There are exactly 2,640 billionaires in the world, according to Forbes. That’s about 0.00003% of the global population.
Despite their rarity, those billionaires are strangely easy to find. After all, birds of the same plumage, especially those of a small litter, pick up their personal planes. At the beginning of the year, they descend en masse on Davos. In July they fly to Sun Valley. In December, their yachts stopped in St. Louis. Barths.
This is where billionaires socialize, travel, exchange, and relax, and how you can sign up for them, for a small price, of course.
After billionaires shake off the New Year’s hangover, many head to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos to attend lavish dinners, hit the slopes and talk about the global factor of the day.
The official event is by invitation only and prices vary by the tens of thousands per ticket. But those who need to rub shoulders with the participants – think Bill Gates, Marc Benioff and Mark Zuckerberg – are not absolutely excluded from the Alpine resort.
Many luxury hotels in Davos, such as the Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvedere and the AlpenGold, are closed to the public, so it’s best to rent an apartment. However, they don’t come cheap. Local media reported that rents were 10 times higher than the same prices last year. An apartment with two double beds and a sofa bed costs about $27,500 to rent for the five nights of the conference.
And good luck locating food. With a maximum of restaurants reserved for convention events, you may have to pay $43 for a hot dog.
NFL groups are among the toys of the ultra-rich: Walmart’s Rob Walton owns the Broncos, hedge fund manager David Tepper owns the Panthers, real estate mogul Stanley Kroenke owns the Rams, Jerry Jones controls the Cowboys, and so on.
So it’s no surprise that several billionaires gather each year to watch the biggest game in sports, even though your billionaire’s Super Bowl weekend is about much more than wings and groovy ads.
Organising committees and agencies have selected luxury reports for the wealthiest football fans, which charge six figures and come with chartered jets, five-star accommodation and access to the pitch after the match. Suites for this season’s Las Vegas game charge up to $3 million. on the Suite Luxury Group rental platform.
Then there are the personal parties, known for their superstar performers, in some cases familiar with billionaires. Last year, DJ D-Sol, also known as David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, allegedly participated in a party attended by billionaires. such as Jeff Bezos and Apollo co-founder Josh Harris.
Last year marked the grand reopening of Hong Kong’s Art Basel after a three-year hiatus due to the coronavirus. Wealthy Chinese have been sharing vehicles on personal jets to get to the show, Bloomberg reported, and have spent millions to climb into their collections. .
To move plans forward, the 2023 art fair coincided with the Wealth for Good summit. The conference, which aims to attract more family offices to set up shop in the city, has counted among its attendees billionaires such as Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Neil Shen of Sequoia Capital China and local real estate mogul Adam Kwok.
Artsy had more than a dozen seven-figure sales at the art fair, adding works such as George Condo’s Purple Compression and Kazuo Shiraga’s Kisan, which sold for $4. 75 million and $5 million, respectively. One of the show’s most notable sales took place in 2018, when Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sold Willem de Kooning’s Untitled XII, 1975 for $35 million to a collector.
Forget Easter. The first signs of spring mean one for billionaires: golf.
Each year, the Masters Tournament kicks off the run of major professional golf championships at Augusta National. The famously exclusive club in Georgia — it didn’t allow women to join until 2012 — counts a number of billionaires among its members.
Friends such as Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, as well as Warren Stephens, David Ziff and Stanley Druckenmiller belong to the club, Bloomberg reported in 2015.
Good luck getting the exclusive green jacket from your own members. The secret club has never specified its club process, however, according to Golf Monthly, it’s by invitation only and new members can only sign up when existing members leave.
You can, though, spectate alongside some of the biggest names in business. Tickets for the Masters are available through a lottery system — or for as much as $10,000 on the secondary market.
Summer starts early for billionaires, who dock their yachts for the Cannes Film Festival at the end of May. Although the occasion is technically reserved for industry professionals, according to their website, the super-rich can, of course, pay to play. For them, it’s as much an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the Oscar winners as it is to socialize with the stars of the Croisette.
