Stan Kroenke is now America’s largest landowner. Kroenke acquired almost 1 million acres in New Mexico from the heirs of Dr. Henry Singleton in December 2025. The transaction increased his landholdings to more than 2.7 million acres. This breaking news story capped the debut of the 2026 Land Report by the magazine’s editor, Eric O’Keefe, at the Land Investment Expo in Des Moines.

The purchase of Singleton Ranches vaulted Kroenke Ranches from N^o. 4 in 2025 to N^o. 1 in 2026, ahead of California’s Emmerson Family with 2.44 million acres, Liberty Media chairman emeritus John Malone with 2.2 million acres, and CNN Founder Ted Turner with 2 million acres.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ranked 21st with 462,000 acres. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates qualified at N^o. 44 with 275,000 acres. Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, who owns Texas’s historic Four Sixes Ranch, ranked 49th.

About The Land Report

Founded in 2007, The Land Report is an award-winning platform for news and insights about America’s most valuable resource: land. The magazine’s Land Report 100 is recognized as the gold standard of private landownership and is regularly referenced by Bloomberg, Forbes, Fortune, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

About Peoples Company

The exclusive sponsor of the Land Report 100, Peoples Company is a full-service farmland transaction and management firm serving all agricultural regions in the US, offering land brokerage and auction services, land and energy management, agricultural appraisal, and access to capital markets. Learn more at PeoplesCompany.com.

Photo Credits:

Stan Kroenke: Ted Soqui / Corbis
Red Emmerson: Gustav Schmiege III
John Malone: Rick Wilking / Reuters
Ted Turner: Park Cities Quail