Oprah silent amid Maui fires as desperate Hawaii residents beg celebrity billionaires with homes on the island for help ~ August 12, 2023

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Oprah silent amid Maui fires as desperate Hawaii residents beg celebrity billionaires with homes on the island for help

• Oprah owns nearly 2,000 acres of land on Maui including an 11-bedroom ranch 
• Jeff Bezos owns a property on the south shore and Owen Wilson, Clint Eastwood and Steven Tyler also own property 

As the residents of Maui awake to another day of destruction caused by a devastating wildfire that has so far claimed 36 lives and left hundreds homeless, many are wondering where the island’s richest landowners are – and what they’re prepared to do to help. 

Oprah, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, Clint Eastwood and Steven Tyler are among big names with homes on Maui but none have commented yet on how they intend to help those in need. 

Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez posted on Instagram that the fires were ‘breaking her heart’, but he is yet to offer a statement. 

With a net worth of $162billion, he is the third richest man in the world. Bezos owns a $78million property on Maui’s southwest shore. 

Maui’s part-time residents include Oprah Winfrey, Jeff Bezos, Steven Tyler, Owen Wilson and more. Larry Ellison owns almost the entire island of Lanai, which sits near to the town of Lahaina. Fleetwood Mac’s Mick has encouraged fundraising efforts and is himself suffering the loss of his restaurant. There has been silence from the others as thousands of locals try to put the pieces of their lives and homes back together 

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A source close to the couple tells DailyMail.com they are ‘devastated’ by the disaster. 

‘They have been on the phone with locals and local officials since yesterday. They will be making donations to help the community,’ they said. 

Oprah, worth $2.5billion, owns nearly 2,000 acres of land on Maui and has been living there part-time for 15 years. It’s unclear if any of her land was damaged. 

She bought up the most recent parcel – 860 acres – in March this year for $6.6million. Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler also has a home on the island, as does Owen Wilson and Clint Eastwood. 

Oprah spends much of her time on Maui with best friend Gayle King. The pair are shown during a recent hike in Hawaii

In addition to an 11-bedroom ranch (shown), Oprah also owns nearly 2,000 acres of land in total on Maui