It’s one of the first stops on Jeff Bezos’ big first excursion in 2023 with his $500 million superyacht Koru, which landed to attend the Vanity Fair party at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, a favorite spot of the very rich and those who woo them. Other visitors included stars Robert De Niro, Naomi Campbell and Pedro Almodóvar. In recent years, David Geffen and Len Blavatnik have performed at the same event.
Billionaires such as François-Henri Pinault and the late Paul Allen hosted their own parties at the film festival: the former hosts the annual Kering Women in Motion dinner, while the latter is known for its theme nights on yachts.
Noticeably absent from the Côte d’Azur this year? The yachts of Russian oligarchs.
While a number of billionaires spend June in the Hamptons or crisscrossing the Mediterranean, some prefer to spend it on dryer land. The headline billionaires at the Royal Ascot — an annual horse race held about 25 miles outside London — are, unsurprisingly, the members of the British royal family.
But many other members of the three comma club, and their hats, are in attendance. Some billionaire horse owners — like Chanel’s Alain and Gerard Wertheimer; the shipping scions of the Niarchos family; Tetra Pak heiress Kirsten Rausing; and construction magnate Anthony Bamford — have even had skin in the game.
For more than two hundred years, Royal Ascot has been open to the public (around 300,000 people attend the five-day event), but don’t expect to get up close and personal with celebrities. Joining the Royal Enclosure requires a special application process, adding to having two sponsors. In addition, there is a strict dress code (no thin suspenders or bow ties) and children under the age of 10 are not allowed.
Every July, private jets descend on the small town of Hailey, Idaho, for the summer counterpart to Davos: the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference — also known as billionaire summer camp.
Since 1983, Allen investment
The convention is known for its unique rounds of golf, guided hikes, rafting, and tennis matches. It’s where Jeff Bezos landed the Washington Post for $250 million in 2013 and where the seeds of Disney’s $19 billion acquisition of ABC in 1995 were planted.
The vacation-cum-business-meeting is invite-only and pretty much restricted to masters of the universe dressed in vests and quarter-zips — as well as their entourages. Security is strict, with even the press walled off from most of the wheeling and dealing.
But when the convention is underway, you can also stay at the Sun Valley Lodge, the retreat that features a year-round ice rink, a luxury spa, and a pool with mountain views. Maximum basic rooms charge more than $500 per night in the summer, and suites charge more than $1,500. But don’t worry about the billionaires, Allen
At first glance, Burning Man, the anti-capitalist art and music festival held in the Nevada desert, doesn’t seem like an event for billionaires. But the richest people in the world don’t seem to care if they’re wanted or not. .
Since the 1990s, attending Burning Man has been something of a prestige symbol for the tech elite. Google’s founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, are longtime Burners (the festival animated the first Google Doodle), as is Eric Schmidt, who they chose to be Google’s CEO.
Also in attendance were Facebook co-founders Dustin Moskowitz and Mark Zuckerberg, as well as Uber co-founder Garrett Camp. Even Ray Dalio, the billionaire hedge fund manager, wanted to see what all the fuss was about, sporting psychedelic flared pants. and join the party in 2019.
Reports from many of Playa’s celebrities and billionaires lean less toward decommodification and leave no hint of the festival’s principles and more toward immediacy, such as instant gratification. They board charter planes to the short-lived Black Rock City Airport, a transit runway built for the occasion; in deceptive artsy cars (essentially fancy golf carts); And ditch rustic tents and opt for fancier campgrounds with furnishings, air-conditioning, and private chefs who charge six figures for their services.
All of this could possibly be why there was a heavy dose of schadenfreude when Burning Man was submerged, literally.
There are yachts, and then there are the superyachts — and those are aplenty at the Monaco Yacht Show in Monte Carlo, where billionaires gather at the end of the summer to scope out their new toys. (There are also, technically, megayachts, but for plebeian purposes, they are one and the same.)
The more than one hundred ships have an average length of 165 feet and feature elevators, bars, spas, pools, gyms, hot tubs and helipads, more than one. Jet skis and submersibles are popular add-ons.
In the past, yachts owned by billionaires such as Paul Allen, Steve Wynn and Pier Luigi Loro Piana have been on display at the show, and some can be purchased for sale or charter. The occasion is also a favorite of Russia’s wealthy oligarchs, although sanctions have prevented them from attending in recent years.
