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The 50 most expensive yachts for sale now

How much does a superyacht cost? The answer is not so simple. Much like a luxury watch or car, the asking price depends on a variety of factors such as age, pedigree and finish, with the largest and newest vessels peaking into the hundreds of millions. To give you a better idea, BOAT International rounds up the 50 most expensive yachts currently listed for sale, starting with Lady Lara ...

Builder : Lürssen Length : 74m Designers : Winch Design

Constructed to Lloyd’s classification, Aurora ' s key figures include an impressive volume of 2,113GT (split across four decks) and a beam of 13.2 metres, while a crew of 22 waits on an owner’s every need. 1920s Art Deco-inspired interiors house up to 16 guests in eight stately cabins. Among these is the private owner’s suite which features wraparound views and access to a private lounge foredeck. She also features an intimate top deck observation lounge with a daybed and a lounge with three bar stools forward, while a gym and Jacuzzi are found aft.

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Builder : Lürssen Length : 90m Designers : Winch Design

Phoenix 2  takes a page (or two) from Art Deco styling with her cherry velvet flooring and gilded details. The owner commissioned Winch Design to create her intricate cityscape-inspired design concept, including a 5.7-metre phoenix figurehead modelled after the Chrysler building's mounted eagles. Roaring highlights include a sommelier room, multiple swimming pools, a plush cinema room and a custom Steinway for some musical accompaniment at mealtimes. Accommodation is for up to 14 guests in seven cabins, including a full-beam owner's cabin accessible via a glass spiral staircase.

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Builder : Yachtley Length : 80m Designer : Alpha Marine , Cristiano Gatto

Delivered in 2019, Elements is Lloyd's classed and SOLAS compliant. Her gilded Gatto interiors can accommodate 24 guests in 12 cabins, all equipped with entertainment centres, Sony television screens and full en suite bathroom facilities. A favourite area for active guests will be the beach club aft on the lower deck, which features two swim platforms opening to sea level port and aft, a massage room, Turkish bath and a bar. Other leisure highlights include an elevator providing access to all decks and a helipad.

Moonlight II

Builder : Neorion Length : 91.4m Designers : Alpha Marine , Lally Poulias , Murray & Associates

Delivered in 2005, Moonlight II is passenger-ship certified and can host up to 36 guests across 18 staterooms. During a refit period between 2014 and 2015, she was extended by 6.1 metres resulting in additional exterior spaces. Her 14-metre beam results in a spacious owner's apartment (with private access to a Jacuzzi) and plenty of spaces for entertaining, such as the skylounge with games room and bar. A vast beach club, cinema, grand piano and elevator to all decks are other standout features. Irish Boxer Conor McGregor was spotted holidaying on the superyacht in 2021. 

Builder : Piriou Length : 77.6m Designers : Pierre-Jacques Kubis

Yersin was conceived by an adventure-loving owner and delivered in 2015 as an eco-conscious , world-girdling expedition yacht. She's ice-classed, Polar-code compliant and equipped with a barge, seaplane and enough provisions to keep 18 people fed for 50 days. Her 2,198GT interiors were often used to house researchers, scientists and students, to the end of educating and progressing global conservation efforts. The superyacht is also built to be 95 per cent recyclable and is Clean Ship certified, resulting in very low environmental impact with minimal fuel consumption. Named after bacteriologist Doctor Alexandre Yersin, the ceremony was attended by HSH Prince Albert II and blessed by the Vicar General of Monaco .

Builder : Amels Length : 61.5m Designers : Michael Leach Design

Calypso stands out thanks to her voluminous, "lavish" interiors, including a spectacular two-level master suite at main deck level. Stretching to the yacht's full beam, this suite is described as a "sanctuary" and sports an overhead skylight. Leach rarely holds back on ceiling heights and Calypso's is 4.2 metres high here. Meanwhile, the sundeck is split into three sections: a lounge seating and Jacuzzi area; an enclosed, air-conditioned gym; an open space designed for sunbathing or al fresco workouts, which also has an outdoor cinema set-up.

Builder : Lürssen Length : 60.7m Designer : Winch Design , Espen Øino International

Marguerite was built under the supervision of the Moran new construction team, with a design brief that requested a private owner’s area, professional dive centre, hefty tender storage and the ability to cruise for thirty days at a time. The owner's cabin is a particular highlight, spanning two decks and designed with an observation lounge, access to a private foredeck and a floating staircase that leads to an upper deck study. The yacht benefitted from a full interior refit after a change in ownership at the end of 2021.

