David Geffen flies to Palma as superyacht Rising Sun marks summer season start

David Geffen flew from Oxnard, California, to Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on June 4–5, his Gulfstream G650 covering the 10-hour, 16-minute transatlantic crossing. The arrival at LEPA came the same week his 138-meter superyacht Rising Sun anchored off Palma to open the summer season, per reports from the Majorca Daily Bulletin and Mallorca Magic. The vessel, built in 2005 and valued at over $400 million, regularly hosts A-list guests — Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, and Leonardo DiCaprio among them — and draws attention simply by its presence in the bay.

Geffen’s recent flight pattern suggests a routine seasonal migration. The same tail number, N221DG, had made a shorter hop from Van Nuys to Oxnard on June 3 and, in late May, flew from Palma to Fargo, North Dakota, and then on to Van Nuys. The return to Mallorca aligns with the start of the Mediterranean summer circuit, when superyachts like Rising Sun become a familiar sight off the Passeig Marítim.

There is no public record of a specific business or event drawing Geffen to Mallorca this week. But the island has long been a summer anchor for him — a quiet, glamorous backdrop for hosting friends and guests aboard a yacht that, as the Majorca Daily Bulletin notes, “established a reputation last summer as the superyacht to the stars.” For June, that is reason enough.