If you’re looking for boats you can’t see, or maybe you know a billionaire who invites you to board theirs, you’re in luck: the Monaco Yacht Show is open to the public for a whopping six hundred euros, or $640. , consistent with the day.
The Frieze Art Fair, held annually in London, attracts the wealthy (and the staff of the wealthy) from around the world who will add fresh and highly valuable works of art to their collections. (For those who prefer pre-21st-century art, there are the Frieze Masters nearby. )
In years past, creditors such as Steve Cohen of Point72, diamond titan Laurence Graff and hedge fund legend Louis Bacon’s wife, Gabrielle, have been discovered. Although the works those customers have purchased tend to be kept secret, the pieces charge millions of dollars each year.
While anyone can buy tickets to the fair (this year for just £46 or $57), the parties surrounding Frieze Week are a safer position to spot a billionaire, or his younger, bolder heirs. A Look at Party Photographs from the Afterlife In a few years, Gordon Getty’s granddaughter, Ivy Getty, Cohen’s daughter, Sophia, and Roger Penske’s granddaughter, Sophia, are shown mingling with art-world celebrities and perhaps six-figure artwork to add to their initial collections.
Le Bal des Débutantes continues the centuries-long tradition of rich, famous women reminding society that they are, well, rich and famous.
The dance is by invitation only and no one, not even billionaires, can buy access, or so Ophélie Renouard, founder of the existing version of the dance, told Insider. Each year, Renouard selects a cohort of about twenty women who travel to Paris for a weekend of photo shoots, makeup and hairdressing appointments, and classic waltzes.
Previous debutantes come with royals such as Princess Hélène d’Orléans and Princess Akshita Bhanj Deo; young Hollywood elites like Forest Whitaker’s daughters, Autumn and True, and Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillipe’s daughter, Ava; and, of course, heiresses to multimillion-dollar fortunes such as Araminta Mellon, Kayla Rockefeller, Laila Blavatnik and Amanda Hearst, accompanied by their very rich and tough parents.
As is the case with the rich (and wealthy Nepalese kids in particular), things are free: weekend dance classes, couture dresses, glamorous groups, and jewelry are all paid for through sponsors.
Billionaires celebrate the New Year probably anywhere except in their homes. And while Aspen and the Maldives are popular choices for the winter elite, there’s nowhere there are more billionaires per square foot of vacation than St. Barthelemy.
In recent years, the Caribbean island, formerly St. Barthelemy, has attracted yachts owned by David Geffen, Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg, as well as Bernard Arnault, for the holidays.
Unfortunately for the rich poor, one of St. Bartholomew’s most famous New Year’s Eve parties will be canceled this year. Roman Abramovich, former Chelsea FC owner, sanctioned Russian billionaire and unlikely hero of St. Barthélemy, will hold his extravagant, multimillion-dollar show, which featured performances by Prince and Beyoncé; millions of food and alcohol; and visitors such as Orlando Bloom and Rupert Murdoch.
I guess they’ll have to buy Nikki Beach party tickets like the rest of us.
After billionaires shake off the New Year’s hangover, many head to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos to attend lavish dinners, hit the slopes and talk about the global factor of the day.
The official event is invite-only and costs tens of thousands per ticket. But those who want to rub shoulders with attendees — think Bill Gates, Marc Benioff, and Mark Zuckerberg — aren’t completely barred from the Alpine resort.
Many of Davos’ luxury hotels, like the Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvédère and AlpenGold, are closed to the public, so you’d be better off renting an apartment. Those don’t come cheap, though. Local outlets reported that rentals went for 10-times their typical prices last year. One apartment with two double beds and a pull-out sofa cost nearly $27,500 to rent for the five nights of the conference.
And good luck locating food. With a maximum of restaurants booked for convention events, you’ll end up paying $43 for a hot dog.
After billionaires shake off the New Year’s hangover, many flock to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos to attend lavish dinners, hit the slopes and talk about the global factor of the day.
