As of 2026, no members of the Vanderbilt family actually live inside the 250-room Biltmore House itself; the mansion has been a public museum since 1930. However, George Vanderbilt’s descendants, the Cecil family, still own and manage the 8,000-acre estate in Asheville, NC. Specifically, Bill Cecil Jr. and his sister Dini Cecil Pickering serve as the primary leadership for the Biltmore Company. While they do not reside in the historic château, family members have private residences on the vast estate grounds, away from the tourist areas. The estate remains one of the few major historic landmarks in the U.S. that is still privately owned and self-sustaining through tourism, the winery, and agricultural operations, rather than relying on government grants.