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THE AMAZING PRIVATE ISLANDS OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS

Updated: Apr 30, 2024By Audrey KyanovaBusiness
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We all love a beachy vacation, but the millionaires and billionaires on this
list take that to a new extreme by owning their own private island. Why just
rent the sun and surf when you can buy it? Owning your own private island is the
ultimate status symbol of the rich and famous.

The ultra-rich, including CEOs of companies like Virgin Galactic, actors,
supermodels, singers, and reality stars, have all snagged a piece of paradise by
investing in their own private island. Though some bought their islands to
develop into super luxurious resorts, most of the celebrities on this list
bought their islands solely to kick back and relax.


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1. ANGELINA JOLIE & BRAD PITT

Location: Petre, Lake Mahopac, New York  
Purchased: $12.2 million*
Current Value: $13.45 million*

Superstar former couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt bought a romantic,
heart-shaped island off the coast of New York. The Lake Mahopac home wasn’t hot
on the market—it had been languishing there for five years before the famous
pair picked it up.


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Jolie, whose new movie, Those Who Wish Me Dead, just dropped at AMC and indie
theaters everywhere, and Pitt paid $12.2 million for Petre and the home on it,
which was designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The main residence on
Petra measures 5,000 square feet, and, to get there, the Jolie-Pitts take a
fifteen-minute helicopter ride from NYC.


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2. JOHNNY DEPP

Location: Little Hall’s Pond Cay, Bahamas 
Purchased: $3.6 million*
Current Value: $5.09 million*

The first Pirates of the Caribbean movie was a slam-dunk for Disney, and it has
become one of the roles for which Johnny Depp is best-known. Apparently, during
filming the swashbuckling pirate epic, Depp fell in love with the Bahamian
island set.


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He loved it so much that he paid $3.6 million for it. The Disney star nicknamed
it “F*** Off Island,” because he intended for it to remain a super-private
luxury estate. The forty-five-acre paradise boasts six beaches, solar-powered
houses, and a lagoon lined with palm trees. Though Depp’s life hasn’t always
been so smooth-sailing, he always has a tropical haven to return to.





3. JUSTIN BIEBER

Location: Ibiza, Spain 
Purchased: N/A
Current Value: $90,000/week*

Justin Bieber is one of the most famous pop stars in the world, and he vacations
like one too, renting out a $90,000-per-week paradise in Ibiza, Spain. Ibiza has
long been a hotspot for celebrities of all stripes, and Bieber, along with
soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, takes his holidays by renting out Tagomago, an
Ibizan island.


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The island has its own private waiters and chefs, and you can reach Tagomago by
helicopter or boat. Tagomago is just a five-minute boat ride from Ibiza’s famous
parties. The mainstay on the island is a five-bedroom villa with a gym, Jacuzzi,
sauna, saltwater swimming pool, and water sports equipment.   




4. JULIA ROBERTS

Location: The Bahamas 
Purchased: $6 million*
Current Value: $6.5 million*

Though some millionaires on this list bought their private islands as a way to
throw lavish parties for their also-famous friends, America’s Sweetheart, Julia
Roberts, decided to purchase her Bahamas paradise as a private vacation location
for her family. The details have been kept under wraps, but the island’s value
is around $6 million.


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The Pretty Woman star has always been reticent about her private life (and who
could blame her?), but what we do know about the island is that it’s probably
very beautiful, surrounded by blue ocean waters, sandy beaches, and green
forestry, like nearly every other island in the region.




5. NAOMI CAMPBELL

Location: Gulf of Gokova, Turkey 
Purchased: $48-$50 million*
Current Value: $50-$60 million*

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has a net worth of the hundreds of millions, but if
you think that’s impressive, you should see the net worth of her (former)
boyfriend, Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin. Doronin did what Russian
billionaires do best: spend money.


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He bought the Revlon spokesmodel a huge, twenty-five-room mansion for her
birthday. The Horus Eye Eco-House is shaped like the Eye of Horus. In Egyptian
mythology, the Eye of Horus symbolizes health, protection, and restoration.
Located on Cleopatra Island in the Turkish Gulf of Gokova, the lavish mansion is
energy, food, and water self-sufficient, relying on ingenious bioclimatic design
to sustain itself.




6. MEGAN FOX

Location: Toluca Lake, California 
Purchased: $3.3 million*
Current Value: $2.6 million*

Located in Toluca Lake, California, actress Megan Fox’s home was built in 1936,
which is the second home she’s owned from that time period. The actress bought
the property for $3.3 million in 2014, but she sold it in 2016 for $700,000 less
than that.


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She also bought another home four years earlier in Los Feliz, California, also
from 1936. She purchased it for nearly $3 million before selling it in favor of
the picturesque Toluca Lake estate. Fox’s ranch-style Toluca home originally
belonged to Bing Crosby as his carriage house. The mansion is seated on an acre
of land.




7. MEL GIBSON

Location: Mago Island, Fiji 
Purchased: $15 million*
Current Value: $20.3 million*

Longtime Hollywood star Mel Gibson purchased Mago Island for $15 million in
2005. It had originally been owned by Tokyu, a Japanese corporation, which kept
it pretty remote. There’s one lone airstrip on the island, and, though there’s a
small, stone pier, there is no port.


