John C. Malone — American Businessman born on March 07, 1941,

John C. Malone is a billionaire American business executive, landowner and philanthropist. He served as chief executive officer of Tele-Communications Inc., a cable and media giant, for twenty-four years from 1973 to 1996. Malone is now chairman of Liberty Media, Liberty Global, and Liberty Interactive. He was interim CEO of Liberty Media, until succeeded by former Oracle CFO Greg Maffei... (wikipedia)

I think private ownership is generally superior to public because you care about the land more and it doesn't get trashed.
The public doesn't particularly care for advertisements.
I'm not an extreme tree-hugger. I do believe trees grow and are a useful agricultural product that can be harvested without damaging the ecology and wildlife.