Biography & Early Wealth Journey

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Zuckerberg, reportedly the "newest billionaire in town," snapped up two adjacent Tahoe City properties for a combined price of $59 million: Brushwood Estate, which cost him $37 million, and Carousel Estate, which cost him $22 million. He's said to be planning to construct a massive compound across the two properties. Next door to Zuckerberg's land, a "mystery corporation" dropped $41.5 million on a plot of land, and there are rumblings that Elon Musk is also looking at purchasing some property nearby.

No one seems to know exactly why Lake Tahoe is attracting so many billionaires, but it may have something to do with tax advantages of having property in Nevada – or maybe there's just something in the water.