{
  "id": 5100031,
  "title": "New LA Angels owner Stan Kroenke is quietly America’s largest private landowner, boasting 2.7 million acres and besting Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/new-la-angels-owner-stan-kroenke-is-quietly-americas-largest-private",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-02T13:24:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/09/02/new-los-angeles-angels-owner-stan-kroenke-americas-largest-private-landowner-farming-walmart-rams/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Stan Kroenke, the billionaire owner of various sports teams including Arsenal and the Los Angeles Angels, has been revealed as America's largest private landowner. According to the 2025 Land Report, Kroenke owns 2.7 million acres of land, which surpasses the holdings of other billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. Kroenke's land holdings have increased significantly in the past year due to a purchase of 937,000 acres of ranchland from the Singleton family. This makes him the No. 1 landowner in the United States, up from No. 4 in 2025. Kroenke's real estate empire began with the success of Walmart and includes not only his sports teams but also the LA Rams, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, and Arsenal Football Club.",
  "summary": "Kroenke’s purchase of nearly 1 million acres of ranchland marks a growing trend of the ultrawealthy snapping up farmland as an alternative asset.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}