Amouranth Buys $17 Million Florida Orchard In Bid To Surpass Bill Gates' Land Ownership

Topline Streamer and cosplayer Kaitlyn Siragusa, also known as Amouranth, tweeted Tuesday that she purchased a 2,213-acre orchard in Florida for a whopping $17 million, saying she made the business decision for “stability” and that she’s set on overtaking Bill Gates in terms of farmland ownership. Amouranth has more than 6 million followers on Twitch. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Getty Images Key Facts Siragusa said the orchard, which will mainly produce Valencia oranges, is split across four different sites in Florida and “surrounding” states. The streamer’s purchase also comes with an option to acquire an additional 928 acres at one of the sites for $7.2 million, according to the post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Siragusa, a Texas resident, said she was investing in land “mainly for the stability” and for the value she expects the land to produce in the long run, noting some of the land is located near a city and “might end up having other uses.” The Twitch and Kick streamer said she’s “slowly but surely set to overtake Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ roughly 275,000 acres of farmland, which the billionaire has said he invested in to create more jobs and up the farms’ production.
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