# Billy Mcfarland
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William Z. McFarland (born December 11, 1991) is an American convicted fraudster who co-founded the ill-fated Fyre Festival. He defrauded investors of $27.4 million by marketing and selling tickets to the festival and other events.In 2013, McFarland founded Magnises, a club targeted at millennials, using $1.5 million of investor funding. He later founded and acted as CEO of Fyre Media, which developed the Fyre mobile app for booking music talent.
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (2019)
Kelsey and Gen autopsy Netflix's Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, the luxury music festival whose officially listed cause of death is cheese sandwich. Grab a tent and join in to unpack the delusion, deceit, and why everyone bought what Billy McFarland was selling.
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Season 8 Ep. 33: Pop Culture's Biggest Scams
This week on FratChat, we’re exposing some of Pop Culture’s Biggest Scams, from celebrity wellness bullshit to massive financial crimes. We’re talking about Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop and the infamous vaginal jade egg, Logan Paul and the bizarre world of CryptoZoo, Billy McFarland and the disastrous ...
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (2019)
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Kelsey and Gen autopsy Netflix's Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, the luxury music festival whose officially listed cause of death is cheese sandwich. Grab a...
The World's Biggest Scammers - Gabrielle Bluestone - #312
Gabrielle Bluestone is the Executive Producer of the FYRE Documentary, an author & journalist. From failed festivals to fake blood tests, the grifters and scammers of the world seem to be having their time in the spotlight right now. Expect to learn how Billy McFarland the founder of Fyre Festi...
Fyre Festival Naming Rights Fiasco: Old Man Liver vs. Billy McFarland and the ChatGPT Blunder | Miss Understood #368
For the Full Interview, Go To: https://www.patreon.com/MissUnderstoodwithRachelUchitelIn this episode, we sit down with Stephen Staats, aka Old Man Liver, who tried to buy the naming rights to Fyre Festival. Things took a wild turn when Billy McFarland sent over a botched contract generated by Ch...
Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland: Does He Deserve a Second Chance? | Miss Understood #367
In this episode of Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel, Rachel sits down with Billy McFarland, the entrepreneur behind the infamous Fyre Festival — widely known as the biggest party that never happened. Billy opens up about the rise and collapse of Fyre Festival, the decisions that led to his pri...
Alix Earle & Braxton Berrios Split, Golden Globe Noms + Emily in Paris’ Lucas Bravo Interview
HOLIDAY SHOW TICKETS > https://bit.ly/CITOPHILLYSHOW. Weekend recaps (00:00-22:27). ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ documentary recap (22:28-36:00). Billy McFarland puts on another music festival (36:01-43:55). Alix Earle & Braxton Berrios split (44:33-53:39). Selena Gomez goes to Chiefs game with Ta...
Scary Good Liars: The Behavior Behind Elizabeth Holmes & Other Infamous Scams with Presley Wanner
Why do scammers keep scamming? Forensic behavior analyst Presley Wanner, BCBA, is back for Halloween to break down the behavior behind con artists and fraud. We profile infamous scammers, including Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos), Bernie Madoff, Billy McFarland (Fyre Festival), the Tinder Swindler, A...
