Bohemian Grove list leak names around 2,200 members including Jimmy Buffett and Mike Bloomberg
An independent journalist published a 2023 camp membership list tied to the bohemian grove, and the document names roughly 2, 200 people—from household celebrities to wealthy power brokers—bringing new public scrutiny to a private men-only club that meets in Northern California.
Bohemian Grove membership list published by an independent journalist
The San Francisco Standard ran a story headlined "Illuminati list just dropped: Bohemian Grove camp members from 2023 leaked, " noting that independent journalist Daniel Boguslaw obtained the full 2023 retreat member list and published it Wednesday on Substack. One club member confirmed the document is a real membership list from 2023.
How Daniel Boguslaw obtained the 2023 list
Boguslaw described a months-long effort that began after he acquired a 2017 attendance list. He drove to the Bay Area from Massachusetts, he said, stayed in a Tenderloin single-room-occupancy hotel while he pressed a San Francisco club member, and later found longer-term lodging in West Oakland. He said, "I went to this person's office for a week straight. " One night, while drinking at Eli's Mile High Club, a courier arrived with two manila envelopes; inside was the 2023 camp membership list.
A long history of journalists trying to get inside
Journalists have a decades-long history of trying to penetrate the grove campground in Monte Rio in Sonoma County by posing as waiters, lost hikers and guests. San Francisco-based magazine Mother Jones published an inside story in 1981 and described the club as a place where "men who make decisions that affect us all gather quietly. " Alex Jones once filmed a ceremony at the grove that helped fuel conspiracy theories. Vanity Fair reporter Alex Shoumatoff was arrested after posing as a member in 2008. In 2018, Outside magazine reporter Chris Colin was threatened by Bohemian Grove security after he kayaked up to the high water line of the compound's beach along the Russian River.
Names on the list and what it contains
The 2023 camp membership list that Boguslaw published contains around 2, 200 people, the published story says. It lists well-known figures including Paul Pelosi, Jimmy Buffett, Conan O’Brien, Michael, Eric Schmidt, documentarian Ken Burns and actor Jim Belushi. Henry Kissinger also appears on the list. The published roster highlights famously wealthy members such as Mike and Charles Koch, and the story notes that most members are wealthy people who are not widely known.
Club response and other outlets' reactions
Bohemian Club spokesperson Sam Singer said the club is private and does not disclose its list of members or guests. Boguslaw said his story was slated to run in The Intercept but that outlet declined to publish it; Boguslaw said, "They spiked it in this really stupid way. They were so freaked out. " The Intercept did not respond to a request for comment. Boguslaw added, "I'm confident in my reporting, and I'd like to see them try to fuck with me. "
Past pushback and an incomplete line in the published account
The published reporting places Boguslaw's work in a longer tradition of spiked or suppressed stories. It says that in 1991 People magazine reportedly killed a story by San Francisco bureau chief Dirk Mathison after Mathison hiked into the compound and was recognized by a Time Warner executive who then axed the piece. The 2023 list description ends by noting the roster includes politicians you’ve ma—unclear in the provided context.
What comes next is unclear in the provided context. The published story lays out the names and the sourcing chain Boguslaw described, and the club's public position remains that its membership list is private.