The official event is by invitation only, and prices run into the tens of thousands of dollars depending on admission. But those who need to rub shoulders with the participants (think Bill Gates, Marc Benioff and Mark Zuckerberg) are not completely excluded from the Alpine resort.
Many luxury hotels in Davos, such as the Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvedere and the AlpenGold, are closed to the public, so it’s best to rent an apartment. However, they don’t come cheap. Local media reported that rents were 10 times higher than the same prices last year. An apartment with two double beds and a sofa bed costs about $27,500 to rent for the five nights of the conference.
And good luck locating food. With a maximum of restaurants booked for convention events, you may have to pay $43 for a hot dog.
The NFL is some of the most popular toys of the ultra-rich: Walmart’s Rob Walton owns the Broncos, hedge fund manager David Tepper owns the Panthers, real estate mogul Stanley Kroenke owns the Rams, Jerry Jones controls the Cowboys, and more.
So it’s no surprise that several billionaires gather every year to watch the biggest game in sports, even if Super Bowl weekend as a billionaire is much more than just wings and wonderful ads.
Organising committees and corporations have organised luxury reports for the wealthiest football fans, who charge six figures and feature chartered jets, five-star accommodation and access to the pitch after the match. Suites for this season’s game in Las Vegas charge up to $3 million on the Suite Luxury Group rental platform.
Then there are the personal parties, known for their superstar performers, in some cases familiar with billionaires. Last year, DJ D-Sol, also known as David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, allegedly participated in a party attended by billionaires. such as Jeff Bezos and Apollo co-founder Josh Harris.
NFL teams are among the most popular toys of the ultrarich: Walmart’s Rob Walton has the Broncos, hedge fund manager David Tepper owns the Panthers, real estate tycoon Stanley Kroenke boasts the Rams, Jerry Jones controls the Cowboys, and so on.
So it’s no surprise that a number of billionaires flock to the sport’s biggest game every year, though Super Bowl weekend as a billionaire involves more than just wings and great commercials.
Organising committees and agencies have selected luxury reports for the wealthiest football fans, who charge six figures and come with chartered jets, five-star accommodation and access to the pitch after the match. Suites for this season’s Las Vegas game charge up to $3 million. on the Suite Luxury Group rental platform.
Then there are the personal parties, known for their superstar performers, in some cases familiar with billionaires. Last year, DJ D-Sol, also known as David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, allegedly participated in a party attended by billionaires. such as Jeff Bezos and Apollo co-founder Josh Harris.
Last year marked the grand reopening of Hong Kong’s Art Basel after a three-year hiatus due to the coronavirus. Wealthy Chinese have been sharing vehicles on personal jets to get to the show, Bloomberg reported, and have spent millions to climb into their collections. .
To move plans forward, the 2023 art fair coincided with the Wealth for Good summit. The conference, which aims to attract more family offices to set up shop in the city, has counted among its attendees billionaires such as Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Neil Shen of Sequoia Capital China and local real estate mogul Adam Kwok.
Artsy clocked more than a dozen seven-figure sales at the art fair, including work like George Condo’s “Purple Compression” and Kazuo Shiraga’s “Kisan,” which sold for $4.75 million and $5 million, respectively. One of the fair’s most famous sale’s came in 2018, when Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen sold Willem de Kooning’s “Untitled XII, 1975” for $35 million to a private collector.
Last year marked the grand reopening of Hong Kong’s Art Basel after a three-year coronavirus hiatus. Wealthy Chinese carpooled together in private jets to the fair, Bloomberg reported, and spent millions adding to their collections.
In a savvy scheduling maneuver, the 2023 art fair coincided with the Wealth for Good summit. The conference, a push to get more family offices to set up in the city, counted billionaires like Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang, Sequoia Capital China’s Neil Shen, and local real estate magnate Adam Kwok as its attendees.
Artsy recorded more than a dozen seven-figure sales at the art fair, adding works such as George Condo’s Purple Compression and Kazuo Shiraga’s Kisan, which sold for $4. 75 million and $5 million, respectively. One of the most notable sales of the fair took place in 2018. when Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sold Willem de Kooning’s Untitled XII, 1975 for $35 million to a collector.
Forget Easter. The first signs of spring mean one for billionaires: golf.