Builder : Feadship Length : 55m Designer : Feadship De Voogt Naval Architects , Rémi Tessier

Delivered in 2010, Kahalani has been privately owned by one owner since new and has been helmed by the same captain. She benefits from two large saloons, with the bridge deck saloon, unusually, being full-beam. Tessier's contrasting light and dark finishes make for a spectacularly clean and contemporary look throughout the interior. Elsewhere, the sundeck sports a Jacuzzi, full bar and completely sheltered dining for 12. The bridge deck offers indoor-outdoor formal dining at a large circular table for 12, thanks to semi-circular glass sliding doors.

Builder : Feadship Length : 62.3m Designers : Feadship De Voogt Naval Architects , Liz Dalton , Winch Design

Delivered in 2000, Flag underwent a major refit in 2012 saw her awarded Best Refitted Yacht at the World Superyacht Awards in 2013. Work included a sun-filled interior completely restyled by Chahan . Accommodation is across a flexible seven-cabin layout, with leisure highlights such as a lift accessing all decks, a fully-equipped gym and a sundeck swimming pool surrounded by sunpads. Dining options range from formal to a chef's station on the sundeck with a barbecue grill and pizza oven for casual al fresco meals.

Builder : Benetti Length : 49.9m Designers : RWD , Pierluigi Ausonio

Legasea belongs to the shipyard's B.Now series and was delivered in 2023. Her design is characterised by an open-air, 36-square-metre beach club between the main deck aft and the swim platform, with an infinity swimming pool that sits between the two levels. Connection with the outdoors is further encouraged with her sundeck, designed with an infinity pool, a hot tub and a lounge area. Indoors, the yacht's airy, open-plan layout is arranged with a "voluminous" main saloon and formal dining area. Accommodation is across five cabins.

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A Look Inside a $100 Million Superyacht

Wealthy boat owners are trading life on land for the high seas—but some are finding living on a large yacht for months on end comes with a cost

Vural Ak, 54, a Turkish entrepreneur and speed enthusiast whose interests include a rental car company, agricultural businesses and a motor sport racetrack, completed his superyacht, the roughly 280-foot motor yacht Victorious, last year.

Superyachts are generally defined by brokers as those over 25 meters in length.

Mr. Ak, who normally lives in Istanbul, said he intends to spend four or five months a year on the boat and, as such, like many other yacht owners, is looking to maximize its autonomy.

The main corridor

The nearly 280-foot -long superyacht is designed to appeal to Mr. Ak's family as well as to charter passengers.

A children's playroom

The long-distance Victorious has a range of about 15,000 miles and enough refrigerated food storage and freezers to provision for six months at sea.

A lounge on the upper deck

It has a gentleman’s club with a wood-burning fireplace, a beach club, a gym, a massage room (pictured), a beauty salon, a hammam and a flexible workspace that can be transformed into an entertainment area.

The cost: roughly $100 million.

He purchased the incomplete yacht from Graeme Hart, New Zealand’s richest man, in 2016, he said.

The master cabin

Then, struggling to find a shipyard that could complete the boat to his desired specifications, he eventually resorted to starting his own shipbuilding company in Istanbul.

The main stairs

His wife, Nur Ak, and friends thought he had lost his mind, he said.

A bathroom on board

But the new venture has given Mr. Ak a front-row seat to the frenzied state of the yachting world.

After taking his boat to a yacht show in Monaco earlier this year, he entered contract talks to build four yachts, a striking wave of demand for such a new company.

Storage for sea toys

Meanwhile, he’s finding that “the logistics chain is nearly broken,” he said. “You order something and it comes only after many, many months,” he said.

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As Far As You Can Sea: World’s Largest Superyachts

Multimillion-dollar mega yachts.

by Emma Treagus Published on February 2, 2024

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With onboard swimming pools, cinemas, helicopter landing pads, and spas, the world’s largest superyachts have more facilities than your ‘average’ five-star hotel.

Owned by some of the world’s wealthiest people—along with a few anonymous owners who’d prefer to keep their luxury transport a secret—these mega yachts redefine the word “boat” into something indescribably sleek, stylish, and seriously impressive. 

If superyachts are your thing, you’ll want to read on for all the facts and figures on all of the largest yachts in the world.

