Mark Zuckerberg is planning to invest $270 million in his confidential Hawaiian compound, featuring multiple mansions, a village, and a 5,000-square-foot underground bunker.
Public records and legal documents reveal the extravagant amenities planned for Zuckerberg’s Koolau Ranch property on Kauai’s northeast shore, bought by the Facebook founder and his wife, Priscilla Chan, in 2021. This purchase adds to their existing 1,300-acre $100 million luxury estate, making the $270 million project one of the largest personal constructions ever.
Within the self-sufficient compound, two mansions will cover at least 57,000 square feet, housing 30 bedrooms, 30 bathrooms, conference rooms, an industrial kitchen, and multiple elevators.
An intricate underground tunnel connecting the mansions, doubling as a shelter, spans 5,000 square feet and includes a living area, library, and escape hatch. The bunker has soundproof doors made of metal and concrete for protection against potential threats, including bombs.
Zuckerberg and his guests can stay within the compound, as the self-sufficient estate has food and water sources and every imaginable amenity. This includes guest houses, a gym, a sauna, several swimming pools, a hot tub, a cold plunge pool, and a tennis court.
A unique feature is a network of 11 treehouses connected with rope bridges, built by a contractor who sued Zuckerberg last year over $133,726 in allegedly unpaid funds.
Zuckerberg’s Hawaiian real estate project has faced controversy, with accusations of ‘colonizing Hawaii.’ A 2020 Change.org petition accused him of suing natives to build a mansion on their land, stating that Hawaiians are mistreated and deserve to keep their land.
In 2022, the family of a security guard, Rodney Medeiros, who worked for Zuckerberg, pursued a wrongful death lawsuit after Medeiros suffered a fatal heart attack while working at Zuckerberg’s Kualoa Ranch property in Kauai.
Zuckerberg’s private estate is surrounded by a six-foot-tall stone wall constructed in 2016 along the property bordering a road in the semi-rural community of Kilauea.
