The Oracle co-founder bought 98 percent of Lanai in 2012 for a staggering $300 million. He has since poured hundreds of millions more into transforming it, upgrading luxury resorts, and implementing a sustainability-focused wellness vision. Home to thousands of residents, the land acts less like a private getaway and more like a personal kingdom. | © Hartmann Studios via Flickr
At the peak of his legendarily eccentric spending spree, right alongside the castles, the dinosaur skull, and the haunted New Orleans mansion, Nicolas Cage picked up his own island in the Bahamas. He bought Leaf Cay in the Exumas in 2006 for an estimated $8.5 million, drawn to its untouched beaches and deepwater access for yachts. He never developed the 14-acre property, partly because it is home to endangered Bahamian rock iguanas, and later listed it for $7.5 million while resolving tax debts. | © Relativity Media
It is no surprise that the survival expert owns a rugged island of his own, St Tudwal's Island West off the coast of Wales, which he has inhabited since 2001. The windswept spot features dramatic scenery, wild landscapes, and a pair of historic lightkeepers' cottages that he converted into a family home. | © The Late Show with Stephen Colbert / YouTube
The comedy legend bought Rooster Cay, a 15-acre island just minutes from Nassau in the Bahamas, in 2007 for a reported $15 million. Unlike some of his celebrity neighbors, Eddie Murphy has largely left the lush island undeveloped, keeping it as a natural, low-key escape. Its proximity to the mainland makes it one of the more accessible private islands in the region. | © Paramount Pictures
Fittingly for one of Hollywood's most private stars, Julia Roberts is reported to own a quiet island retreat in the Bahamas. No purchase date, price, or exact coordinates have ever been publicly confirmed, which is likely just how she wants it. Whether a fact or a long-running rumor, the mystery only adds to her famously guarded reputation. | © Paramount Pictures
The media mogul bought his own Bahamian paradise in 2009, purchasing White Bay Cay in the Exumas along with a smaller neighboring island for a reported $18 million. On the roughly 25-acre main island, Tyler Perry built a lavish 14,000-square-foot Balinese-style mansion with a spa, marina, and guest bungalows. He even took flying lessons so he could pilot his own plane out to the secluded getaway. | © Jimmy Kimmel Live / YouTube
The legendary director reportedly skipped the usual Caribbean route and bought his slice of paradise off the coast of Portugal instead. Steven Spielberg is said to own two connecting, uninhabited islands in the Madeira Archipelago, which he reportedly uses as a private family escape. True to his low-key style, the exact location and any structural plans for the land have never been made public. | © CBS / YouTube
The Colombian superstar didn't go it alone, teaming up with Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters and Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz to buy Bonds Cay, a roughly 700-acre Bahamas island, for around $16 million. The trio dreamed of turning it into a low-impact retreat for artists, complete with galleries and studios. That project never materialized, and the island was later put back on the market for a reported $30 million. | © Shakira / YouTube
Mel Gibson went big when he entered island life, buying Mago Island, a sprawling 5,500-acre slice of Fiji in the South Pacific, in 2005 for a reported $15 million. The lush property features white-sand beaches, dense tropical forest, and its own coral reef. His purchase stirred localized controversy with descendants of the island's original inhabitants, but it remains one of the largest celebrity-owned islands anywhere. | © PowerfulJRE / YouTube
Around the time he married Amal in 2014, George Clooney bought a Grade II-listed 17th-century mansion that sits on its own private island in the River Thames. The estate is located near the sleepy village of Sonning, a scenic stretch between Reading and Henley. The riverside property, worth an estimated $13.5 million, features its own boathouse and famously flooded when the Thames burst its banks. | © Jimmy Kimmel Live / YouTube
While filming Pirates of the Caribbean, Johnny Depp fell for the Bahamas and bought Little Hall's Pond Cay, a 45-acre Exuma island, in 2004 for around $3.6 million. He built a cluster of solar-powered buildings and named several of the island's beaches after his children. Long one of his most treasured retreats, it serves as the sanctuary where he goes to disappear from the world entirely. | © Lionsgate
The King of Latin Pop skipped the usual Bahamas route and bought his slice of paradise off the coast of Brazil, snapping up a roughly 19-acre island near Angra dos Reis in 2008 for a reported $8 million. Tucked into a lush marine reserve about two hours from Rio, the retreat features a Portuguese colonial-style villa, a helipad, and its own tennis court. Fittingly for the man behind Livin' la Vida Loca, it accommodates both quiet seclusion and large parties. | © TheEllenShow
The Godfather director's love of Belize extended to owning Coral Caye, a tiny 2.5-acre private island he ran as part of his Family Coppola Hideaways resort collection. Guests could rent the entire thatched-roof escape for a castaway-style getaway with staff on call. Francis Ford Coppola eventually sold the island to a Guatemalan businessman for a reported $1.8 million. | © GQ / YouTube
Music's ultimate power couple are rumored to own a pair of private islands, one reportedly bought by Jay-Z as a gift for Beyoncé near the Florida Keys, the other a Bahamas family getaway. Details are famously thin, and the pair have never publicly confirmed either real estate purchase. Fitting for two of the most guarded superstars alive, the islands remain the stuff of speculation. | © ABC
The environmentally minded actor snapped up Blackadore Caye, a roughly 100-acre island off the coast of Belize, back in 2005 for a reported $1.75 million. Leonardo DiCaprio planned to transform it into a restorative eco-resort designed to heal the island's overfished, deforested surroundings while hosting guests in luxury villas. The ambitious project has stalled for years, held up by its enormous scale and fierce local concern over the fragile marine ecosystem. | © ABC News / YouTube
When you've got the fortune to match the fame, a beach house just won't do. These stars took privacy to the next level by buying entire islands, from Caribbean hideaways to remote tropical fortresses. Here are 15 famous stars who own their own private islands.
