Private island

A private island is an island that is owned entirely by a private citizen or a corporation. This gives the owner large amounts of power over the island, but the local or national government still has authority over it. Sizes of different private islands are very different from each other.

• Pamela Anderson - Greece in The World, United Arab Emirates
• Nicolas Cage - Leaf Cay, Bahamas^[1]
• Larry Ellison - 98% of Lanai, Hawaii^[2]
• Jeffrey Epstein - Little Saint James, US Virgin Islands^[3]
• Mel Gibson - Mago Island, Fiji
• Steven Spielberg - two islands in the Madeira Archipelago

• Desert island

1. ↑ "Nicholas Cage - Leaf Cay, Bahamas", Private Island Magazine
2. ↑ "An island sold for a dollar? How Lānaʻi came under private ownership for the first time", Hawai'i Public Radio, July 21, 2023. "A little over a decade ago, tech billionaire Larry Ellison made headlines when he acquired Lānaʻi for $300 million."
3. ↑ Ward, Vicky (March 1, 2003). "The Talented Mr. Epstein". Vanity Fair.