Here's how billionaires from Mark Zuckerberg to Jeff Bezos celebrate their birthdays (2024)

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Here's how billionaires from Mark Zuckerberg to Jeff Bezos celebrate their birthdays (1)

  • Mark Zuckerberg turned 40 this week.
  • The Meta CEO hung out with Bill Gates in recreations of his old bedrooms for his birthday bash.
  • Zuckerberg isn't the only billionaire to celebrate with a lavish — and slightly bizarre — party.

Here's how billionaires from Mark Zuckerberg to Jeff Bezos celebrate their birthdays (2)

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Mark Zuckerberg marked turning 40 this week by channeling his inner Eminem, squeezing into recreations of his old bedrooms, and hanging out with Bill Gates.

The Meta CEO isn't the first billionaire to celebrate his birthday with a lavish —albeit slightly bizarre —party.

The ultrawealthy's penchant for the weird and wild was even parodied several times on HBO drama "Succession," most notably in a season three episode where Jeremy Strong's Kendall Roy hosts an over-the-top bash featuring an enormous replica of his mother's birth canal and a kids-only version of the Wu-Tang Clan.

From Zuckerberg to Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, here are a few examples of how some of the world's richest people celebrate their special day.

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Mark Zuckerberg showed there's a reason for the "mid-life crisis" trope.

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Zuckerberg donned a gold chain and an oversized T-shirt featuring the Latin phrase "Carthago delenda est" to celebrate the start of his fifth decade on Earth.

At what the billionaire Meta CEO described as a "little party" on Instagram, his wife Priscilla Chan arranged for him and various guests — including Microsoft cofounder Gates — to hang out in tiny replicas of his bedrooms over the years.

There are also signs that Zuck extended the celebrations to his new superyacht called Launchpad.

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Jeff Bezos invited dozens of A-listers to his 60th in Beverley Hills.

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Earlier this year, the world's second-richest person celebrated his 60th birthday with a lavish bash at his Beverley Hills mansion, which featured a replica of Bezos's first Amazon office.

Page Six reported that Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Ivanka Trump, Kim Kardashian, and Gates were among the guests who attended the party. Partygoers were served McDonald's and caviar, and Usher and the Black Eyed Peas both performed at the bash.

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Bill Gates knows how to party, too.

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In addition to attending Zuckerberg and Bezos's birthdays, Gates has hosted lavish events of his own.

In 2021, the Microsoft cofounder celebrated turning 66 by hosting guests, including Bezos, on a $300,000-a-day rental yacht in Turkey before taking them by helicopter to an elite beach club.

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Blackstone boss Stephen Schwarzman splashed millions on his 60th.

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Schwarzman, the private-equity billionaire with a penchant for $400 crabs, spent $5 million on a party held at the Upper-East Side's Park Avenue Armory in 2007, per The New York Times.

Rod Stewart and Patti LaBelle both performed at the do, which drew criticism as an example of unnecessary Wall Street excess.

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India's Ambanis tend to host massive family events.

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Mukesh Ambani is Asia's richest man — and that shouldn't be a surprise when you see how his family celebrates big occasions.

Ambani's wife Nita hosted a lavish 50th birthday bash back in 2013 that cost an astonishing $26 billion, per GQ. The Ambanis hired a palace, chartered dozens of private planes, and paid Priyanka Chopra Jonas and "Slumdog Millionaire" score composer A.R. Rahman to perform at the event.

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Blue Ivy Carter may have had the most lavish first birthday party ever.

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To celebrate their daughter turning 1, Jay-Z and Beyoncé held a massive princess-themed party in New York — and gave her a one-of-a-kind, diamond-encrusted $80,000 Barbie as a gift.

XXL Magazine reported that the celebration cost $200,000 overall, with guests being given goodie bags that included concert tickets and gold pens.

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A Japanese tycoon hired Palermo's opera house for a party last year.

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Eccentric Japanese billionaire Kaoru Nakajima flew thousands of friends halfway across the world to Sicily for his birthday party last year, BBC News reported.

Nakajima hired out Palermo's iconic opera house, as well as several other venues in the city, for an event believed to have cost hundreds of thousands of euros.

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The Sultan of Brunei's 50th birthday celebration featured Prince Charles and Michael Jackson.

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Hassanal Bolkiah, who's ruled the tiny and but oil-rich southeast Asian nation since 1967, hosted one of the most expensive birthday parties of all time for his 50th in 1996.

The two-week event, which reportedly cost $27 million, included a polo match between the Sultan and Prince Charles and a concert for 60,000 people headlined by Michael Jackson.

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Spare a thought for Elon Musk, though.

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The Tesla CEO doesn't appear to share other tech tycoons' love of partying.

