The fact that more and more billionaires are buying islands and building shelters makes the public skeptical that the world’s richest people know something about the end of the world?
In December 2023, WIRED reported that Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire CEO of Meta and today’s top technology leader, had acquired large tracts of land on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are building a huge complex – called Ko’olau Ranch – on this land that will most likely cost more than $200 million to complete.
The land spans more than 5.5 million square meters, surrounded by a 2m high wall and patrolled by many security guards who drive off-road vehicles around nearby beaches.
Hundreds of local Hawaiians work on Zuckerberg’s property. But exactly how many there are and what they are doing is kept hidden by a non-disclosure agreement.
Zuckerberg’s Ko’olau Ranch includes plans for a “huge underground bunker.” This seems to be the detail that attracts the interest of many conspiracy enthusiasts.
People don’t just ask, “Why did Mark Zuckerberg build his own doomsday bunker in Hawaii?” but also wondering, “What do these billionaires know that we don’t know?” and “What will happen in 2024?”
Mark Zuckerberg’s doomsday bunker?Bunkers have become common images in popular culture following the rise of apocalyptic themes in films.
But pay attention to other pieces of Zuckerberg’s Kauai infrastructure: Huge mansions, with grounds the size of a football field; at least 11 treehouses connected by rope bridges; Specialized machinery for filtering, desalinating and storing water.
Meanwhile, the Facebook billionaire informed his followers that he is now raising his own cattle, feeding them macadamia nuts grown on the farm and beer brewed there.
Zuckerberg and Chan’s other plans include wildlife conservation, native plant restoration, an organic turmeric and ginger farm, and working with experts on Kauai to conserve and protect ecosystems. native flora and fauna. These activities will have a greater physical impact on Kauai than the bunker, regardless of how many rooms it has.
What does Mark Zuckerberg ultimately want to do?The Facebook founder isn’t the only billionaire building giant complexes in Hawaii. Oprah Winfrey purchased a 66-hectare property in Maui in 2002 and has since purchased additional plots totaling more than 650,000 square meters.
Larry Ellison, co-founder of technology company Oracle, bought almost the entire Hawaiian island of Lanai in 2012. Two years ago, billionaire Frank VanderSloot bought an 800-hectare farm just south of Zuckerberg.
At first glance, these tycoons appear to be “preparing” for a familiar 20th-century-style apocalypse, as depicted in countless disaster movies. But not so.
It’s true that their vast facilities include bunkers and advanced technologies, but Zuckerberg, Winfrey, Ellison and others are actually embarking on much more ambitious projects.
In December 2023, WIRED reported that Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire CEO of Meta and today’s top technology leader, had acquired large tracts of land on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are building a huge complex – called Ko’olau Ranch – on this land that will most likely cost more than $200 million to complete.
The land spans more than 5.5 million square meters, surrounded by a 2m high wall and patrolled by many security guards who drive off-road vehicles around nearby beaches.
Hundreds of local Hawaiians work on Zuckerberg’s property. But exactly how many there are and what they are doing is kept hidden by a non-disclosure agreement.
Zuckerberg’s Ko’olau Ranch includes plans for a “huge underground bunker.” This seems to be the detail that attracts the interest of many conspiracy enthusiasts.
People don’t just ask, “Why did Mark Zuckerberg build his own doomsday bunker in Hawaii?” but also wondering, “What do these billionaires know that we don’t know?” and “What will happen in 2024?”
Spending money to buy most of the island to build a shelter: Did billionaire Mark Zuckerberg know about the end of the world? – Photo 1.Mark Zuckerberg’s doomsday bunker?Bunkers have become common images in popular culture following the rise of apocalyptic themes in films.
But pay attention to other pieces of Zuckerberg’s Kauai infrastructure: Huge mansions, with grounds the size of a football field; at least 11 treehouses connected by rope bridges; Specialized machinery for filtering, desalinating and storing water.
Meanwhile, the Facebook billionaire informed his followers that he is now raising his own cattle, feeding them macadamia nuts grown on the farm and beer brewed there.
Zuckerberg and Chan’s other plans include wildlife conservation, native plant restoration, an organic turmeric and ginger farm, and working with experts on Kauai to conserve and protect ecosystems. native flora and fauna. These activities will have a greater physical impact on Kauai than the bunker, regardless of how many rooms it has.
What does Mark Zuckerberg ultimately want to do?The Facebook founder isn’t the only billionaire building giant complexes in Hawaii. Oprah Winfrey purchased a 66-hectare property in Maui in 2002 and has since purchased additional plots totaling more than 650,000 square meters.
Larry Ellison, co-founder of technology company Oracle, bought almost the entire Hawaiian island of Lanai in 2012. Two years ago, billionaire Frank VanderSloot bought an 800-hectare farm just south of Zuckerberg.
At first glance, these tycoons appear to be “preparing” for a familiar 20th-century-style apocalypse, as depicted in countless disaster movies. But not so.
It’s true that their vast facilities include bunkers and advanced technologies, but Zuckerberg, Winfrey, Ellison and others are actually embarking on much more ambitious projects.
Spending money to buy most of the island to build a shelter: Did billionaire Mark Zuckerberg know about the end of the world? – Photo 2.According to CNA, they are seeking to create fully self-sustaining ecosystems in which land, agriculture, the built environment and labor are all controlled and managed by a single person. This figure is more comparable to a medieval feudal lord than a 21st century capitalist.
On Kauai, members of a community agreed or conceded to give the tycoon the right to manage their land, in the name of conservation.
This stems from an emerging belief among billionaires that survival does not depend on hiding in a reinforced concrete hole in the ground, but on developing and controlling one’s own ecosystem me.
Billionaires are building ecosystems becauseβ¦ they can. Zuckerberg’s net worth in 2024 is about $170 billion. The $200 million Hawaiian fort, while it may be lavish, represents less than 0.2% of total assets.
Simple calculations show that members of the billionaire club don’t necessarily believe in the possibility of an apocalypse or imminent social collapse.
Instead, since they have more money than they know what to do with, building underground fortresses might be an option. For example, Bill Gates owns at least eight properties in the US alone and according to Hollywood Reporter, “it is rumored that there are underground security areas under each of his houses”.
For many billionaires, bunkers are just a small part of a “diverse investment portfolio” betting on the future.
Other famous schemes include investing in space travel, freezing bodies in hopes of future reincarnation, mind uploading, and in the case of tech billionaire Peter Thiel, blood transfusions of human beings. children into their veins with the hope of reversing aging.
For billionaires, putting money into such projects does not mean they are crazy, paranoid or possess some special secret knowledge about the future. It simply means they have accumulated huge wealth so they want to spend the money on something.
