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| # | Name | Net Worth ($ billion) | Yacht | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernard Arnault | $213 | Symphony | 101 m |
| 2 | Jeff Bezos | $120 | KORU | 127m |
| 3 | Larry Ellison | $110 | Musashi | 88m |
| 4 | Bill Gates | $104 | Wayfinder | 68m |
| 5 | Carlos Slim Helu | $91 | Ostar | 52m |
| 6 | Larry Page | $80 | Senses | 59 m |
| 6 | Sergey Brin | $76 | Dragonfly | 73m |
| 8 | Amancio Ortega | $70 | Drizzle | 67m |
| 9 | Len Blavatnik | $33 | Odessa II | 74m |
| 10 | Vladimir Potanin | $26 | Barbara | 89m |
| # | Name | Net Worth ($ billion) | Yacht | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | James Simons | $28 | Archimedes | 68m |
| 12 | Vladimir Lisin | $25 | Socrat | 40m |
| 13 | Vagit Alekperov | $21 | Galactica Super Nova | 70m |
| 14 | Prince Al Waleed bin Talal | $19 | Kingdom 5KR | 86m |
| 15 | Alexei Mordashov | $18 | Nord | 142m |
| 16 | Laurene Powell Jobs | $15 | Venus | 78m |
| 17 | Suleiman Kerimov | $12 | Ice | 90m |
| 18 | Reinhold Wurth | $13 | Vibrant Curiosity | 85m |
| # | Name | Net Worth ($ billion) | Yacht | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Jim Ratcliffe | $18 | Hampshire II | 79m |
| 24 | Ray Dalio | $17 | OceanXplorer | 85m |
| 25 | Eric & Wendy Schmidt | $17 | Legend | 77m |
| 26 | Goh Cheng Liang | $17 | White Rabbit | 84m |
| 27 | Alisher Usmanov | $16 | Dilbar | 157m |
| 28 | Jorge Paulo Lemann | $16 | Anawa | 62m |
| 29 | Carl Icahn | $15 | Starfire | 54m |
| 30 | Andrey Melnichenko | $15 | Sailing Yacht A | 140m |
| 31 | Prakash Hinduja | $14 | Param Jamuna | 49m |
| 32 | Hasso Plattner | $14 | Visione | 45m |
| # | Name | Net Worth ($ billion) | Yacht | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Roman Abramovich | $13 | Eclipse | 162m |
| 34 | Graeme Hart | $13 | Ulysses | 116m |
| 35 | Lakshmi Mittal | $12 | Amevi | 80m |
| 36 | Viktor Vekselberg | $12 | Tango | 78m |
| 37 | Charles Butt | $11 | Rebecca | 42m |
| 38 | Mikhail Prokhorov | $11 | Palladium | 95m |
| 39 | Jan Koum | $10 | Mogambo | 73m |
| 40 | Viktor Rashnikov | $9 | Ocean Victory | 140m |
| 41 | Ronald Perelman | $9 | C2 | 78m |
| 42 | Gianluigi Aponte | Gianluigi Aponte | Amo | 47m |
All yacht owners are ‘rich’, but some are richer than others.
For example, when awealthyperson is able to purchase a US$ 10 million yacht. Hisnet worthis probably between US$ 50 million and US$ 100 million. Similar, when you are able to purchase a US$ 50 million yacht. Your net worth will probably be a few hundred million dollar.
Onlythe world’s billionaires are able to purchase yachts larger than 80 met. Which will cost more than US$ 100 million. Some billionaires, like the late Paul Allen, even owned more than one superyacht.
Royalty
We have excluded Heads of States, Kings, Emirs, and other Royalty. As actually the Al Nahyan Family, Rulers or Abu Dhabi, are the world’s richest yacht owners. They also own the most yachts: Abu Al Abyad, Azzam, Dhafir,Maryah,Moonlight II,Rabdan,Topaz,Yas, and probably a few more we have not yet discovered.)
Jeff Bezos
Bezos is building a large (127-meters) sailing yacht, complete with 75-meters support vessel. The yacht is known as project Y721. Since he is the world’s richest man, he is also the world’s rich yacht owner.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is building a large yacht in the Netherlands. The yacht’s support vessel – named Wayfinder – has already been launched.
#1 Jeff Bezos
Bezos is building a large sailing yacht and a large support vessel
Net worth: $187 billion
#2 Bernard Arnault
Owner of the yacht Symphony. Mr Bernard Arnault is chairman and CEO ofLVMHMoët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton S.A.. Mr. Arnault is #13 on the Forbes rich list.
Net worth: US$ 154 billion
#3 Bill Gates
Gates is building a large yacht in the Netherlands. He also ordered a 68-meter support vessel named Wayfinder.
Net worth: $106 billion
#4 Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison, owner of the yachtMusashi. Larry Ellison is the founder of US software makerOracle. Larry Ellison is the 5th richest person in the world. Ellison has owned several yachts.
Net worth: US$ 102 billion
#5 Larry Page
Larry Page, owner of the yachtSenses. Larry Page is the co-
Net worth: US$ 99 billion
#6 Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin is the owner of the yachtDragonfly. Brin is cofounder of Google and the 20th richest person in the world. Sergey Brin is acting as Director of Special Projects at Google. (Update: we were told he actually sold his yacht)
Net worth: US$ 86 billion
#7 Amancio Ortega
Amancio Ortegais the owner of the yacht Drizzle. Ortega is the founder of Inditex. Inditex is the world’s largest fashion retailing. The company is known for the ZARA brand
Net worth: US$ 87 billion
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