Billy McFarland (umkhohlisi)

William Z. McFarland (watalwa ngo-1991) ngumkhohlisi waseMelika lobekwe emacala enkohlakalo nekukhwabanisa asebentisa inkampani yakhe i-Fyre Festival. Wakhwabanisa timali tebantfu letifinyelela etigidzini letingu-$27.4 ngekukhangisa nekutsengisa emathikithi alomkhosi kanye naleminye imicimbi. I-Vanity Fair imchaza ngekutsi "ngumfana losemkhatsini wekukhwabanisa".

McFarland kanye nemculi Ja Rule ku-Web Summit yanga-2016

Ngo 2013, McFarland wasungula i-Magnises, lebekuyinkapani lebeyinika bantfu emanani laphansi uma babhadala imali ekhadini, kantsi lenkapani beyihlose kubantfu labangeMillennial, asebentisa imali lengemadola latigidzi letingu-1.5. Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi wasungula futsi waba yi-CEO ye-Fyre Media, leyasungula i-app ye-Fyrre mobile yekubhuka emathalenta emculo. Ngasekupheleni kwemnyaka wa 2016, kanye nemculi we-rap Ja Rule, McFarland wasungula i-Fyre Festival, umcimbi wemculo "lonhle" lohloselwe kutfutfukisa i-Fire app. Lomcimbi bewuhlelelwe kutsi wentiwe ngaMabasa nangoMeyi 2017, kepha wakhipha sisu ngemuva kwekutsi labo lebebakhona bafikile ngenca yetinkinga tekuphepha, kudla, kuhambisa tintfo, kungena kwebasebenti, tindzawo tekuhlala, kanye nebudlelwane bemakhono.