The 26 largest yachts in the world

Multimillion-dollar mega yachts: our ranking methodology.

A superyacht or mega yacht is typically a motor yacht or sailing yacht with a length of 30 meters (100 feet) or more. For this ranking, we looked at the superyachts and luxury expedition mega yachts that are used privately or made available for charter. We excluded so-called ‘residential superyachts’ (think Njord and The World), which are essentially luxury apartment buildings at sea where people own private residences inside the superyacht rather than the whole yacht. By researching diverse, reliable sources like Wikipedia and the Superyacht Times, we compile a list of the largest yachts in the world.

Curious about other striking superlatives? Check our round-up of the most expensive cars in the world and the most expensive private jets in the world . They are both perfectly good alternatives to owning a yacht. And if you prefer to stay home, we’ve ranked the biggest homes and the most expensive houses in the world to give you some inspiration too.

26. Y721 (aka Koru) | 417 feet—127m

Ever wonder where Jeff Bezos spends his downtime? As of today, we’re predicting it to be on his $500 million superyacht. Y721—nicknamed Koru—is 127m long. And featuring three sky-high slender masts, Koru is said to be the largest sailing yacht in the world . 

With dark exteriors and natural wooden decks, Koru is inspired by another one of Bezos’ yachts—the Black Pearl. The clean lines and classically curved bow speak to an understated elegance despite the yacht’s mammoth size. While a long line of portals indicates at least 9 guest cabins. In light of all the secrecy surrounding Koru, we doubt Bezos will ever charter her out, but we can still dream.

25. Al Mirqab | 436 feet—133m

Adorned with cascading chandeliers and gold accents, Al Mirqab is renowned for its unrivaled interiors. Surrounded by suspended glass artworks, a grand staircase floats throughout the four floors. And inspired by authentic Arabian styles, the magnificent superyacht is reminiscent of a magic carpet ride through the seas . 

Built for the former Prime Minister of Qatar, Peterswerft-Kusch spared no expense in delivering Al Mirqab to an impossibly high standard for luxury. The large swimming pool is a standout feature as it opens up into the sea, creating the ultimate playground for adults. Al Mirqab has a capacity for up to 60 guests and is manned by an equal number of crew. Although you have to be invited by the politician himself as Al Mirqab isn’t available for private charter.

24. Serene | 439 feet—134m

Adeptly named, the magnificent superyacht embodies the serenity of a life at sea. Serene was built in Italy for a Russian owner in 2011. She was leased to Bill Gates for the Summer in 2014 for $5 million per week. 

Designed by Reymond Langton, the 134m mega yacht marries elegant sophistication with state-of-the-art technologies. The seven decks leave ample space for guests to soak in scintillating views. While the underwater viewing room—nicknamed the Nemo room—is a permanent gallery of resplendent sealife. The real-life snow room makes up to four inches of snow. And whilst this may seem odd when your billionaire boss asks for snow—you make it snow.

23. Crescent | 445 feet – 136 m

Yet another Lurssen masterpiece, Crescent pays homage to classic naval designs with traditional architecture and elegant interiors. Formerly named Project Thunder, she was built in Germany and delivered to Igor Sechin in 2018. The Russian oligarch’s superyacht was seized by Spain after sanctions were placed on Russia in 2022. 

Crescent features low bulwarks and full-height windows to maximize the view from the center of the boat. Her distinctive wing station provides unrivaled views for up to 18 guests. But don’t get your hopes up—Crescent is strictly for private use only and isn’t available for charter. 

22. Savarona | 446 feet – 136m

Savarona is the second-largest yacht built by Blohm & Voss and spends most of her time in the Mediterranean. This luxury superyacht is one of the oldest in the market — a perfect fusion of traditional charm and modern facilities. 

Previously named Gunes Dil, Savarona was designed by Cox & Stevens, with interior design carefully handled by Donald Starkey. She’s available to charter on a weekly basis and has been refurbished over the years. Back in the day, her cost price was $4 million, and in 1989, she was chartered by Kahraman Sadikoglu, owner of the Turkish Sadikoglu Group, who spent an estimated $50 million on refurbishing her from top to bottom.

21. Flying Fox | 446 feet – 136m

Flying Fox is known as the most expensive charter yacht in the world , and a week aboard will set you back around $3 million. Chartered by the one and only power couple Beyonce and Jay-Z in 2021, it’s filled to the brim with all of the luxury facilities you could ever possibly want. 

