END OF THE WORLD
House with Doomsday bunker hidden underground hits the market after Mark Zuckerberg sparked frenzy for apocalypse homes
His $270 million Hawaiian compound and bunker are still under construction
A DOOMSDAY-ready home in South Carolina is up for sale after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sparked a frenzy for apocalypse homes with his secret compound.
Zuckerberg made fans and analysts alike question what the billionaire might know that they didn't when he reportedly planned to invest $270 million in an apocalypse-proof luxury compound in Hawaii.
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The founder of Facebook first broke ground on the project — which includes a sprawling 5,000-foot underground bunker along with several buildings and over 30 bedrooms and bathrooms — in 2021.
Other uber-wealthy celebrities have also invested in Doomsday properties in recent years, including underground bomb shelters, reinforced doors, and security systems that are the envy of the military, according to .
“Now that Zuckerberg has let the cat out of the bag, that’s got other people who share his status or are near his status starting to think, ‘Oh God, if he’s doing that, maybe he knows something that I don’t, maybe I should seek this out myself,'" said Robert Vicino, founder of Vivos, a California-based company that creates underground survival shelters.
The prepper and survival tech industry is expected to be worth $2.5 billion by 2030, according to .
And while Zuckerburg's top-secret compound on the smallest of Hawaii's four main islands, Kauai, remains under construction, survivalists can scoop up a much smaller (and more affordable) South Carolina home that was put on the market earlier this year.
This 4-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom house on a 20-acre property in Gaffney boasts a single-car garage, pool, hot tub — and underground bunker, according to .
The 5,970-square-foot home is surrounded by lush pastures and forests, offering great privacy too.
Priced at $1.15 million and including a 4,228-square-foot workshop, it was built for the working wealthy.
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Little has been shared publicly about the specific perks for survivalists interested in his SC property other than the existence of the "inground bunker."
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A HAWAIIAN SAFE HAVEN
In December 2021, Zuckerberg broke ground on an estimated $270 million 57,000-square-foot Doomsday bunker.
It had "its own energy and food supplies" and employed hundreds of local workers, who were kept silent about their jobs by NDAs, reported.
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“It’s fight club. We don’t talk about fight club,” one former contract employee said.
The NDAs are taken so seriously that some people have allegedly been fired for not sticking to the rules.
“Anything posted from here, they get wind of it right away," the employee said.
The property appears to be relatively self-sufficient, with its own energy and water systems under construction.
There is an industrial-sized kitchen and full-sized gym on-site as well.
APOCOLYPSE NOW?
Although Zuckerberg's blockbuster purchase in Hawaii brought a new spotlight to the prepper world, people have been planning for the end of the world for a while.
"It’s no secret that the one-percenters and top-ranking government officials have been in on this bunker idea for a long-a** time," Vicino said.
DOOMSDAY COMING? HOARD GOLD, RICH SAY
Millionaires and elites are hoarding gold as part of their doomsday preparations as they look to barter with it, an expert has revealed.
Multiple factors, from cell service outages to the election, have caused an "absolute surge" in gold sales, Jonathan Rose told The U.S. Sun.
Rose, the CEO of in Beverly Hills, California, said he deals with people buying the precious metal for doomsday-prepping purposes every day.
Rose highlighted how doomsday prepping has become popular among millionaires such as Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman, along with pro athletes and other elites.
The gold group's CEO said he has inside knowledge of these people spending their fortunes on gold for prepping purposes.
He's spoken to people from all over the country who opened up to him about the truth behind their purchase.
“You’re reading all these stories and these millionaires are buying gold and building bunkers and you're like ‘What the heck is going’ and it's a trend that everyone is doing,” Rose said.
Rose explained the reason for the surge in gold purchases is due to concern over the devaluation of the dollar and an overall economic collapse.
“I think these people are realizing that, hey we don’t have a crystal ball per se, but we have a good road map and they are looking at the problems the economy is having right now,” Rose said.
“Whether they’re looking at dollar devaluation or these things called brick nations, which are countries banding together to create their own currency backed by gold."
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The instability of the last decade has spurred on growth in the industry and interest in survival preparation and training.
"The pandemic was a huge driver of interest in sales; then all the global concerns and issues at home are another boost," the professional prepper said.
Several developers agreed with Vicino and said they have been booked solid since Zuckerberg started building the massive facility.
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In addition to Zuckerberg, billionaire former Paypal CEO Peter Thiel attempted to build a Doomsday getaway in New Zealand, but abandoned the plans in 2022.
And Bill Gates reportedly has a bunker underneath every one of his several homes — just in case.
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