Trump Economic Advisor Throws Multimillion-Dollar Birthday Bash With Camels and Gwen Stefani

Steve Schwarzman, the CEO of private equity fund Blackrock, hosted about 600 guests at his 15,000-plus square-foot estate in Palm Beach, Fla., not far from Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's private club.

There were camels, a gondolier in the pool and a giant birthday cake in the shape of a Chinese temple -- with Gwen Stefani on hand to help sing Happy Birthday at midnight.

In December, Trump appointed Schwarzman head of the President's Strategic and Policy Forum, a panel that advises the White House on economic issues. Among the reported guests were Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner as well as incoming cabinet members Steve Mnuchin, Wilbur Ross and Elaine Chao. Designer Donatella Versace also attended.

David Koch reports:

It was brilliantly stimulating. You learned a lot about Asian theater. There were acrobats, Mongolian soldiers and two camels. It was a little bit of everything.

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