Each year, the Masters Tournament kicks off the major professional golf championships at Augusta National. Georgia’s famously exclusive club, which women were not allowed to join until 2012, has several billionaires among its members.
Pals Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, as well as Warren Stephens, David Ziff, and Stanley Druckenmiller belong to the club, Bloomberg reported in 2015.
Good luck getting the exclusive green jacket from your own members. The secret club has never specified its club process, however, according to Golf Monthly, it’s by invitation only and new members can only sign up when existing members leave.
However, you can take a look at some of the biggest names in the business world. Tickets to the Masters can be obtained through a lottery formula or for up to $10,000 on the secondary market.
Forget Easter. The first signs of spring mean one thing for billionaires: golf.
Each year, the Masters Tournament kicks off the run of major professional golf championships at Augusta National. The famously exclusive club in Georgia — it didn’t allow women to join until 2012 — counts a number of billionaires among its members.
Friends such as Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, as well as Warren Stephens, David Ziff and Stanley Druckenmiller belong to the club, Bloomberg reported in 2015.
Good luck getting the exclusive green jacket from your own members. The secret club has never specified its club process, however, according to Golf Monthly, it’s by invitation only and new members can only sign up when existing members leave.
However, you can see some of the biggest names in the business. Tickets to the Masters are available through a lottery formula or for up to $10,000 on the secondary market.
Summer starts early for billionaires, who dock their yachts for the Cannes Film Festival at the end of May. Although technically the occasion is only for industry professionals, according to their website, the super can, of course, pay to play. For them, the party is both a chance to catch a glimpse of the Oscar winners and a chance to socialize with the stars of the Croisette.
It was one of the first stops on Jeff Bezos’ 2023 grand debut tour of his $500 million superyacht Koru, which he disembarked to hit up the Vanity Fair party at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, a favorite venue of the very wealthy and those who court them. Other guests included A-listers Robert de Niro, Naomi Campbell, and Pedro Almodovar. In years past, the likes of David Geffen and Len Blavatnik have turned up at the same event.
Billionaires such as François-Henri Pinault and the late Paul Allen hosted their own parties at the film festival: the former hosts the annual Kering Women in Motion dinner, while the latter is known for its theme nights on yachts.
Noticeably absent from the Côte d’Azur this year? The yachts of Russian oligarchs.
Summer starts early for billionaires, who dock their yachts for the Cannes Film Festival at the end of May. Although the occasion is technically reserved for professionals in the sector, according to their website, the super-rich can, of course, pay to play. For them, it’s as much an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the Oscar winners as it is to socialize with the stars of the Croisette.
It’s one of the first stops on Jeff Bezos’ big first excursion in 2023 with his $500 million superyacht Koru, which landed to attend the Vanity Fair party at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, a favorite spot of the very rich and those who woo them. Other visitors included stars Robert De Niro, Naomi Campbell and Pedro Almodóvar. In recent years, David Geffen and Len Blavatnik have performed at the same event.
Billionaires like François-Henri Pinault and the late Paul Allen hosted their own parties at the film festival: the former hosts the annual Kering Women in Motion dinner, while the latter is known for its theme nights on yachts.
Noticeably absent from the Côte d’Azur this year? The yachts of Russian oligarchs.
While many billionaires spend the month of June in the Hamptons or across the Mediterranean, some prefer to spend it in drier lands. The billionaire stars of Royal Ascot – an annual horse race held a few miles from London – are, unsurprisingly, members of the British. Royal Family.
But many other members of the three-comma club are present in their hats. Some billionaire horse owners, such as Alain and Gérard Wertheimer of Chanel; the maritime descendants of the Niarchos family; Kirsten Rausing, heiress of Tetra Pak; and the wealthy Anthony Bamford, were even given some share in the game.
For more than two hundred years, Royal Ascot has been open to the public (around 300,000 people attend the five-day event), but don’t expect to get up close and personal with the rich and famous. It requires a special application process, adding the presence of two sponsors. In addition, there is a strict dress code (no thin suspenders or bow ties) and children under the age of 10 are allowed.
