Livvy Dunne Turns 24 in the Bahamas!

Is this an influencer "Tax Strategy" in this global offshore economy? Or is Livvy just living the dream close to home.

Livvy Dunne is 24 and apparently the appropriate way to celebrate being young, rich and ridiculously famous is to fly to the Bahamas.

She celebrated her 24th birthday this week with boyfriend and Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, escaping to the Bahamas for a tropical birthday getaway that included a private jet, friends, poolside photos, turquoise water, bikinis, birthday drinks and the sort of lifestyle Instagram was basically invented to document.

Dunne posted photos from the trip wearing a baby-blue bikini and a little “Birthday Girl” tiara, while Skenes posted his own birthday tribute to his girlfriend.

Dunne's caption?

“Washed up at 24.”

Which is pretty funny considering that most people who are actually washed up at 24 are not spending their birthday in the Bahamas with an MLB star.

But it raises an interesting question:

Is this just a birthday vacation or are Livvy and Paul looking at the Bahamas as something more?

There is currently no public evidence that Dunne and Skenes have established Bahamas-based businesses or moved their financial affairs there. So let's not pretend we have discovered their secret offshore empire.

But the Bahamas would certainly be an interesting place for two extremely wealthy young Americans to investigate if they ever wanted a Caribbean base.

The Bahamas does not impose personal income tax, capital gains tax, wealth tax or a general corporate income tax on ordinary businesses. The government instead relies heavily on VAT, customs duties, property taxes and business-licence fees.

So no, a couple of Instagram posts from a luxury resort do not mean Livvy Dunne and Paul Skenes have secretly incorporated Skenes & Dunne Holdings Ltd. in Nassau.

At least not that we know of, but that may be the point!

The really fascinating part of Livvy Dunne's story isn't actually the bikini photos.

It's the fact that she represents one of the clearest examples of what happens when social media turns an athlete into a business.

Before the NIL era, Dunne would have been a very successful collegiate gymnast. She competed at LSU, helped the Tigers win a national championship and eventually retired from gymnastics in 2025.

However, no one would know it.

Social media changed the economics of her life.

Dunne has spoken openly about deliberately building an audience online. She wasn't simply posting gymnastics videos and accidentally becoming famous. She studied what lifestyle influencers were doing, watched analytics and consciously figured out how to combine being an athlete with being a social-media personality.

And then the money arrived.

Brand deals.

NIL.

Modeling.

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit.

YouTube.

Passes.

Acting.

Equity investments.

Now, she is living rich in the Bahamas at 24.

Pretty remakrable.