The Flying Fox is rumored to be owned by Jeff Bezos, although that’s a claim that’s never been totally certified. She spends most of her time in the Mediterranean, specifically Cannes, Capri, and Sardinia, although she’s recently visited Norway, too. She can accommodate the largest helicopters on the market, and it reportedly took more than 50 meetings with her owner for interior design to be completed.

20. Rising Sun | 454 feet – 138m

The Rising Sun’s original owner, Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, sold her in 2010 as he considered her too large. Famously used by David Geffen for self-isolation, Rising Sun has also been a popular hang-out spot for celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Beatrice, the Princess of York. 

She’s a Superyacht with impressive attention to detail like interiors kitted out in teak and onyx and endless features like a full gym , a large wine cellar, a sauna, and a spa. She’s got a full-size basketball court that doubles up as a helicopter landing pad and a private cinema for those long evenings spent at sea.

19. Al Salamah | 457 feet – 139m

Al Salamah is part of the Omani Royal fleet and started her very secretive life in Genoa. Known as the world’s biggest superyacht right up until 2016, she’s a sleek masterpiece of a ship, with a distinctive cream color and beach club design. 

Al Salamah does everything in multiples, from the five galleys onboard (the main galley, a bakery, a crew galley, an owner’s diet galley, and an Arab galley), three hospitals (one for the owner, one for guests, and one for the crew) and 2,000 sqm of floor space. She was put on sale briefly for $280 million USD, before being delisted and instead given as a gift to the Crown Prince of Bahrain. 

18. Solaris | 458 feet – 139m

Everything about Solaris was supposed to be kept a secret when she was being built—a secret that didn’t last long when her huge size was spotted undergoing sea trials in the North Sea. One of this Superyacht’s main attractions is her beach club on the top floor: the perfect spot for relaxation during those long days out at sea. 

That beach club comes complemented with endless other stylish amenities, like a large helipad, sun deck, and a crane to launch tenders, toys, and subs. Interior design is largely unknown, but, if it’s anything as sleek and white as its exteriors, it’s sure to be impressive.

17. Scheherazade | 459 feet – 140m

Two helicopter landing pads, two outdoor Jacuzzis, and two outdoor fire pits: Scheherazade doesn’t hold back with not only the essentials but also the luxuries. Previously named Lightning, “Scheherazade” is mostly associated with a female character in the Middle Eastern folk tales in the series One Thousand and One Nights. 

Not much is known about this superyacht, and even her birth and building process were referred to under a codename: Project Lightning. No one involved in her creation, even Lurssen, has revealed anything about her interiors or her owner. All that’s really known is that she sailed from Germany to Norway initially after completion. 

16. Ocean Victory | 460 feet – 140m

Ocean Victory has traveled all over the world, from Europe to Southeast Asia and back again. Owned by Russian billionaire Viktor Rashnikov, she’s the upgraded vessel to follow his purchase of the 76-meter Ebony Shine. 

She’s one designed with pure luxury in mind, from the six individual swimming pools onboard to the 300-square meter spa area. She’s beautiful both inside and out, with a unique concept designed by Espen Oeino and interior designer Alberto Pinto. The largest superyacht ever built in Italy, Ocean Victory shows some of the finest in the world when it comes to premium quality adventures at sea.

15. Yas | 463 feet – 141m

Yas is known best for its seamless and rather unusual design — one that’s a little different from most superyachts out there. The owner of Yas wanted a yacht that lived up to his own heritage; one with a backbone reminiscent of the navy and with abstract lines throughout. 

He chose an existing boat in Abu Dhabi, which was deconstructed within the region before being shipped off and renovated into the wonder that it is today. The Yas yacht was originally a Dutch navy frigate, which you’d never guess from strolling around onboard today.

14. Nord | 465 feet – 142m

Nord’s distinctive bow design has never been seen before on a yacht. That’s one of the first things you’ll notice about her. The next thing you’ll notice is her unusual design, which verges on battle-esque and has been called “ a warship wearing a tuxedo ” by Dan Lenard of the Italian design studio Nuvolari-Lenard. 

She’s one of the best superyachts out there for fun, with a sports and diving center on the lower deck, a swimming pool higher up, overlooking the ocean, and a fleet of tenders. She was designed for global exploration: a yacht that will calmly cruise her way all across the world.