While many billionaires spend the month of June in the Hamptons or traveling the Mediterranean, some prefer to spend it in drier lands. The billionaires taking part in Royal Ascot, an annual horse race held a few miles from London, are, unsurprisingly, members of the British royal family.
But many other members of the three comma club, and their hats, are in attendance. Some billionaire horse owners — like Chanel’s Alain and Gerard Wertheimer; the shipping scions of the Niarchos family; Tetra Pak heiress Kirsten Rausing; and construction magnate Anthony Bamford — have even had skin in the game.
For more than two hundred years, Royal Ascot has been open to the public (around 300,000 people attend the five-day event), but don’t expect to get up close and personal with the rich and famous. It requires a special application process, adding the presence of two sponsors. In addition, there is a strict dress code (no thin suspenders or bow ties) and children under the age of 10 are allowed.
Every July, personal planes descend over the small town of Hailey, Idaho, to attend the summer conference in Davos: the Allen Conference.
Since 1983, Allen investment
The convention is known for the agreements made between rounds of golf, guided hikes, rafting, and tennis matches. It’s where Jeff Bezos got the Washington Post for $250 million in 2013 and where the seeds were planted for Disney’s $19 billion acquisition of ABC in 1995. .
The holiday and business gathering is by invitation and is almost reserved for the masters of the universe dressed in vests and zippers, as well as their entourage. Security is tight, and even the press is away from most gears and transactions.
But when the conference is not in session, you, too, can stay at the Sun Valley Lodge, the homebase of the retreat that offers a year-round ice skating rink, luxe spa, and pool with a view of the mountains. The most basic rooms cost upwards of $500 a night over the summer, and suites go for upwards of $1,500. But don’t feel too bad for the billionaires, Allen & Co foots the bill.
Every July, personal planes descend over the small town of Hailey, Idaho, to attend the summer conference in Davos: the Allen Conference.
Since 1983, Allen investment
The convention is known for the agreements made between rounds of golf, guided hikes, rafting, and tennis matches. It’s where Jeff Bezos got the Washington Post for $250 million in 2013 and where the seeds were planted for Disney’s $19 billion acquisition of ABC in 1995. .
The holiday and business gathering is by invitation and is almost reserved for the masters of the universe dressed in vests and zippers, as well as their entourage. Security is tight, and even the press is away from most gears and transactions.
But when the convention is on, you can also stay at the Sun Valley Lodge, the retreat that features a year-round ice rink, a luxury spa, and a pool with mountain views. Top basic rooms charge more than $500 per night in the summer, and suites charge more than $1,500. But don’t worry about the billionaires, Allen
At first glance, Burning Man, the anti-capitalist art and music festival held in the Nevada desert, doesn’t seem like an event for billionaires. But the richest people in the world don’t seem to care if they’re wanted or not. .
Since the 1990s, attending Burning Man has been something of a prestige symbol for the tech elite. Google’s founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, are longtime Burners (the festival animated the first Google Doodle), as is Eric Schmidt, who they chose to be Google’s CEO.
Facebook cofounders Dustin Moskowitz and Mark Zuckerberg, and Uber cofounder Garrett Camp have also attended. Even Ray Dalio, the billionaire hedge fund manager, wanted to see what all the hype was about, sporting some psychedelic bell bottoms and joining the party in 2019.
The experiences of many celebrities and billionaires on the Playa lean less into the “decommodification” and “leave no trace” principles of the festival and more into the “immediacy” one — as in instant gratification. They take charter planes into Black Rock City’s pop-up airport, a temporary runway constructed for the occasion; travel around in tricked-out art cars (basically fancy golf carts); and forego rustic tents for more fancy camps, complete with furniture, air-conditioning, and personal chefs who charge six-figures for their services.
All of this may be why there was a hefty dose of schadenfreude when Burning Man went underwater, quite literally.
At first glance, Burning Man, the anti-capitalist art and music festival held in the Nevada desert, doesn’t seem like an event for billionaires. But the richest people in the world don’t seem to care if they’re wanted or not. .
Since the 1990s, attending Burning Man has been something of a prestige symbol for the tech elite. Google’s founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, are longtime Burners (the festival animated the first Google Doodle), as is Eric Schmidt, who they chose to be Google’s CEO.
