Tech bro makes drastic honeymoon decision after $45B AI fund collapse as lavish lifestyle revealed
Talk about a wedding buzzkill.AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner skipped his honeymoon with new wife Avital Balwit after his $45 billion hedge fund was hammered by roughly $30 billion in losses just days before they tied the knot.The 24-year-old billionaire has since been scrambling to calm nervous investors instead of sipping cocktails on the beach.The spectacular meltdown of Situational Awareness upended what had already been an unusually Silicon Valley wedding.Before the ceremony, guests were slated to attend a brainy pre-wedding colloquium devoted to investment ideas and financial trends.But after the fund was nearly brought to its knees by a barrage of Wall Street margin calls, the couple reportedly ditched the finance talk and pivoted to something a little less painful: life and philosophy.The lavish celebration still went ahead on a private Tuscan-style estate in the Bay Area, complete with networking breakout rooms and a Berghain-inspired DJ set, because, of course, it did.One guest familiar with the festivities told Vanity Fair the fund’s staggering losses were “a bit of an elephant in the room,” but stressed that “it wasn’t like Aschenbrenner went broke and couldn’t pay for the venue or the caterer.”Despite the eye-popping collapse, the young investor was still a multibillionaire.And the AI whiz lives accordingly.Aschenbrenner owns a hidden $18.95 million estate tucked behind gates in San Francisco’s ultra-exclusive Nob Hill neighborhood — a secluded quarter-acre compound that’s nearly impossible to spot from the street.The historic Boggs-Shenson House features five bedrooms, five bathrooms, manicured Japanese gardens, a putting green, an outdoor kitchen with a pizza oven and sweeping views of San Francisco Bay.
The property is so unusual for densely packed San Francisco that it even boasts its own apple orchard, while its protected historic status prevents future owners from making major changes to the home or its lush grounds.If anyon...