A revealing look at the intersection of wealth, philanthropy, and
conservation
Billionaire Wilderness takes you inside the exclusive world of the
ultra-wealthy, showing how today's richest people are using the natural
environment to solve the existential dilemmas they face. Justin Farrell
spent five years in Teton County, Wyoming, the richest county in the
United States, and a community where income inequality is the worst in
the nation. He conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews, gaining
unprecedented access to tech CEOs, Wall Street financiers, and other
prominent figures in business and politics. He also talked with the
rural poor who live among the ultra-wealthy and often work for them. The
result is a penetrating account of the far-reaching consequences of the
massive accrual of wealth and a troubling portrait of a changing
American West where romanticizing rural poverty and conserving nature
can be lucrative, socially as well as financially.