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January 15, 2026

Billionaire Rams owner Stan Kroenke becomes America's biggest private landowner

Kroenke represents a growing wave of ultra-wealthy entrepreneurs investing in long-held ranches and farmland.

Billionaire Rams owner Stan Kroenke becomes America's biggest private landowner

TL;DR

  • Stan Kroenke is now the largest private landowner in the U.S. with 2.7 million acres.
  • His recent purchase of nearly 1 million acres of New Mexico ranchland from the Singleton family was the largest land transaction in the U.S. in over a decade.
  • Kroenke's land holdings are larger than Yellowstone National Park.
  • Investing in U.S. farmland is a growing trend among the ultra-wealthy as an inflation hedge.
  • Other billionaires, including Bill Gates, John Malone, Ted Turner, Philip Anschutz, Thomas Peterffy, and Jeff Bezos, are also major private landowners.
  • Bill Gates is the largest private owner of U.S. farmland.
  • Landowners often acquire large ranches that have been in families for generations.

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