quote [ Thiel, a billionaire who currently serves on President Donald Trumpâ??s transition team, isnâ??t the only mega rich businessperson staking out a claim in New Zealand. According to The New Zealand Herald, people from outside the country bought up roughly 1,350 square miles of New Zealand property in the first ten months of 2016. The paper says thatâ??s over four times as much as the same period in 2010. ]