Mack Zuckerberg shared photos on Facebook of his experiences in America's heartland, and seemed right at home.
Ultimately, opulence and luxury are just a blip
on Zuckerberg's radar. In fact, his main priority is giving his money away,
rather than spending it.
link me up Mack Zuckerberg There's one thing Zuckerberg doesn't seem to
mind splurging on: real estate. In May 2011, he bought a 5,000-square-foot home
— which he's since tricked out with a "custom-made artificially
intelligent assistant" — in Palo Alto for $7 million.
The next year, Zuckerberg began buying the
properties surrounding his home, spending more than $30 million to acquire four
homes, with plans to level them and rebuild.
He also owns a townhouse in the Mission
District of San Francisco. He bought the 5,500-square-foot home in 2013 and
proceeded to make over $1 million in renovations, including adding a greenhouse
and remodeling the kitchen.
In 2014, the billionaire's real-estate
portfolio jumped the Pacific when he spent $100 million on two properties on
the island of Kauai: the Kahu'aina Plantation, a 357-acre former sugarcane
plantation, and Pila'a Beach, a 393-acre property with a white-sand beach.
Zuckerberg said he and Chan bought the land
because they're "dedicated to preserving its natural beauty.
According to Zuckerberg's Facebook page, the
property's farm is home to goats and turtles. "Our farm animals are
ridiculous," he captioned the photo below
Zuckerberg doesn't appear to travel much for
pleasure. But when he does travel, Facebook foots the bill. Zuckerberg's
security detail and transportation cost the company nearly $5 million in 2015.
The costs to protect Zuckerberg rose to over $7
million in 2017, after he spent the summer traversing America as part of his
personal goal to visit every US state in a year.
In 2018, Facebook approved a record-high $10
million annual security budget for Zuckerberg. He can spend the money on
bodyguards, security measures for his houses, and private aircraft.
Ultimately, opulence and luxury are just a blip
on Zuckerberg's radar. In fact, his main priority is giving his money away,
rather than spending it.
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