Inside Staggering Property Portfolios of President Donald Trump’s Tech Billionaire Backers as They Make Major Waves at His Inauguration

President Donald Trump‘s second inauguration was attended by a host of political heavyweights from around the world. But in a much more telling sign of his powerful allegiances, those political supremos took something of a backseat to another, very influential group of guests: five of the world’s richest tech billionaires.

Taking center stage at the ceremony were Trump’s newly appointed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) czar, Elon Musk, as well as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.

Together, the men have a combined net worth of more than $1 trillion.

The seats reserved for powerful tech titans during the ceremony are “usually reserved for the president’s family, past presidents and other honored guests,” the Associated Press noted.

Such was the significance of their presence at the historic event that multiple headlines were dedicated to their attendance.

“The Tech Oligarchy Arrives,” one read, as another branded the group “the broligarchs.”

Elon Musk

Net worth: $449 billion

The 53-year-old South African billionaire is the wealthiest man in the world. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the leader of companies X, Tesla, and SpaceX is on track to hit $500 billion. More recently, he’s also served as an advisor to Trump and heads up the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

As for his housing stock, it’s slightly more modest. While there have been some rumors of the tech titan looking into buying up a D.C. hotel to convert it into a Mar-a-Lago style club, Musk appears mostly unencumbered by real estate.

Though he has owned various homes in the past, in 2020, the billionaire made the surprising decision to sell “almost all of his physical possessions.”

In a series of posts shared on X, which was then known as Twitter, Musk shared that he planned to “own no house,” with reports at the time revealing that he was giving up every property he still owned.

And despite multiple reports suggesting that the billionaire father of 11 is buying up megamansions and compounds from Florida to Texas, the only property he is confirmed to have owned and lived in over the past few years is an incredibly modest home in Texas.

Austin, TX

As Realtor.com® previously reported, the only property Musk is confirmed to have owned and lived recently is a three-bedroom, ranch-style house that sits just a block from his SpaceX Starbase facility in the Brownsville, TX, neighborhood of Boca Chica.

The businessman announced on X that he had moved into the rental property in 2021: “My primary home is literally a ~$50K house in Boca Chica/Starbase that I rent from SpaceX. It’s kinda awesome though,” he said.

The Brownsville property that Musk was referring to sits on a grassy street that runs down to the perimeter of Starbase and has several similar properties dotting it.

The home serves as the businessman’s official legal residence, a status he confirmed when he visited a local polling station to cast his vote in the 2024 presidential election. He had spent months campaigning for Republican Donald Trump.

“Just voted in Cameron County, Texas, home of Starbase!” Musk wrote on X on Nov. 5, alongside an image of himself and several acquaintances standing outside the polling location.

Silicon Valley, CA

Previously, before decamping to the Lone Star State, the tech mogul was based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he owned a swanky, multimillion-dollar mansion to match.

Located in Hillsborough, CA, the 1916-era build offers seven bedrooms and 9.5 bathrooms across 16,000 square feet and sits on a 47.4-acre lot—one of the largest parcels of land on the San Francisco Peninsula, the listing noted.

Musk picked up the pricey property in 2017 for $23,364,000. He later sold it for $30 million in 2021.

Los Angeles, CA

Musk also wanted to unload his Bel-Air, CA, abode in 2020. According to reports, the father of 11 bought the property via a trust in 2013, paying $6.75 million for the home, which is “nestled in the exclusive Bel-Air neighborhood.”

Though he went on to sell it off, it’s clear that the home held a special place in Musk’s heart, with the entrepreneur noting that his one “stipulation” in his move to let go of his material holdings was that the house could not be torn down.

The multimillion-dollar estate, once owned by the actor Gene Wilder, was eventually sold to Wilder’s nephew, Jordan Walker-Pearlman and his wife, Elizabeth Hunter, for $7 million, with Musk loaning the pair $6.7 million to help them purchase the property from him.

However, after Walker-Pearlman failed to make loan payments, the home headed to foreclosure.

Walker-Pearlman and Hunter listed the property, which had been owned by Musk for seven years, between 2013 and 2020. Most recently, the home’s price was slashed to $9.5 million.