Also in attendance were Facebook co-founders Dustin Moskowitz and Mark Zuckerberg, as well as Uber co-founder Garrett Camp. Even Ray Dalio, the billionaire hedge fund manager, wanted to see what all the fuss was about, sporting psychedelic flared pants. and join the party in 2019.
Reports from many of Playa’s celebrities and billionaires lean less toward decommodification and leave no hint of the festival’s principles, and more toward immediacy, such as instant gratification. They board charter planes for the short-lived Black Rock City Airport, a transit runway built for the occasion. ; in deceptive artsy cars (essentially fancy golf carts); And ditch rustic tents and opt for fancier campgrounds with furnishings, air-conditioning, and private chefs who charge six figures for their services.
All of this could possibly be why there was a heavy dose of schadenfreude when Burning Man was submerged, literally.
There are yachts, and then there are the superyachts — and those are aplenty at the Monaco Yacht Show in Monte Carlo, where billionaires gather at the end of the summer to scope out their new toys. (There are also, technically, megayachts, but for plebeian purposes, they are one and the same.)
The 100-plus boats on display have an average length of 165 feet, and feature elevators, bars, spas, pools, gyms, hot tubs, and helipads — sometimes more than one. Jet skis and submersibles are popular add-ons.
In the past, yachts owned by billionaires such as Paul Allen, Steve Wynn and Pier Luigi Loro Piana were exhibited at the show, and some could be purchased for sale or for charter. The occasion is also a favorite of Russia’s wealthy oligarchs, though sanctions have prevented them from attending in recent years.
If you’re looking for boats you can’t see, or maybe you know a billionaire who invites you to board theirs, you’re in luck: the Monaco Yacht Show is open to the public for a whopping six hundred euros, or $640. , consistent with the day.
There are yachts, then there are superyachts, and there are plenty of those found at the Monaco Boat Show in Monte Carlo, where billionaires gather in late summer to see their new toys. (Technically, megayachts exist too, but for plebeian purposes they’re the same. )
The 100-plus boats on display have an average length of 165 feet, and feature elevators, bars, spas, pools, gyms, hot tubs, and helipads — sometimes more than one. Jet skis and submersibles are popular add-ons.
In the past, yachts owned by billionaires such as Paul Allen, Steve Wynn and Pier Luigi Loro Piana have been displayed at the show, and some could be purchased for sale or charter. The occasion is also a favorite of Russia’s wealthy oligarchs, although sanctions have prevented them from attending in recent years.
If you’re looking for boats you can’t see, or maybe you know a billionaire who’ll invite you aboard his, you’re in luck: the Monaco Yacht Show is open to the public for a whopping six hundred euros, or $640. , consistent with the day.
The Frieze Art Fair, held annually in London, attracts the rich (and the staff of the rich) from around the world who will add fresh and highly valuable works of art to their collections. (For those who prefer pre-21st century art, the Frieze Masters are nearby. )
In years past, creditors such as Steve Cohen of Point72, diamond titan Laurence Graff and hedge fund legend Louis Bacon’s wife, Gabrielle, have been discovered. Although the works those customers have purchased tend to be kept secret, the pieces charge millions of dollars each year.
While anyone can buy tickets to the fair itself (this year for just £46 or $57), the parties surrounding Frieze Week are a safer position to spot a billionaire (or their younger, bolder heirs). Gordon Getty’s granddaughter, Ivy Getty, Cohen’s daughter, Sophia, and Roger Penske’s granddaughter, Sophia, interacting with celebrities from the entertainment world. art and maybe six-figure artwork to load into your initial collections.
The Frieze Art Fair, held annually in London, attracts the wealthy (and the staff of the wealthy) from around the world who will add fresh and highly valuable works of art to their collections. (For those who prefer pre-21st-century art, there are the Frieze Masters nearby. )
In years past, creditors such as Steve Cohen of Point72, diamond titan Laurence Graff and hedge fund legend Louis Bacon’s wife, Gabrielle, have been discovered. Although the works those customers have purchased tend to be kept secret, the pieces charge millions of dollars each year.
