Tim Draper lands in Van Nuys the same week he warns families to hold bitcoin

Tim Draper flew from San Jose to Van Nuys on May 15, a 49-minute hop in his Gulfstream G550 that landed just before noon local time. The short trip from his home base at KSJC to KVNY is a familiar route for the Draper Associates founder, who keeps a regular presence in Southern California.

The flight arrives the same week Draper delivered a keynote at the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas on April 27, where he told attendees that families should hold six months of living expenses in bitcoin and that companies without a 5–15% bitcoin treasury allocation risk collapse if banks fail, per a report from Bitcoin News. He also said during the conference that “you should be scared if you don’t own bitcoin” and reiterated his $250,000 price target for bitcoin by the end of 2027, according to Yahoo Finance.

The Van Nuys landing follows a pattern of short-haul trips for Draper. Three days earlier, on May 12, he flew from San Jose to Vancouver, then back to San Jose the next day, before making the short hop south. The G550’s quick turnarounds suggest business meetings or personal travel rather than a major conference stop — though with Draper, the bitcoin pitch is never far from the itinerary.