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These people own the most land across the world

Discover who really owns the planet's land
101. Pham Nhat Vu: 203,900 hectares
100. Yiang Xiang Assets: 205,000 hectares
99. Donald Horton: 205,746 hectares
98. Westervelt family: 209,627 hectares
97. Martin family: 221,363 hectares
96. Stimson family: 223,386 hectares
95. Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster: 225,000 hectares
94. Bell family: 225,405 hectares
93. Alex & Julian Burt: 226,000+ hectares
92. Thomas Peterffy: 235,122 hectares
91. O'Connor family: 237,874 hectares
90. Lorraine Pastoral Company shareholders: 240,000 hectares
89. Andrei Korovaiko: 242,000 hectares
88. Ford family: 242,811 hectares
87. Adecoagro shareholders: 247,000 hectares
86. Lykes family: 248,880 hectares
85. Briscoe family: 277,614 hectares
84. Wilks brothers: 285,495 hectares
83. Viktor Nauruzov: 320,000+ hectares
82. National Trust & National Trust for Scotland: 326,000 hectares
81. Pingree family: 335,889 hectares
80. King & Lewis families: 368,755 hectares
79. Viktor Dimitriev: 380,000 hectares
78. Greg and Sharon Vickers: 396,700+ hectares
77. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 405,000+ hectares
76. Craig Astill: 408,199 hectares
75. Almat Tursunov: 410,900 hectares
74. George Rohr and Maurice Tabasinik: 430,000 hectares
73. Singleton family: 445,154 hectares
72. Kirill Minovalov: 448,000 hectares
71. Logemann family: 448,568 hectares
70. Sergei and Alexei Kukura: 451,000 hectares
69. Vladimir Kirillov: 452,000 hectares
68. Brad Kelley: 461,335 hectares
67. Vladimir Evtushenkov and the Louis-Dreyfus family: 474,800 hectares
66. Oleg Bakhmatyuk: 500,000 hectares
65. Peter Buck: 500,191 hectares
64. Andriy Verevskyi & various shareholders: 514,000 hectares
63. Cross Pacific Investments: 540,000+ hectares
62. Vadim Moshkovich: 611,580 hectares
61. Allan Myers: 623,000+ hectares
60. Stefan Duerr: 630,300 hectares
59. Stan Kroenke: 658,625 hectares
58. Tkachev family: 660,000 hectares
57. Agrocenter Astana LLP shareholders: 700,000 hectares
56. Tornator shareholders: 700,000+ hectares
55. Colin Ross: 774,500 hectares
54. Eduardo Elsztain: 800,000+ hectares
53. Ted Turner: 809,371 hectares
52. Inuit of Nunavik: 815,200 hectares
51. Olzha: 840,000 hectares
50. Reed family: 849,840 hectares
49. The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America and College Retirement Equities Fund: 850,000 hectares
48. Emmerson family: 866,000 hectares
=Joint 46. Benetton family: 890,300 hectares
=Joint 46. John Malone: 890,300 hectares
45. Igor Khudokormov: 892,200 hectares
44. Scott Harris and family: 933,000+ hectares
43. New Forests shareholders: 950,000+ hectares
42. Romeo Roxas: 965,000+ hectares
41. Ruslan Moldabekov and the EBRD: almost 1 million hectares
=Joint 38. Kerry Stokes: 1 million hectares
=Joint 38. King Mswati III: 1 million hectares
=Joint 38. Alibi Agro shareholders: 1 million hectares
=Joint 36. Brinkworth family: 1 million+ hectares
=Joint 36. Angelini family: 1 million+ hectares
35. Linnik brothers: 1.05 million hectares
34. Rallen Australia: 1.09 million hectares
33. Matte family: 1.1 million+ hectares
32. Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest: 1.12 million hectares
31. Hewitt family: 1.2 million hectares
=Joint 29. Bill Gunn: 1.3 million hectares
=Joint 29. McBride family: 1.3 million hectares
28. Acton family: 1.58 million hectares
27. Menegazzo family: 1.6 million+ hectares
26. McMillan family: 1.63 million hectares
25. Irving family: 1.8 million hectares
24. Oxenford family: 1.97 million hectares
23. Morgan and Wells families: 2.1 million hectares
=Joint 21. Mondi Group shareholders: 2.4 million hectares
=Joint 21. Brett Blundy: 2.4 million hectares
20. Lee family: 2.42 million hectares
19. Handelsbanken shareholders: 2.6 million hectares
18. Hughes family: 2.7 million hectares
17. Holmes à Court family: 2.7 million+ hectares
16. Brook family: 3 million hectares
15. McDonald family: 3.36 million hectares
14. Guy Hands & various shareholders: 3.6 million hectares
13. Oldfield and Costello families: 4.45 million hectares
12. Macquarie Group shareholders: 4.48 million+ hectares
11. Williams family: 4.5 million hectares
10. MacLachlan family: 5 million+ hectares
9. Handbury Group: 5.28+ million hectares
8. North Australian Pastoral Company: 6 million hectares
7. Joe Lewis & various shareholders: 6.4 million hectares
=Joint 5. Zhongding Dairy Farming & Severny Bur shareholders: 9.1 million hectares
=Joint 5. Inuvialuit of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region: 9.1 million hectares
4. Gina Rinehart: 9.7 million hectares
3. The Inuit people of Nunavut: 35.3 million hectares
2. The Catholic Church: 71.6 million hectares
1. Queen Elizabeth II: 2.7 billion hectares
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Discover who really owns the planet's land

Ever wondered which individuals and organisations own the most land globally? The answers may surprise you. Click or scroll through the top 101 non-government landowners in the world, using data from the 2020 US Land Report 100 and other sources. All dollar values in US dollars unless otherwise indicated.
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17 April 2021

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