Founder, Fyre Festival
Billy McFarland
Founder | Fyre Festival
About Billy
William Zervakos McFarland is an American businessman and entrepreneur known for founding Magnises and Fyre Media. He established Magnises in 2013 using investor funding to create a card-based club targeted at millennials. McFarland also founded Fyre Media, which developed the Fyre mobile app for booking music talent. He co-founded the Fyre Festival in late 2016 with rapper Ja Rule as a luxury music festival meant to promote the Fyre app. The event in 2017 was canceled after attendees had already arrived because of issues related to security, food, logistics, understaffing, accommodations, and customs. McFarland faced legal action following the festival's failure; he was sued for 100 million dollars and subsequently arrested and charged with wire fraud. In March 2018, he pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and was sentenced to six years in federal prison. He served less than four years before being released in late March 2022. McFarland announced plans for a Fyre Festival II scheduled for May 2025, with ticket prices reaching up to 1.1 million dollars. However, investigations uncovered multiple irregularities, leading to the postponement of the event indefinitely.
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Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast
Fyre Fest Founder, Billy McFarland
Mar 3, 2026
Anatomy of Crime
EP176 - The Anatomy of a Viral Mirage Billy McFarland and the Fyre Festival Fraud
Feb 26, 2026
The Boy Friends Podcast
Billy McFarland is Fyred Up!
Feb 10, 2026
Groove Tunes
FYRE FEST 2.0 OR SCAM 2.0? Inside Billy McFarland’s Shocking 12-Hour Listening Party (Powered by Avonetics.com)
Apr 9, 2025
Alberto's Rap Stuff
Billy McFarland Interview
Jul 8, 2024
Life After MLM
Episode 193 : Billy McFarland
Oct 11, 2023
Off the Record with DJ Akademiks
Episode 186: Fyre Festival PART 2 (feat. Billy McFarland)
Apr 28, 2023
POWERS
#266 - Billy McFarland - Fyre Festival Founder - Story Details, Lessons Learned, How to Go Viral, and His New Venture
Feb 28, 2023
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