Overview

• Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan bought an additional 962 acres for over $65 million, bringing their total Kauai estate to 2,300 acres valued at around $300 million.
• Hawaii officials confirm an existing fenced burial ground on the ranch and assess a high probability of other ancestral remains elsewhere on the property.
• Site workers are required to report any inadvertent finds of ancestral bones (iwi) but must sign confidentiality agreements that locals fear could keep new discoveries secret.
• The secure compound features two mansions, multiple guesthouses and treehouses, a gym, tennis court, self-sufficient water and energy systems, and a 5,000-square-foot underground storm shelter.
• In 2016 Zuckerberg filed eight quiet title lawsuits to clear ownership of small Native Hawaiian kuleana plots, and despite donations and job creation, cultural and access concerns persist.