I Billionaire Holiday Homes

Billionaires

The world’s wealthiest individuals have acquired vacation properties in some of the most luxurious destinations across the globe. Here’s a look at where these billionaires spend their holidays, from European mansions to tropical island-resorts. Net worths are as of February 14, 2022.

Kasbah Tamadot

Location: Asni, Morocco Billionaire: Richard Branson Net worth: $5.3 billion While Branson says his private Caribbean home of Necker Island is his favorite hideaway, the British founder of the Virgin Group owns seven additional luxury retreats. He bought Kasbah Tamadot for $1.5 million in 1998, and now routinely shares his family’s holiday adventures on his blog, include drinking traditional Moroccan mint tea, kiting in Dakhla, cycling through the Atlas Mountains, and playing tennis on the luxury retreat.

The Berber-style estate can be rented out for up to $55,249 for a maximum of 56 guests, during high season in October and between March and April, while room rates for the 28-suite hotel range from $770 to $3,500 per night.

Hilltop Estate – Delana Residence

Location: Laucala Island, Fiji Billionaire: Dietrich Mateschitz Net worth: $24.4 billion Austrian cofounder of energy drink Red Bull, Mateschitz bought Laucala Island from the Forbes family for an undisclosed amount in 2002. The billionaire turned the tropical outpost into a luxury resort in 2011.

Mateschitz reportedly holidays in the Delana hilltop residence, a 11,000 square-meter estate. The highest of the 25 residences on the island, the property provides panoramic views of turquoise lagoons, white-sand beaches, and rolling green mountains. The resort has its own charter aircrafts and a 1,141 -meter long landing strip for guest’s private planes. In 2013, Mateschitz bought a Super Falcon submarine for $1.7 million, which is stationed at his island. Villa La Leopolda

Location: Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Billionaire: Lily Safra Net worth: $1.3 billion Safra is the widow of billionaire banker Edmond Safra. A former royal estate owned by Leopold II of Belgium, the 18-acre Villa La Leopolda sits on a hill in the French fishing town of Villefranchesur-Mer. The property was last valued at 500 million euro ($750 million at the time) in 2008, when Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov offered to purchase it. He lost his 50 million euro deposit for the property when the deal fell through by 2010. The estate was listed as one of the most expensive billionaire homes by Forbes in 2013. Safra, who lives in Geneva, Switzerland, previously lived with her husband over 10 kilometers away from the villa in a Monaco penthouse.

Ko’olau Ranch Location: Hawaii, U.S. Billionaire: Mark Zuckerberg Net worth: $78.4 billion

Zuckerberg’s Hawaiian hideaway covers over 1,400 acres of land on the lush island of Kauai. The billionaire’s known properties include the 357-acre Kahu’aina Plantation and an adjacent parcel near Pila’a Beach.

The Facebook cofounder reportedly paid between $100 million and $200 million to gradually acquire the estate between 2014 to 2021, according to media reports. In December 2021, the billionaire and his wife Priscilla Chan added 110 acres to their estate for $17 million, according to a report by The Guardian.

While Meta’s CEO runs his tech empire from his Palo Alto, California home, the billionaire has been sighted surfing and riding jet skis on Hawaii’s fourth-largest island. Zuckerberg and Chan are also involved in sustainable farming and environmental conservation work on the estate. As of 2021, the Ranch operates organic farms, a cattle ranch, and wildlife conservation services, according to the Honolulu Star Adviser, citing a spokesperson statement.