Nigerian oil, gas and aviation tycoon Kola Aluko was among a host of billionaires at Leo DiCaprio’s star-studded birthday bash.
Multimillionaire businessman Aluko, a co-founder of the Made In Africa Foundation who was recently seen lunching in Paris with Naomi Campbell, was among a group of wealthy businessman at DiCaprio’s 39th birthday party at Tao Downtown late Sunday night.
Big spenders who ordered bottle after bottle of champagne at the bash included “The Wolf of Wall Street” producer Joey McFarland and Texas businessman Nate Paul. Other billionaires there included Vladimir Doronin, Ron Burkle, Jho Low and Vivi Nevo.
The actor raised more than $3 million on the night for his charity the Leo DiCaprio Foundation by adding a hefty fee on top of all the bottles, plus donations from his wealthy friends. Kanye West was paid $100,000 by DiCaprio, personally, to perform.
A rep for Aluko denied he spent $1.5 million on champagne, but confirmed he would make a donation to Leo’s charity.
One guest told us, “The party was wild — wall-to-wall models. There were probably 20 girls to every guy. Leo started the night with a dinner in a private room and then joined the party around midnight.
“Danny A, who hosted, would get on the microphone and announce who placed the champagne order and for how much, . . . then a train of 100 bottles would come out with sparklers and girls dressed in burlesque [outfits].” Danny A is the guy who famously fell afoul of George Clooney by “talking [bleep]” during a basketball game while on Leo’s team.
Our spy reports, “2 Chainz performed, then Kanye surprised Leo and performed a full show of about 10 songs with DJ Jus-Ske including ‘Clique’, ‘Good Life’, ‘Power’ and ‘All of the Lights.’ Kim Kardashian was singing along.”
The guest added, “Leo and girlfriend Toni Garrn were front-row for the entire performance, dancing and kissing.” Also there: Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Benicio Del Toro, Ronnie Wood, Martin Scorsese, Brandon Davis, Orlando Bloom, Tobey Maguire, Ed Norton, Q-Tip, Lukas Haas, Tony Shafrazi and Busta Rhymes.