Mark Zuckerberg is building a 5,000 square-foot doomsday bunker in his sprawling Hawaii compound.

Surprising? Not really.

He’s far from the only billionaire living in fear of what they all call ‘The Event’.

Will it be global environmental breakdown? Societal collapse (probably accelerated by the technology some of them built)? Nuclear war?

All cheery thoughts, especially at Christmas, but the fact is that doomsday prepping is no longer the domain of a fringe faction storing ten years worth of baked beans in their garden sheds.

Prepping is big business, and the billionaires aren’t being stingy.

Mr Zuckerberg’s combined bunker and compound is expected to cost a cool combined $270 million.

Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal and controversial libertarian, is still trying to get planning permission for his own bunker-style lodge on New Zealand’s South Island.

Elon Musk’s plans for The Event are unknown – although it’s fair to say his first choice would probably be fleeing to Mars. But with Starship continuing to blow […]