According to well placed sources the billionaire wants to limit Lahaina to no more than 1,000 people calling it a fire trap otherwise.
“He envisions a ‘village of Polynesian architecture and plenty of open space.”
LESS POPULATION MORE SPACE”
Jeff Bezos Wants To Recreate Maui In His Own Way According To Well Placed Sources
“Lahaina will be depopulated and made into a quaint village. The rest of Maui into more of a nature preserve.”
Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos’ fiancee and vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, said in posts on Instagram and Threads Friday afternoon that the couple is establishing a $100 million Maui Fund to “help Maui get back on its feet now and over the coming years.”
She made the announcement as wildfires continue to burn in Maui on Friday in what is one of the largest natural disasters in the state’s history.
Sanchez’s announcement comes one day after writing on Threads that she and Bezos “will be making donations to help.”
Oprah Winfrey, who owns more than 2,000 acres on Maui, has been handing out pillows and other supplies.
Other billionaires who own homes or land on Maui, including Peter Thiel, singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and software tycoon David Duffield, have remained quiet.
A spokesperson for Duffield’s foundation, which focuses its efforts on animal causes, wrote to Forbes that it is “working with the Maui Humane Society to ease the suffering of Maui’s companion animals” but did not specify a donation amount or action.
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