Larry Page flies home to Provo after a week of tax-motivated moves

Larry Page flew from Salt Lake City to Provo on May 13, a 17-minute hop in his Gulfstream G650ER that landed just after 2 p.m. local time. The short flight followed a longer journey earlier in the day from the Chicago area, suggesting Page was returning to his Utah home base after a trip east.

The same week, California's proposed Billionaire Tax Act remained a live threat for the state's ultra-wealthy. As the San Francisco Chronicle reported, Page has already shifted his family office Koop to Delaware and his flying-car venture One Aero to Florida, moves timed to avoid a retroactive 5% wealth tax that could cost him an estimated $12–14 billion. The measure needs 874,641 valid signatures by late June to qualify for the November ballot, per the Chronicle.

Page's recent flight pattern underscores his reclusive, tax-conscious lifestyle. Over the past week, his G650ER traveled from Phoenix to Provo, then to Los Angeles, and back to Utah before the Chicago round trip. The December purchase of two Miami compounds for $173.4 million, first reported by Fortune and Business Insider, cemented his exit from California — but Provo remains his registered aircraft base and a quiet foothold far from Silicon Valley's political crosswinds.