David Geffen returns to Van Nuys after settling divorce and unveiling a penthouse

David Geffen flew from Hector International Airport in Fargo, North Dakota, to Van Nuys Airport on May 24, a three-hour hop in his Gulfstream G650 that lands the same week he finalized a bitter divorce from David Armstrong, per Page Six. The 83-year-old billionaire marked the split as “uncontested” on April 8, ending a two-year marriage that spawned allegations of grooming and financial concealment.

The flight also coincides with the quiet unveiling of Geffen's extensively renovated Fifth Avenue penthouse, profiled anonymously in Architectural Record this month. The magazine detailed a five-year, museum-quality rebuild by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, where the owner—widely identified as Geffen by Page Six—insisted on hiding every light switch and outlet. The project follows the debut of the $150 million David Geffen Galleries at LACMA.

Geffen's return to his Van Nuys home base, where his Gulfstream is typically hangared, comes after a string of flights that included a trip to the New York area on May 20 and a brief stop in Fargo on May 23. The pattern suggests a man who, after a public legal and personal saga, is settling back into the familiar rhythms of West Coast life and business—his recent $686 million stake in Warner Bros. Discovery, reported by Bloomberg in November, still very much in play.