It is a double family celebration as his daughter, Chloe, is marking her 21st birthday this month.
For his 50th birthday, he flew 200 guests to Cyprus for a three-day toga party and to be serenaded by Rod Stewart and Tom Jones as he took centre stage dressed as Emperor Nero.
Five years later, two private jets carried 100 A-list friends and families half way around the world to celebrate in a luxury "eco-spa" resort on the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, with George Michael and Jennifer Lopez topping the bill.
So even at a time when austerity rather than excess is in fashion, Sir Philip Green was never likely to allow the gloom of the high street to spoil his 60th birthday bacchanalia.
And the billionaire British retail king has not disappointed.
He has flown some 150 guests from London and Miami for four days of lavish festivities at a luxury resort on the Mayan Riviera on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.
It is a double family celebration as his daughter, Chloe, is marking her 21st birthday this month.
Those invited included Kate Moss, Simon Cowell, Leonardo DiCaprio, Gwyneth Paltrow, Katherine Jenkins - the soprano who sang at his 55th - Sir David Tang, Iranian property moguls Robbie and Vincent Tchenguiz, and developer Nick Candy and his fiancee Holly Valance, a Strictly Come Dancing competitor.
Stevie Wonder, Rihanna and Bruno Mars were reported to have been lined up at a cost of pounds 3 million to provide the musical entertainment by Lady Green, the party organiser and Monaco-based owner of the Arcadia Group.
Guests arriving from London were instructed to turn up at Luton airport on Tuesday evening with their passports and "warm weather" clothing as Lady Green endeavoured to keep secret the venue for the jamboree.
But it could only remain secret so long. In fact, the idyllic setting is the Rosewood Mayakoba, a five-star 1,600-acre property hugging a mile-long crescent of white sand beach at Playa del Carmen south of Cancun.
Its 128 suites face a network of lagoon waterways running through a mangrove forest. Guests opt for a boat or a golf buggy to move around the resort.
A giant stage was erected on the beach for the musical fiesta, and security guards patrolled ropes strung across the sand to the ocean to cordon off the seafront VIP zone. The party was planned by event organisers Banana Split, who are based in north London, and who have previous form for excess, having planned Cowell's showy 50th celebrations.
The culmination of the party, which was expected to see Pol Roger champagne and haute cuisine flown in from Japan on the menu, was set to be fireworks by Fantastic Fireworks, pyrotechnicians based in Harpenden, Herts, who were flown out in advance to prepare the show.
In keeping with the fancy dress theme of his 50th, guests were also asked to provide their vital statistics so they could be kitted out with appropriate costumes.
In between the revels, there was plenty to do.
The resort boasts private pools, 24-hour butler service, and concierge service for all rooms - although few were expected to make it a family trip.
Also on offer was golf at signature Greg Norman 7,000-yard, 18-hole course, El Camaleon, that meanders along the coast within the resort and hosts the annual Mayakoba Classic, a US PGA tour event.
Sir Philip was likely to find one cause of celebration in particular - the move to suspend Sunday trading restrictions later this year, which is to be unveiled in this week's Budget.
In November, the Arcadia boss announced that the group - which includes Topshop, BHS and Dorothy Perkins - could close up to 250 shops during the next three years because of weak consumer demand.
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