Orton Plantation

Power Struggle

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

Louis Bacon fends off utility companies as they try to build transmission lines across his Colorado ranch. He also adds North Carolina’s Orton Plantation to his portfolio. In 2007, London-based hedge fund manager Louis Bacon claimed his place on The…

Louis Bacon Adds Historic Orton Plantation to Land Holdings

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Land Report Editors

A successful hedge fund manager and dedicated conservationist, Bacon’s 202,000± acres earned him No. 40 on the 2010 Land Report 100. Earlier this year he increased land portfolio when he acquired the historic Orton Plantation in North Carolina. Bacon is a…