If you've ever wondered who owns the most land in the United States, all you have to do is take a look at this new list from The Land Report. Coming in at number one position, owning a staggering 2 million acres is none other than Ted Turner. His land holdings cover more territory than Delaware and Rhode Island combined.
Coming in at number one for the state of Texas is none other than two-time Texas governor Dolph Briscoe Jr. The list of the top 100 largest landowners in America has twenty Texans in the group. You've probably heard some of the names such as:
#23 Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com; #33 the Koch Family, They own Koch industries makers of Dixie cups and Stainmaster carpet; #18 The East Family, of King Ranch lineage, and the list of Texans at the top goes on.
An interesting note, none of these largest Texas land-owners have their sprawling ranches in Southeast Texas. No one in Southeast Texas made the top 100 list. Land around here must have been parceled up into smaller pieces long, long ago. Its probably not surprising most of these huge ranches are located in West Texas where land is plentiful and industry not so much so. Its also probably not too surprising that most of these top 100 land owners have had the land passed down to them through family generations.
If you ever wondered who owns the most land in our country, now you know who the top 100 land-owners are and you know how much they own. A lot!
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