In 2018, Musk said that rather than celebrating with friends and family, he'd spent the entirety of his 47th birthday holed up at Tesla's offices overseeing production of the delayed Model 3 sedan.

He did find time in 2022 to attend Heidi Klum's Halloween bash in New York City, however.

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Here's how billionaires from Mark Zuckerberg to Jeff Bezos celebrate their birthdays (2024)

FAQs

Is Mark Zuckerberg's religion? ›

In 2010, he said that he was going to give most of his money to charity. In 2010, he was also named Time's Person of the Year. He was raised Jewish, was an atheist, but thinks different about religion nowadays. In a public Facebook post, Zuckerberg launched the Internet.org project in late August 2013.

What is Jeff Bezos' ethnicity? ›

Jeff Bezos and his former wife Mackenzie Scott co-founded Amazon. Jeff's mother and stepfather are the co-founders of the Bezos Family Foundation. The family members have Danish-American, Mexican American and Cuban heritage.

Who is the richest man in the world? ›

Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH, is the richest person and the richest man in the world with a net worth of $215 billion. After Arnault is Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.

At what age did Mark Zuckerberg start Facebook? ›

A 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in 2004 for students to match names with photos of classmates. Zuckerberg took Facebook public in 2012; he now owns about 13% of the company's stock. Facebook changed its name to Meta in 2021 to shift the company's focus to the metaverse.

What's Mark Zuckerberg's IQ? ›

Einstein IQ: 160+, Bill Gates IQ: 150+, Elon Musk IQ: 155, Zuckerberg IQ: 152, Sunny Doel's IQ: over 160.

Is Mark Zuckerberg a believer in God? ›

According to Business Insider report, Jewish CEO says he turns to religion when social media giant 'faces challenges' but clarifies that God is not his mentor. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he has grown “more religious” after becoming a father and as a result of the “challenges we've been through as a company.”

Are all of Bezos' kids adopted? ›

Only his oldest son Preston's name is publicly known. Preston was born in 2000, so he is around 22 years old. Few details are known about Bezos and Scott's three younger children, including their names and the years they were born. Bezos and Scott adopted their daughter from China, but it's unclear when.

Is Amazon an Israeli company? ›

Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon (/ˈæməzɒn/, AM-ə-zon; UK also /ˈæməzən/, AM-ə-zən), is an American multinational technology company, engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

What does Jeff Bezos' sister do? ›

Christina and Mark are involved in philanthropy

Mark and Christina are also closely involved with the Bezos Family Foundation, of which Mark has been a director since 1999. The organization was founded by their parents, Jacklyn and Mike, and aims to help young people discover their full potential.

Is Taylor Swift a billionaire? ›

The financial news outlet said she is the first artist to achieve billionaire status solely on the basis of her music, and estimated she has a $1.1 billion fortune.

Who is the youngest billionaire? ›

Clemente Del Vecchio

Clemente was at one time the world's youngest billionaire (at the age of 18), but he has since aged out of that title, which is now held by Livia Voigt.

Who is the richest girl in the world? ›

Since 2021, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers has been listed as the world's wealthiest woman.

Did Mark Zuckerberg go to Harvard? ›

After attending Phillips Exeter Academy, Zuckerberg enrolled at Harvard University in 2002. On February 4, 2004, he launched thefacebook.com (renamed Facebook in 2005), a directory in which fellow Harvard students entered their own information and photos into a template that he had devised.

How many children does Mark Zuckerberg have? ›

Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most notable tech gurus and entrepreneurs globally. However, intimate details about his personal life are relatively private. For instance, unbeknown to most, he has a wife. This article sheds some light on Mark's wife, Priscilla Chan, and their three children, August, Maxima, and Aurelia.

Who is the oldest Facebook user? ›

She may be nearly four times as old as its founder, but Florence Detlor likes Facebook. At 101 years old, she's been named by the social network as the oldest of their 900 million registered users.

What religion is Mark Wahlberg? ›

He issued an apology after family members of those killed on the flight expressed outrage. Wahlberg is Catholic, and has described his religion as "the most important part" of his life; he goes to Mass twice on Sundays. He fervently supports same-sex marriage despite the Church's opposition.

Why did Facebook remove religion? ›

The change will go into effect on December 1. A spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch in an email that the reason behind the change is to make the social network easier to use.

Who is Steve Jobs religion? ›

During this time period, Jobs and Brennan both became practitioners of Zen Buddhism through the Zen master Kōbun Chino Otogawa.

Did Facebook remove religious? ›

Users who use the "Address," "Political Views," "Religious Views," and "Interested In" fields in their Facebook profiles began seeing a message at the top of their profiles warning them that on Dec. 1, 2022, those fields will be removed.

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