A wide view of luxury yachts packed together near St Barts, showing where the world’s richest choose to spend New Year’s Eve. | Source: Yachtbuyer
Almost every billionaire with a yacht seems to have captained their vessel towards Saint Barthélemy, the french island in the Caribbean, for New Year’s Eve—turning the waters off Port Gustavia into a floating roll call of money and famous names. Yacht-tracking enthusiasts and reports circulating in late December pegged Jeff Bezos as the main attraction, with his sailing yacht Koru and its support vessel Abeona in the St Barts orbit as the island’s party week peaked.
Jeff Bezos’s massive $500 million sailing yacht, one of the tallest in the world, moving smoothly across open ocean waters. | Source: RobbReport
Other High-Profile Billionaires Seen in Gustavia
From there, the guest list reads like a boardroom-meets-red-carpet montage. Tracking-based roundups and holiday yacht-watch coverage placed David Geffen’s Rising Sun among the most prominent arrivals, while Disney CEO Bob Iger’s Aquarius II also appeared in the same Caribbean cluster near St Barts/Anguilla. Other vessels repeatedly cited in St Barts–linked sightings include Jerry Jones’ Bravo Eugenia and Sergey Brin’s Dragonfly, alongside additional big yachts moving between nearby islands as the celebrations built.
Disney CEO Bob Iger’s yacht, Aquarius II, cruising quietly at the open sea. | Source: Boatinternational
Some write-ups also tied Michael Jordan’s M’Brace to the St Barts gathering, adding another headline name to the lineup of owners and guests converging for the week’s peak nights. Separately, tabloid reporting framed the island as a magnet not just for yacht owners, but also for A-list visitors turning up for the scene—even if they didn’t arrive with a vessel of their own.
Michael Jordan’s M’Brace yacht cruising at sea, clean and powerful. | Source: SuperYacht
St Barts follows its usual New Year’s rhythm: beach clubs, long dinners that turn into parties, then midnight on the water as yachts sound their horns and fireworks light up Gustavia. For the ultra-rich, New Year’s Eve means a reserved berth, a tight guest list, and a front-row view from the deck.
And if the whole thing and such luxury feel somewhat out of reach, here’s another year of trying to become rich enough to “book your spot” for the same week next time.
