Billionaires flocking to Trump

Ahead of Donald Trump’s second inauguration, numerous billionaire
captains of industry flew to Palm Beach to kiss the ring of the new
U.S. president, in the hopes of currying favour with him

According to aviation data from JetSpy, private jets
of numerous billionaires have been frequently landing at
Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), close to Trump’s
Mar-a-Lago private club since his election win in November

Gina Rinehart
Australian mining
magnate
Fortune: $20bn

Visited: Oct-Nov
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta (Facebook)
co-founder
$217bn
Nov 26

Larry Ellison
Oracle
co-founder
$188bn
Nov 26

Travis Kalanick
Uber
co-founder
$5bn
Nov 26

Sergey Brin
Alphabet (Google)
co-founder
$163bn
Mid Dec

Jeff Bezos
Amazon
founder
$245bn
Late Dec

Bill Gates
Microsoft
co-founder
$162bn
Dec 27

Elon Musk
Tesla, SpaceX,
X owner
$449bn
Dozens of trips

Other noteable visitors include: Winklevoss Twins (cryptocurrency –
worth $6bn each), Howard Lutnick (financial services – $2bn),
Patrick Soon-Shiong (Pharmaceuticals – $11bn), and
Tilman Fertitta (hospitality, entertainment and gaming – $16bn)

Source: Bloomberg
Pictures: Getty Images
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