King-of-His-Castle Mark Zuckerberg Buys a Fairy-Tale Castle

The fifth-richest person on the planet, Mark Zuckerberg, is now officially in charge of his own castle. Strancally Castle, a massive three-story Gothic Revival building in County Waterford, Ireland, on the south coast of the country, now belongs to the Meta CEO and his wife, Priscilla Chan.

According to a statement from Zuckerberg’s spokesperson, Brian Baker, “Mark and his family are excited to continue caring for this historic home and look forward to spending time in Ireland, where Meta maintains its international headquarters.”

Strancally Castle was constructed around 1830 and has a view of the Blackwater River, is about 440 acres in size and 16,000 square feet in size. The Irish Times, which first reported the transaction, estimates the house sold for between €20 million and €30 million (US$23.3 million and US$35 million).

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