Dean of the Davos party scene Sean Parker didn’t disappoint when he was listed as a party host for business and tech elite at Rich “Ultimate Davos” Stromback’s 43rd birthday party. Thursday’s bacchanal in the Swiss town was described by one guest as “surreal, like the bar scene from ‘Star Wars’ in which many strange worlds combine.” Chase Ergen, son of billionaire Charlie, arrived at the Hotel Europe in Cathay Pacific Airways pajamas, which stayed on the entire night. He was followed by a cadre of Mongolian leaders who mingled in a crowd of World Economic Forum attendees including Google’s Eric Schmidt, Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales, Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon, Cantor Fitzgerald’s Howard Lutnick, Ross Perot Jr., hedge fund titan Steve Cohen and Google’s Marissa Mayer. The party raged at the Piano Bar until 5 a.m., when a spy caught Randi
Zuckerberg dancing on a table with tech blogger Robert Scoble and a crew of private equity types. Zuckerberg earlier led the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday,” and even performed “Preacher Man” for Stromback, who got his nickname “Ultimate Davos” after the elite attended his famously excessive 40th birthday bash. But while there was no sign of Parker on Thursday, moguls including “Eric were really happy to be there,” a spy said. “You knew he wanted to get on the table, but he felt like he couldn’t.” A Parker source insisted the Facebook co-founder and Spotify boss was in fact hosting a party for Russian billionaire Yuri Milner that night, and his name had “mistakenly” been put on the invite. The following night, Parker did host a more intimate soiree for 30 at his chalet, a group including Milner, “The Facebook Effect” author David Kirkpatrick and One’s Michael Elliott. Parker served 22-year-old whiskey and “white truffle mac-and-cheese” that he raved about to guests.
Elite rage on in Davos