Jeff Bezos

Net worth: $245 billion

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who grabs the title as the second richest man in the world, has an array of dazzling domiciles to match.

His real estate holdings became the subject of much speculation in 2022, when he announced that he and partner Lauren Sanchez were making their primary residence in Florida, a move that the Amazon founder said was motivated largely by a desire to be closer to his parents.

However, in February 2024, it was revealed that Bezos enjoyed another perk as a result of his relocation: saving hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes.

According to a report by CNBC, the businessman stands to save “at least $610 million” in taxes that he would have had to pay if he was still living full-time in Washington state.

Seattle, WA

The Princeton alum headed west, where he started up Amazon in—where else?—a garage. He proceeded to buy up properties in the exclusive enclave of Medina, WA, where Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates also owns a swanky estate.

In 2010, Bezos and now ex-wife MacKenzie Scott reportedly spent $28 million to extensively renovate the estate, which boasts 310 feet of private shoreline and its own boathouse.

Bezos also picked up an adjacent property that had been listed for $53 million, although it’s unclear what the entrepreneur ultimately paid for it.

That spread served as the Bezos’ main residence until 2023, when he traded Washington state for the Sunshine State.

Indian Creek Island, FL

Bezos launched his e-commerce company in Washington state in the mid-1990s and built an enormous compound there. However, he’s since declared that Florida is his new state of choice. And he has the properties to prove it.

The billionaire now owns three pricey places on Indian Creek Island—the third he picked up for a reported $90 million in 2024. According to reports, he plans to raze the other two properties, which he purchased for a combined $147 million, and live in the most recent purchase while awaiting construction to complete.

Indian Creek Island, which is known as “Billionaire Bunker” because of its residents’ extraordinary wealth, is also home to the likes of Ivanka Trump and Tom Brady, although Bezos is understood to be its richest inhabitant.

The neighborhood, which comprises just 34 homes and 40-odd residents, is guarded by its very own police force, ensuring the utmost safety for its wealthy homeowners.

Washington, DC

The owner of the storied Washington Post owns a similarly storied estate in the nation’s capital, dropping a reported $23 million for the compound in 2017. The acquisition includes two large, historical buildings and a chauffeur’s residence and garage, totaling nearly 27,000 square feet of interior space.

The entire lot measures more than 34,000 square feet, with landscaped gardens and lawns. It had been marketed as “perfect for a school or embassy or an exceptional private home.”

New York City, NY

The Blue Origin founder also has a huge pied-à-terre in New York City. He owns a $16 million, three-bedroom apartment, purchased in 2020. That’s in addition to $80 million worth of units in the building, including a three-story penthouse and two apartments on the level right below it. In 2019, building permits were filed to combine the units.

Los Angeles

The lavish spending continued to the West Coast, where in 2020, Bezos dropped a record $165 million for David Geffen‘s Los Angeles mansion, the Wall Street Journal reported. Known as the Warner Estate, the 9-acre spread was built for the now-late former president of Warner Bros, Jack Warner.

The parcel includes “expansive terraces, sprawling gardens, several guest houses, a tennis court and its own 9-hole golf course,” according to the WSJ.

Maui, HI

The Amazon founder reportedly added one more property to his cart. In 2021, the billionaire and Sánchez picked up a 14-acre estate on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The cost of the off-market transaction was reported to be in the neighborhood of $78 million.

The offering is believed to include a 4,500-square-foot main house, a 1,700-square-foot guesthouse, and a 700-square-foot pool. The holding encompasses seven parcels of land and a fish pond with a private, white-sand beach.

Mark Zuckerberg

Net worth: $217 billion

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was also spotted at the presidential inauguration along with his wife, 39-year-old pediatrician and a philanthropist Priscilla Chan. And although the 40-year-old rounds out as the third richest man in the world, his property portfolio is nothing short of amazing.

The Facebook co-founder owns multiple pricey properties in Palo Alto, Lake Tahoe, and Hawaii.

Palo Alto, CA

Palo Alto, home of Stanford University, became social media platform Facebook’s early headquarters and where the tech entrepreneur put down roots. In 2011, he picked up his first home there—a $7 million residence in the Crescent Park neighborhood.

