the waggoner ranch in texas covers six counties, 800 square miles, 535,000 acres. it's bigger than los angeles and new york city combined. the asking price was $750 million. actual purchase price unknown. now the ranch has cattle, oil, horses, farmland, and it's been owned by one family since 1849. now, the waggoner heirs say they picked him because he promised to preserve what's considered an american treasure, in other words, no football stadium or team here. he is married to one of sam walton's daughters and together forbes estimates they're worth over $12 billion. now with the waggoner ranch under his belt he owns 1.4 million acres of american ranchland making him one of the top five private landowners in the country behind people like john malone and ted turner. for "nightly business report," i'm jane wells. >> that's breathtaking. six counties. >> six counties. wow. we'll keep track of that story for you. that does it for us tonight on "nightly business report." i'm sue herera. thanks for watching. >> thanks from me as well. i'm tyler mathisen. have a great e