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Private Islands: The True Way to Live Like a Billionaire

By Islomaniac | March 8, 2007

So where are these billionaires heading on their jets and yachts? Why, to their private islands of course. Richard Branson purchased the 74-acre Necker Island (located in the British Virgin Islands) in 1982 and transformed it into a lush private resort that can accommodate just under 30 guests for about $1,700 per person, per night.

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Lauren Kerensky

Forbes.com

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Most owners of private islands, though, prefer to keep them for themselves, as an escape destination or to at least keep publicity to a minimum. Billionaires Ted Turner and David Murdock have laid claim to their own water-locked terrains, inhabiting St. Phyllis Island in South Carolina and Lanai Isle in Hawaii, respectively.

Want one of your own? The 20 acre Sandy Island, located off the coast of Grenada, is on the market for $6.5 million. It is one of only four for sale in the Windward Islands and includes a coconut grove, forested hills and a quarter mile of untarnished beach


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