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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ryan Courtnage, the 51-year-old cofounder of the donation-management platform Benevity, who lives in Creston, British Columbia. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… When I exited my last endeavor in 2020, I purchased a large piece of land…

One man in the US owns enough land to cover the entire state of Delaware nearly twice over — or New York City 14 times over.Billionaire Stanley Kroenke is the largest landowner in America, owning 2.7 million acres, according to the 2026 Land Report 100, which tracks individual landowners across…