Beth Clifford Net Worth 2026: Mahogany Bay Village Developer

Beth Clifford is the founder, developer and CEO behind Mahogany Bay Village on Ambergris Caye, Belize, the 60-acre resort community whose hotel opened in December 2017 as Hilton's first property in the country. No reputable outlet has published a net worth estimate for her, so this page does not give one. What is on the record is the size of the project she built: more than $100 million invested in its first phase, according to Channel 5 Belize.

What is Beth Clifford's Net Worth?

There is no reliable published figure. Forbes, Bloomberg and Celebrity Net Worth do not track her, and the numbers that circulate on auto-generated celebrity sites are not tied to any filing, sale or interview. Mahogany Bay's ownership structure and debt are private, so her personal share of the project cannot be worked out from public records.

What can be said is where her wealth, whatever its size, is tied up: in the land, buildings and operating business at Mahogany Bay, in home and lot sales inside the community, and in the hotel's management and revenue under its Hilton franchise.

Where the Money Comes From

Mahogany Bay mixes three businesses on one site, and each earns in a different way.

• The hotel. Mahogany Bay Resort & Beach Club, Curio Collection by Hilton, has 205 cottage and villa-style rooms, ten food and drink outlets, a bay club, a private beach club and event space, as reported by Caribbean Journal and Hotel News Resource. Caribbean Journal called it the largest hotel in Belize when it opened.
• Real estate sales. The site includes private homes that buyers can own and place in a rental program. In 2018 Robb Report listed studio-to-five-bedroom cottages, townhomes and single-family houses of 1,246 to 2,740 square feet priced from $219,900 to $795,900, with boat slips sold for $20,000.
• The village. Hilton's 2016 announcement described a public "Village" area with a general store, market, dive and fishing operators, a salon and several independently run food outlets, as reported by Hotel Online. Channel 5 Belize noted that many of these businesses are locally or internationally owned rather than run by the resort.

Beth Clifford's Yearly Earning, Monthly Income, and Salary

Her salary and personal income have never been disclosed. The earlier version of this page listed a yearly income of $700 million; that figure had no source and is not plausible for a single resort of about 200 rooms, so it has been removed. As a private company, Mahogany Bay does not publish revenue or profit.

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Career: Building Mahogany Bay

Clifford's public profile is almost entirely tied to Belize. In a 2018 interview quoted by the Dayton Daily News, she said she had been visiting the country for about 15 years, which puts her first trips in the early 2000s. She told the paper the profile of travelers had changed sharply over that time.

Design and building choices

The resort was built largely from Belizean hardwoods, with five species used in the cottages and furniture: bullet tree, cabbage bark, Caribbean pine, Santa Maria and mahogany, according to Hotel News Resource. Rather than buy stock hotel furniture, the team commissioned a custom range made for each room, which Luxury Travel Magazine reported was also offered for sale. For the interiors, Clifford worked with Julia Sanford of studioSky on the cottages and Amanda Lindroth of Lindroth Design on the Great House, per Hotel Management. The 22,000-square-foot Great House holds the main restaurant, bar and event space.

Recent Changes (2025–2026)

Clifford remains the public face of the resort. In a November 2025 travel piece she estimated that as many as 80 percent of her guests make the drive north to Secret Beach (Yahoo Lifestyle). The same month, a guest's video of rainwater coming through a room ceiling spread online; the resort apologized publicly and asked the guest to contact management, as reported by Greater Belize Media. No sale, refinancing or change of ownership has been reported in the sources checked for this update.

Assets

The only asset publicly tied to her is the Mahogany Bay development itself: about 60 acres on the south side of San Pedro, less than two miles from town, with a marina, beach club and the hotel buildings. Her exact ownership stake, and whether other investors hold part of the project, has not been reported. No personal homes or other companies are documented by reputable outlets.

Beth Clifford Husband

The earlier version of this page said she is married to a man named Brad. None of the news coverage checked for this update names a spouse, so that detail cannot be confirmed here. She keeps her family life out of her public interviews.

Education

Her education is not publicly documented. The degrees claimed in the earlier version of this page (a BA from Babson's graduate business school and an MBA from Northeastern) had no source, and a bachelor's degree from a graduate school is not possible, so they have been removed.

Age, Height, Weight

Her date of birth, height and weight have not been published by any reliable source. The age of 72 and the height and weight given previously were unsourced and have been removed.

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Net Worth Compared

For other developers profiled on this site, see Chuck Whittall, the Orlando developer, and Ari Rastegar. Like Clifford, both built wealth through property they control privately, which makes published estimates hard to verify.

Why No Estimate Is Given

A credible net worth figure needs something to anchor it: a public company stake, a reported sale price, a court filing or an estimate from an outlet that shows its method. For Clifford none of these exists. The $100 million-plus investment reported by Channel 5 Belize describes the project's cost, not her equity, since resort projects of this size are usually financed partly with debt and outside capital. Until a sale, valuation or financing detail is reported, any single number would be a guess.