The cost of Barack Obama's birthday bash

Former US President Barack Obama turns 60 on Tuesday (August 4). The venue of the party is reported to be the $15 million sea-fronted property at Martha's Vineyard that Barack and Michele Obama bought in 2019. 

4th August 2021 is the day former US President Barack Obama turns 60 and he is reportedly planning to celebrate it in style. The US media is reporting that the former President is throwing a massive party over the weekend and the guest list is supposedly about 500 long, give or take a few. Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney have their invitations, and friends and family apart from the Obamas are said to have invited their former staff as well. According to the news website Axios, which reported details of the party, guests are being asked to donate to a list of chosen charities in lieu of gifts for the birthday boy.