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Oprah Winfrey has snapped up 870 acres of picturesque land on the Hawaiian island of Maui - adding to her burgeoning portfolio of real estate in the Aloha state.
The TV host and entertainment mogul, 69, splashed out $6.6million on the land in the Kula region, close to the stunning ranch she already owns on the island.
Oprah's recent purchase, revealed in sales deeds, means she now owns around 1,000 acres of land on Maui.
She reportedly snapped up the new plots in several purchases: a 520 acre parcel for $3.89 million, a 330 acre parcel for $2.47 million, and two 10 acre parcels for $100,000 each.
Oprah, whose net worth is estimated at between $2.5 billion and $3 billion, is one of several billionaires to buy up swathes of land in Hawaii - to the frustration of some locals who say it's pricing them out of the market.
Oprah Winfrey has snapped up 870 acres of picturesque land on the Hawaiian island of Maui - adding to her burgeoning portfolio of real estate in the Aloha state
The land purchased by Oprah is close to two adjacent properties she bought in Maui in 2003 for about $5.3 million, which contained a main house and a guest house on 23.7 acres of land
Oprah's purchase means she now owns around 1,000 acres of land on the paradise island of Maui
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder worth nearly $70 billion, has been accused of trying to 'colonize' the paradise island of Kauai, where he's thought to own at least 1,400 acres of land - more than the local government.
Oprah bought her latest plots of land from Ulupalakua Ranch, which is owned by the prominent Erdman family. The land is agriculturally-zoned. Oprah's intentions for the plot aren't clear but she's previously purchased land to protect it from development, according to her website.
About 11,000 acres of Ulupalakua land is protected for conservation - and cannot be developed - but the chunks bought by Oprah aren't included within that, according to SFGate.
Oprah's land on Maui is also believed to include about 100 acres in Hana
Oprah's links to Hawaii go back more than a decade and she showed her love for the state in January with snaps of her hiking in Kauai with fellow TV star Gayle King.
She joked she was showing off her 'new knees' during the hike.
Oprah's website states that it was her friend Bob who first convinced her to purchase a home in the Aloha State.
'Besotted with the weather, the mountains, and the ocean, Bob has been visiting Hawaii for 15 years,' it explains, adding that he spent years looking for the 'perfect spot' for her.
'He found it in a remote up-country region, where the houses that dot the moss-covered rock hillside face the ocean.
'Bob convinced Oprah to look at a nearby property for sale. He was worried that some developer might swoop up the land and build condos. Instead, Oprah