Built in 1903, the restored space offers 5,617 square feet, wood floors, a saltwater pool, banquet-size dining room, glassed-in sunroom, five bedrooms, and five bathrooms.

It wouldn’t be his last: After Zuckerberg’s marriage to Chan in 2012, the two invested in four more surrounding homes, for a total of $30 million, according to Architectural Digest.

Lake Tahoe, CA

The Chan-Zuckerbergs have spent years vacationing on the shores of Lake Tahoe and, in 2018 and 2019, the tech mogul snapped up two properties in the area for a combined $59 million.

One of the homes, known as the Carousel Estate, has already been razed, and plans are reportedly in place for a sprawling compound of nearly 10 acres. The plans include a “20,000-square-foot, 35-foot-tall main residence with a timber and glass facade,” along with “a new bunkhouse, a gym, a gatehouse, multiple guesthouses, and offices,” according to Forbes.

The compound will include nature trails, walkways, and additional development.

Kauai, HI

The family also owns a slice of paradise with a massive spread on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

In 2014, the Chan Zuckerbergs reportedly shelled out $100 million for two huge tracts of land on Kauai’s North Shore, creating a 700-acre spread for family getaways.

The land has 2,500 feet of ocean frontage as well as a working organic farm. The couple made plans to build a 6,100-square-foot, two-bedroom residence on the property, along with a 16-bay garage complex and a “ranch administration building” that includes keycard-protected offices and security headquarters.

But the land grab continued. In 2021, Zuck and Chan purchased a reported 595.4 acres for $53 million from the nonprofit Waioli Corporation. This property is adjacent to the land bought in 2014. That same year, they scooped up another 110 acres for $17 million. The land reportedly includes a former sugar planation and the Ka Loko reservoir.

Sergey Brin

Net worth: $163 billion

The Google co-founder is the seventh richest man in the world, according to the Bloomberg Index. He’s reported to own a $35 million Malibu, CA, pad that he bought in 2022, months before his divorce from attorney Nicole Shanahan.

The 51-year-old had been spending time in the area after he and Shanahan had picked up a place together for $13.5 million in 2020.

Set in the Point Dume area, known as the “California Riviera,” the coveted spot features a private gated beach, ocean views, and access to the Little Dume surf spot.

Built in 2005, with five bedrooms and eight baths, the swanky spot includes a chef’s kitchen with two islands, a Balinese-style cabana and pool, a separate guesthouse, and gym. The 1-acre fenced and gated property features a vegetable garden, fruit orchard, and three-car garage.

In 2022, Brin purchased a second Malibu estate in the same Point Dume area, splashing out $35 million. The 6,107-square-foot “midcentury modern masterpiece” offers “spectacular” ocean and Catalina Island views, the listing notes.

The listing adds that the property boasts a “celebrity pedigree, exceptional privacy, dual owner’s suites, media room, infinity pool, and stairs to the sandy beach.” The property includes six bedrooms, six baths and sits on just under an acre. The lavish estate includes a pivot door, sports court, pool, and a main house with walls of glass, a fireplace, and a beamed ceilings. Other highlights include skylights, vaulted ceilings, and multiple patios and terraces.

A gated staircase leads to the wide, sandy beach at Dume Cove.

Shanahan’s alleged affair with fellow billionaire Musk is said to have prompted the divorce proceedings. Musk has denied the allegation.

Sundar Pichai

Net worth: $1.3 billion

The CEO of Alphabet, parent company to Google, Sundar Pichai, may be located lower down on the billionaires list with “only” about a billion, but he has quite a piece of ritzy real estate. The Indian-born executive reportedly owns a $40 million mansion in the Silicon Valley enclave of Los Altos, CA.

The purely residential area of Los Altos Hills, known for large tracts of land, still offers a reasonable commute to both Apple and Google. Pichai purchased a 3-acre property in the area in 2014 for $6 million, and reportedly proceeded to create a contemporary estate on the land.

The engineer got his start at Google in 2004 and had a hand in overseeing the creation of many of its products, from Gmail to Google Maps. He became the CEO of Google in 2015 and, in 2019, he became the CEO of parent company Alphabet, after co-founders Brin and Larry Page decided to step back.