Meet the top private landowner in the US, who owns more than 2.7 million acres and is married to a Walmart heiress

Stanley Kroenke is the largest private landowner in the US.

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• Stanley Kroenke, the US' largest landowner, owns 2.7 million acres, surpassing previous records.
• Kroenke purchased 937,000 acres in New Mexico, marking the largest US land deal in a decade.
• His holdings include 60 million square feet of commercial real estate and multiple sports teams.

One man in the US owns enough land to cover the entire state of Delaware nearly twice over ...