While anyone can buy tickets to the fair (this year for just £46 or $57), the parties surrounding Frieze Week are a safer position to spot a billionaire, or his younger, bolder heirs. These years show Gordon Getty’s granddaughter, Ivy Getty, Cohen’s daughter, Sophia, and Roger Penske’s granddaughter, Sophia, mingling with art-world celebrities and perhaps six-figure art to add to their initial collections.
The Debutante Ball continues the centuries-old culture of outstanding women reminding society that they are outstanding.
The ball is by invitation only and no one, not even billionaires, can buy its price; at least that’s what Ophélie Renouard, founder of the existing version of the dance, told Insider. Each year, Renouard selects a cohort of about twenty women who go to Paris for a weekend of photo shoots, makeup and hairdressing appointments, and classic waltzes.
Previous debutantes come with royals such as Princess Hélène d’Orléans and Princess Akshita Bhanj Deo; young Hollywood elites like Forest Whitaker’s daughters, Autumn and True, and Ava, the daughter of Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillipe; and, of course, heiresses to multimillion-dollar fortunes such as Araminta Mellon, Kayla Rockefeller, Laila Blavatnik and Amanda Hearst, accompanied by their very rich and tough parents.
As is the case with the rich (and wealthy Nepalese kids in particular), things are free: weekend dance classes, couture dresses, glamorous groups, and jewelry are all paid for through sponsors.
The Debutante Ball continues the centuries-old culture of outstanding women reminding society that they are outstanding.
The dance is by invitation only and no one, not even billionaires, can buy access, or so Ophélie Renouard, founder of the existing version of the dance, told Insider. Each year, Renouard selects a cohort of about twenty women who travel to Paris for a weekend of photo shoots, makeup and hairdressing appointments, and classic waltzes.
Newbies from the past come with royalty like Princess Hélène d’Orléans and Princess Akshita Bhanj Deo; young Hollywood elites like Forest Whitaker’s daughters, Autumn and True, and Ava, the daughter of Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillipe; and, of course, heiresses to multimillionaire fortunes such as Araminta Mellon, Kayla Rockefeller, Laila Blavatnik and Amanda Hearst, accompanied by their very rich and very tough parents.
As is the case with the rich (and wealthy Nepalese kids in particular), things are free: weekend dance classes, couture dresses, glamorous groups, and jewelry are all paid for through sponsors.
Billionaires celebrate the New Year probably anywhere except their homes. And while Aspen and the Maldives are popular choices for the winter elite, there’s nowhere more billionaires per square foot vacation than St. Barthelemy.
In recent years, the Caribbean island, formerly St. Barthelemy, has attracted yachts owned by David Geffen, Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg, as well as Bernard Arnault, for the holidays.
Unfortunately for the rich poor, one of St. Bartholomew’s most famous New Year’s Eve parties will be canceled this year. Roman Abramovich, former Chelsea FC owner, sanctioned Russian billionaire and unlikely hero of St. Barthélemy, will hold his extravagant, multimillion-dollar show, which featured performances by Prince and Beyoncé; millions of food and alcohol; and visitors such as Orlando Bloom and Rupert Murdoch.
I guess they’ll have to buy Nikki Beach party tickets like the rest of us.
Billionaires are welcoming the new year probably anywhere in their home. And while Aspen and the Maldives are possible popular choices for the wintering elite, there’s nowhere with more consistent billionaires with a square foot vacation than St. Barthelemy.
In years past, the Caribbean island, formally Saint-Barthélemy, has attracted yachts owned by the likes of David Geffen, Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg, and Bernard Arnault for year-end festivities.
Unfortunately for the rich poor, one of St. Bartholomew’s most famous New Year’s Eve parties will be canceled this year. Roman Abramovich, former Chelsea FC owner, sanctioned Russian billionaire and unlikely St. Barthélemy hero, will hold his extravagant, multimillion-dollar show, which featured performances by Prince and Beyoncé; millions of food and alcohol; and visitors such as Orlando Bloom and Rupert Murdoch.
Guess they’ll have to buy tickets to Nikki Beach’s party like the rest of us.