 13 million acres across the country. The ten largest landowners in America are 1. cable and media honcho John Malone (2.2 million acres), 2. lumber titans Emmerson Family, 3.
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.
The Louisiana Purchase has been described as the greatest real estate deal in history. In 1803 the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory--828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River.
The most expensive plot of land ever sold is situated at 2 Murray Road in the Central Business District of Hong Kong. On 16-05-2017, the Hong Kong government sold the plot measuring 31000 square feet for HK$ 23.28 billion (US$ 3,00,37,80,000) to local developer Henderson Land Development.
China owns roughly 384,000 acres of U.S. agricultural land, according to a 2021 report from the Department of Agriculture.
California is the third largest state in the country in terms of land area, with a total of more than 104 million acres. It's also among the states where the U.S. government owns the highest percentage of land.
1) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – 672,000 acres. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' total land ownership in Florida isn't clear.
The largest landowner in Montana is the federal government, with over 27 million acres of land. This includes national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and military bases.
Corn Ranch, commonly referred to as Launch Site One (LS1), is a spaceport owned and operated by Blue Origin which is located approximately 30 miles north of the town of Van Horn, Texas, United States. The 670-square-kilometer (165,000-acre) land was purchased by Jeff Bezos in 2004.
Jeff Bezos: 420,000 acres in Texas. Bezos is cofounder of Amazon.
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). The King Ranch was established by Richard King, a steamboat captain born in 1825 in Orange county, New York.
"This is an incredible opportunity and an even greater responsibility," said Kroenke. "We are honored to assume ownership of the Waggoner—a true Texas and American landmark." The 520,527-acre ranch is by far the most expensive plot of its kind in the United States.
For sale: the biggest American ranch ever put on the block -- larger than Los Angeles and New York City combined -- nearly 800 square miles of north Texas prairie, cattle pasture and, of course, oil fields.
About 89% of Canada's land area (8,886,356 km2 or 3,431,041 sq mi) is Crown land: 41% is federal crown land and 48% is provincial crown land. The remaining 11% is privately owned.
As one might imagine, the monarchy held properties around the globe. A lesser-known holding was in Bolivar County, Mississippi. As of 1968, the Queen through investment in the British textile company Courtaulds owned an interest in a 38,000-acre cotton plantation in Mississippi.
Holdings consist of around 116,000 hectares (287,000 acres) of agricultural land and forests, together with minerals and residential and commercial property.