Mark Zuckerberg will spend $270 million on his top-secret Hawaiian estate, which includes several villas, an entire village and a 5,000 square meter underground bunker.
WIRED has obtained public records and court documents that reveal all the extravagant amenities Zuckerberg plans to include at his Koolau Ranch estate on the northeast coast of Hawaii's oldest island, Kauai.
The billionaire Facebook founder, 39, and his wife Priscilla Chan bought 110 hectares of a former sugar plantation on the island in 2021 – expanding the couple's 1,300 hectare luxury estate worth $100 million.
His $270 million project will be one of the largest private constructions ever.
Two villas on the self-sufficient site will cover a total area of at least 57,000 square meters.
Mark Zuckerberg is expected to spend $270 million on his top-secret Hawaii estate
His $270 million project will be one of the largest private constructions ever. Zuckerberg is pictured here with his wife of 11 years, Priscilla Chan
The billionaire Facebook founder, 39, bought 110 hectares of a former sugar plantation on the island in 2021 – expanding the couple's 1,300 hectare luxury estate worth $100 million
The businessman's property is said to include several villas, an entire village and a 5,000 square meter underground bunker
The spacious homes will include 30 bedrooms, 30 bathrooms, meeting rooms, a commercial kitchen and multiple elevators, documents show.
An elaborate underground tunnel system will connect the villas – the pathway, which doubles as a shelter, spans 5,000 square meters and features a living area, a library and an escape hatch.
The bunker has metal and concrete soundproof doors to protect against possible threats, including bombs.
Zuckerberg and his lucky guests don't have to worry about leaving the property for any reason – the self-sufficient property has food and water sources, as well as every amenity imaginable.
There are guest houses, a gym, a sauna, several swimming pools, a hot tub, a cold plunge pool and a tennis court.
A particularly unique feature of Zuckerberg's over-the-top pad is a network of 11 treehouses connected by hanging bridges.
The contractor who built the treehouse spectacle sued Zuckerberg last year over $133,726 in unpaid funds the businessman allegedly owed.
The spacious homes will include 30 bedrooms, 30 bathrooms, meeting rooms, a commercial kitchen and multiple elevators, documents show
Zuckerberg and his lucky guests don't have to worry about leaving the property for any reason – the self-sufficient property has food and water sources, as well as every amenity imaginable
Zuckerberg's ultra-luxurious real estate project in Hawaii sparked intense controversy – with some accusing the Facebook founder of “colonizing Hawaii.”
A particularly unique feature of Zuckerberg's over-the-top pad is a network of 11 treehouses connected by hanging bridges
Zuckerberg's lavish estate is extremely private – in 2016, he began building a six-foot-tall stone wall that runs along the property next to a road in the semi-rural community of Kilauea
Zuckerberg's ultra-luxurious Hawaiian real estate project sparked intense controversy – with some accusing the Facebook founder of “colonizing Hawaii.”
Organizers of a 2020 Change.org petition accused the billionaire of suing indigenous people to build a mansion on their land.
The petition states: “Hawaiians are already being mistreated enough.” We need to make it possible for them. Their country is important to them. He's building a mansion for what? Live on Kauai two months a year? That's inhuman. It's sick. He must be stopped.'
In 2022, the family of a security guard who worked for Mark Zuckerberg and died of a heart attack after walking up a steep hill filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Meta founder.
Rodney Medeiros, 70, was found with his hand on his chest while working a shift at Zuckerberg's Kualoa Ranch estate in Kauai, Hawaii.
The security guard was hospitalized and died the same day.
He was working at the bottom of a steep hill on Pilaa Beach when it began to rain, forcing Medeiros to walk alone up the hill at the cliff on August 4, 2019.
Zuckerberg's lavish estate is extremely private – in 2016, he began building a six-foot-tall stone wall that runs along the property next to a road in the semi-rural community of Kilauea.