Sign In
  • Best Buys
  • Household Money
  • Banking & Borrowing
  • Mortgages & Home
  • Saving & Making Money
  • Rights, Scams & Politics
  • Motoring & Travel
  • Investing & Pensions
  • Savings & ISAs
  • Features
  • Compare

America's biggest landowners revealed

The 50 biggest land moguls in America today
50. Galt family: 262,000 acres
49. Taylor Sheridan: 267,000 acres
48. True family: 272,000 acres
47. Malone Mitchell 3rd: 273,000 acres
=43. Lee family: 275,000 acres
=43. Jones family: 275,000 acres
=43. Babbitt heirs: 275,000 acres
=43. Bill Gates: 275,00 acres
42. Kokernot heirs: 278,000 acres
41. Cogdell Family: 282,000 acres
40. Llano Partners: 284,000 acres
39. Fasken family: 284,493 acres
38. Bass family: 285,000 acres
37. Benjy Griffith III: 310,000 acres
36. Killam family: 312,000 acres
35. Hughes family: 319,000 acres
34. Barta family: 340,000 acres
33. Robinson & Freed families: 350,000 acres
32. Mike Smith: 351,000 acres
31. Collins family: 370,000 acres
30. Cullen heirs: 388,000 acres
29. Holding family: 395,000 acres
28. Skiles family: 403,000
27. Shannon Kizer: 431,000 acres
26. Fisher family: 440,000 acres
25. Simplot family: 443,000 acres
24. Zane & Tanya Kiehne: 455,000 acres
23. Jeff Bezos: 462,000 acres
22. Don Horton: 528,000 acres
21. Martin family: 550,000 acres
20. Stimson family: 552,000 acres
19. Westervelt heirs: 566,000 acres
18. O’Connor family: 587,800 acres
17. Ford family: 600,000 acres
16. Lykes family: 615,000 acres
15. Stefan Soloviev: 617,000 acres
14. Thomas Peterffy: 647,000 acres
=12. Wilks brothers: 675,000 acres
=12. Brad Kelley: 675,000 acres
11. Briscoe family: 738,000 acres
10. Pingree heirs: 830,000 acres
9. King Ranch heirs: 911,215 acres
8. Singleton family: 1,100,000 acres
7. Buck family: 1,236,000 acres
6. Irving family: 1,267,792 acres
5. Reed family: 1,661,000 acres
4. Stan Kroenke: 1,762,000 acres
3. Ted Turner: 2,000,000 acres
2. John Malone: 2,200,000 acres
1. Emmerson family: 2,440,000 acres
1 of 51
Associated Press/Alamy Stock Photo

The 50 biggest land moguls in America today

As the world's third-largest country by landmass, it's no surprise that America is known as the land of plenty – and some people are lucky enough to own plenty of that land. In fact, relatively few people control the nation's ample acreage today.

From ranchers who have owned land for generations to newcomer billionaires splashing their cash, read on to discover America’s 50 biggest landowners using data from the 2025 edition of The Land Report.

Gallery view |
List View

Alice Cattley

27 May 2025

Features

See more on this topic

Share the love