Multi-billionaire and Microsoft founder Bill Gates celebrated his 66th birthday in Turkey in the company of fellow tycoon and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Friday.
Bezos was among the 50 guests invited to Gates’ private party beside the Mediterranean. It’s not clear whether any of Gates’ family helped him celebrate at his exclusive bash.
Gates – once the richest man on earth who has dropped to fourth on the Forbes Rich List ranking with $124 billion – transported his guests by helicopter from his $2-million-a-week rental yacht ‘Lana’ to the Sea Me Beach club in Fethiye.
Lana boasts a gym, jacuzzi, beach club, and swimming pool, Insider reported.
After the party, Bezos – who is worth $177 billion, according to Forbes – was reported to have returned by helicopter to his yacht ‘Flying Fox’ docked in Gokova.
Attendees of the four-hour party were secured of their privacy in the lavish and secluded resort, as workers at the bash were prohibited from using their phones.
Gates, whose birthday is October 28, reportedly entertained his guests with local seafood, sushi, pizza, and plenty of champagne.
The Microsoft founder had been visiting the popular island of Bodrum, close to Sea Me Beach, last week.
It’s Gates’ first birthday celebration since announcing his divorce to his wife of 27 years Melinda Gates, with whom he shares three children.
Gates, 65, and his ex-wife, 56, shocked the world when they took to Twitter to break the news of their divorce back on May 4.
They tweeted that they ‘no longer believed we can grow together as a couple’ but they will still continue to work together at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The couple became officially divorced in August, just four months after filing.
In the wake of the divorce announcement Gates has been accused of ‘womanizing’ and sexually harassing colleagues during his time at Microsoft.
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