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It’s the perfect remote getaway for Gibson, though he will no doubt have to
shell out a lot of money to get his island abode up and running. Mago, a
volcanic island, is one of Fiji’s largest private islands, consisting of 8.5
square miles of land. Currently, the island is inhabited by just a few
Indo-Fijan caretakers, who have left it undeveloped.




8. TAYLOR SWIFT

Location: Watch Hill, Rhode Island, USA
Purchased: $17.75 million*
Current Value: $20 million*

While Taylor Swift’s luxe property might not actually be a private island, the
private Rhode Island mansion certainly has about as many perks as one. The
massive home is 11,000 square feet and is situated directly on the beach, giving
Swift unadulterated views of the Atlantic. 


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The home is located in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, perfectly set between two
beautiful beaches for easy access to everything the area has to offer. And if
Swift is trying to duck the crowds, she can simply retire to the large swimming
pool on the property.




9. JOHN WAYNE

Location: Taborcillo Island, Panama 
Purchased: Unlisted
Current Value: $14 million*

Isla Taborcillo, also known as John Wayne Island in the media, is a tiny private
island located twenty-five miles off the coast of Panama. Taborcillo was once
owned by Western actor John Wayne, though it is currently owned by Ralph Hubner,
an Austrian businessman and the founder of Who is Who, a publishing company.


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Taborcillo is lovely, and it’s not all island. It has been transformed into a
resort-like paradise. It has a theme park, resort hotel, and is a tourist
hotspot near Panama. A part of the island is a wildlife sanctuary, where birds
like egrets, hummingbirds, and brown pelicans nest.




10. REBEL WILSON

Location: Tetiaroa, French Polynesia
Purchased: N/A
Current Value: $2,400-$7,400 per night to stay*

Actress Rebel Wilson celebrated her forty-first birthday in style, vacationing
at a private island in French Polynesia. The Australian comedian was celebrating
her birthday belatedly, as the events of 2020 caused her to have to postpone the
celebration. Her party included Pitch Perfect co-stars Brittany Snow and Anna
Kenrick.


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The island in French Polynesia is a Hollywood staple, as it was owned by Marlon
Brando. The legendary actor set up a resort there called “The Brando.” The
Brando, located on Tetiaroa, was once a vacation spot for members of the Tahiti
Royal Family. Now, the island is under a ninety-nine-year lease with Brando.




11. LINDSAY LOHAN

Location: Mykonos, Greece
Purchased: Unlisted
Current Value: $287 per day to visit Lohan Beach House*

Actress Lindsay Lohan has had quite a wild ride in her life. From being tabloid
fodder to straightening her life out somewhat, the Mean Girls star still makes
headlines from time to time. Her real estate ventures in Greece have been the
biggest headline-makers as of late. In May of 2018, Lohan opened her own
nightclub on Mykonos called the Lohan Beach House.


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She then opened another beach club, this one located on Ialyssos Beach, Rhodes,
which she called Lohan Beach House Rhodes. According to People, Lohan isn’t
stopping there. She wants to buy an island in Greece, on which she’ll start her
own private resort. 




12. OPRAH WINFREY

Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Purchased: $8.3 million*
Current Value: $14 million*

In July of 2021, Oprah Winfrey sold her longtime Washington residence, Orcas
Island, for way more than the purchase price. She bought the home In 2018 for
$8.3 million, and she sold it for $14 million. The island, also known as
Madroneagle, gave her a nearly $6 million return on investment.


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The forty-three-acre waterfront estate was impressive. Orcas Island itself is
the largest of the Pacific Northwest’s San Juan Islands, and it is a popular
place for people looking to see wildlife and be around nature. Hiking, whale
watching, and beautiful sights are just three of the reasons to venture to Orcas
Island. Though if you visit, Oprah will no longer be there.




13. ELON MUSK

Location: Biak Island, Indonesia
Purchased: TBD
Current Value: Unknown

If you’ve been reading the tech headlines lately, then you’ve probably seen
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space travel company, a time or two. SpaceX is an ambitious
project, as it wants humans to land on the moon. Indonesia wants to be a part of
SpaceX’s future, and it offered up Biak Island to Musk as a base.


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Musk has yet to accept the proposal, but, already, the debate over Biak’s future
is raging. Biak isn’t uninhabited, and many of the people who have been there
for centuries are the Abrauw indigenous people, along with a dozen other ethnic
peoples. Biak is home to 100,000 residents, and it is slightly larger than
London. 




14. JEFF BEZOS

Location: Maui, Hawaii
Purchased: $78 million*
Current Value: $78 million*

Jeff Bezos is one of the richest people on the planet, so it’s no surprise that
he owns a huge real estate portfolio. Bezos is known for buying up not just the
real estate residence he plans to live in, but also the surrounding area for
privacy reasons. Bezos recently purchased a tropical estate in Maui, a Hawaiian
island, for $78 million.


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The 2021 purchase includes a spacious, fourteen-acre tropical paradise in La
Perouse Bay. The estate is spread out enough that there are no neighbors, so
Bezos doesn’t have to do his usual trick of buying up neighboring homes (like he
did in D.C.). 




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