Inside secret billionaire retreats that are SO exclusive even the CEO of Goldman Sachs is a mere 'third tier guest' and if you have to ask, you're not invited

Daily Mail ^ | 4/21/24 | Nic White

[Libloather]

Hidden away in the Colorado Rockies, a Sicilian resort, or a Utah ski lodge are some of the most exclusive events a billionaire can hope to attend.

Attendee lists are so all-star that even the Goldman Sacks chief executive is a 'third-tier guest' and if you have to ask, you're not invited.

Between discussions topics like 'can you marry a robot?' quizzes on tech trends and performances by celebrities, deals are made and executives are hired.

More and more of these elite getaways are popping up as guests crave time away from the spotlight with few cameras and everything is off the record.

There are so many that even those rich and popular enough to be on everyone's list can't possibly go to them all and they hire advisers to tell them which to attend.

These events 'make Davos look like a Las Vegas trade expo' as the famous billionaire meetup has ballooned to more than 800 in recent years.

'My reason for declining the Davos invitation was not because I thought they were engaged in diabolical scheming, but because it sounded boring af lol,' Elon Musk said in 2022 (though it turned out he wasn't invited).

[qaz123]

One way to solve one giant problem with the world….

Let them gather, send folks in to get all the regular folks out of there and then drop 10, 2000lb JDAMS and one MOAB on the site.

[minnesota_bound]

Those people are poseurs.

[sergeantdave]

Delusional morons.

The dictator Kaddafi’s estimated wealth was $200 billion. He paid for mercenary armies, numbering in the tens of thousands, to protect him in Libya. Didn’t help him survive. The provincial militias found Kaddafi hiding in a sewer pipe, dragged him out and executed him.