Billionaire Tyler Perry owns 1,500 acres of Georgia and a private island worth $150 million
Billionaires Africa | 04.06.2026 19:08
There is a line Tyler Perry has used in interviews over the years to explain how he thinks about money. He grew up in poverty in New Orleans, sleeping on floors, eventually living out of his car in Atlanta in his early twenties when the stage play he had bet everything on failed to draw the audience he needed. The experience of having nothing, he has said, never leaves you. It sits behind every decision. It explains why, when the money came, he did not spend it on things that could be taken back. He invested it in land.
