No. 34 Collins Family 311,395 acres Truman “T.D.” Collins (1831–1914) found his calling as a tree man before the Civil War and ultimately became the largest private landowner in Pennsylvania. Property in the Allegheny Mountains accounts for about one-third of…
No. 33 Stefan Soloviev 325,077 acres (up 1,377 acres) This entrepreneur has moved back to his native New York City in order to work more closely with father, 90-year old real estate developer Sheldon Solow. (The CEO of CROSSROADS AGRICULTURE…
No. 32 Malone Mitchell 3rd 326,000 acres The CEO of Riata Corporate Group has established his LONGFELLOW RANCHES as one of the finest hunting properties in the Trans-Pecos region of Far West Texas. A full-service 4,700-squarefoot lodge welcomes guests. Hunts…
No. 31 Zane & Tanya Kiehne 345,000 acres (NEW TO LR100) A fourth-generation rancher, Zane Kiehne was raised in New Mexico on a US Forest Service allotment with very little deeded land. He became a ranch broker and finally bought…
No. 30 Hughes Family 390,000 acres Patriarch Dan Hughes Sr. was a legend in the oil and gas industry. He began as a roustabout in high school, earned a geology degree from Texas A&M, and then found, financed, and drilled…
No. 29 Holding Family 395,030 acres (down 4,790-acres) Robert Earl Holding (1926–2003) purchased SINCLAIR OIL CORP. for $78 million in 1976. The following year, he and wife, Carol, bought Idaho’s SUN VALLEY resort for $12 million. More recently, the Holdings…
No. 28 Jeff Bezos 420,000 acres (Up 20,000-acres) In 2018, urban acreage was front-page news, thanks to Amazon HQ2. The race to land the giant company’s second headquarters became a mainstay of business journalists coast to coast. Who knew that…
No. 27 Phil Anschutz 434,500 acres Phil Anschutz’s mother always hoped her son would become a history professor. There must be some consolation in the fact that the Denverite recently published a companion edition to his first book, OUT WHERE…
No. 26 Fisher Family 440,000 acres Gap cofounders Donald and Doris Fisher developed the Mendocino family of companies to manage their California timberlands: MENDOCINO REDWOOD COMPANY and Pacific Lumber, now known as HUMBOLDT REDWOOD. The Fisher family recently funded a…
No. 24 McDonald Family 474,000 acres This Alabama family holds the vast majority of their US lands (some 300,000-plus acres) in Maine via GREAT NORTHWOODS LLC. The McDonalds also own more than 100,000 acres in their home state as well…
