A report in Pacific Business News suggests that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is the latest tech magnate to buy a large slice of Hawaii.
Perhaps wishing to leave his Palo Alto renovation woes behind, Zuckerberg may be the new owner of the $357 million Kahuaina Plantation, on the northeast coast of Kaua’i.
Neither the seller nor a Kahuaina Holdings representative would identify the new owner.
A brochure for the plantation sells it as, not surprisingly, a tropical paradise with nearly a full kilometer of white sand beach.
It has permits in place for 80 luxury homes, and the 27 acres will support “organic crops including ginger, turmeric, and papaya.” Another 105-acre property nearby was used for shoots on the films "Pirates of the Caribbean,""Tropic Thunder," and "Jurassic Park."
Zuckerberg is currently the 10th-richest man in the world with an estimated worth of $34 billion. Larry Ellison, who spent $300 million to own an entire island in Hawaii, is worth $50 billion, but Zuckerberg is gaining on him fast.
Travel + Leisure once rated Kaua’i as Hawaii’s best island, and it boasts daily nonstop flights to the US West Coast, including San Francisco.