13. Sailing Yacht A | 469 feet—142.8m

Challenging the status quo and pushing design boundaries, Sailing Yacht A is an enigma. The sail-assisted superyacht was built in Germany and delivered to Russian tycoon Andrey Melnichenko in 2017. However, she was seized by the Italian police force, Guardia di Finanza, in 2022 after sanctions were placed on Russian businessmen following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 

Distinguished by soaring rotating carbon fiber masts, Nobiskrug’s hybrid approach to superyachts makes Sailing Yacht A more eco-conscious than other luxury yachts of her size. The u nderwater viewing pod molded into the keel speaks to her unrivaled innovation. And many balconies are enclosed by some of the largest pieces of curved glass ever made. 

12. El Mahrousa | 478 feet – 146m

El Mahrousa had a few different names in her time, ranging from the translated “The Protected” to El Horreya, which in Arabic translates to “Freedom.” It’s not surprising that she’s had more than one name when you take into account her age. As the oldest superyacht in the world, she’s undergone a lot of restoration over time, including multiple lengthenings and faster engines. 

She was renamed back to El Mahrousa in 2000 and gained even more recognition for being the first ship to cross the new Suez Canal extension in 2015. Back in her original days, she was built on the River Thames and took her first trip in 1867.

11. OK | 479 feet—146m

Delivered in Japan in 1982, OK is one of the largest and most unique superyachts in the world. Sprawling over 479 feet, the water giant is engineered to submerge almost seventy percent. This is accredited to the work done by Karmarine Shipyard. While the majority of the vessel was built by Oshima Shipping, it was privately converted to a semi-submersible yacht in Turkey. 

The superlative finishing on OK superyacht was designed by Timur Bozca, winner of the Younger Designer of the Year award in 2015. The blueprint being as many games as possible. The extraordinary vessel has the uncanny ability to hold over seventy toys, including a sailing yacht, a sea plane, tenders, buggies and even a tennis court.

10. Opera | 480 feet—146.4m 

Like many of the most majestic water titans, Opera was delivered by Lurssen in Germany and built for Abu Dhabi royalty. This time, the owner is Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, son of the founder of the United Arab Emirates. And while it may not be quite as astronomical as Lurssen’s previous builds—Azzam, Blue and Dilbar—the streamlined vessel is equally impressive onboard. 

The three-story superyacht proves large enough for a pair of helipads and two swimming pools, amongst many other toys, while simultaneously making room for up to 48 guests and 80 crew members. When it comes to the interior, details are sparse, but we do know that it was designed by Terence Disdale, a London firm renowned for creating bespoke luxury spaces. 

9. Prince Abdulaziz | 482 feet – 147m

The Prince Abdulaziz’s yacht was ordered by King Fahd, who named her after his son Prince Abdul Aziz. Now, she’s owned by his brother, Abdullah. Just one of the yachts owned by the Saudi royal family, she’s spotted frequently throughout Europe, especially in Cannes, where the royal family owns a property. 

She’s been redecorated once — in 2007 — in a project that took 15 months to complete, without even taking into account the rest of the ship’s upkeep. The Prince Abdulaziz is known for its combination of bold colors and fusion of traditional and modern design, thanks to its influence from the late David Hicks.

8. A+ | 483 feet – 147m

What do you do when the name “A” is already taken for your superyacht? Choose the next closest thing: A+. Previously named Topaz, this superyacht was the world’s fourth-largest luxury yacht when she was built, before being stripped of that particular title only a few years later. 

Nevertheless, she’s a seriously impressive superyacht, with endless facilities like a large jacuzzi, double helicopter landing pads, a swimming pool with a swimming platform and underwater lights, as well as a fitness hall, cinema, and a large conference room. She’s also well equipped with water toys, like jet skis, inflatable boats, a catamaran, and even a mini-submarine.

7. Al Said | 508 feet – 155m

Another Superyacht built, shrouded in secrecy, Al-Said was referred to as “Project Sunflower” the entire time she was being created, right up until she was delivered to her owner in 2008. Not much is known about Al Said, from her movements through to her amenities — although she is known to have a huge concert room with space for a full 50-person orchestra. 

Currently, she’s flying the flag of Oman and has spent a lot of time in its surrounding waters. Her interior was styled by British designer design house RWD, with exterior design being credited to Espen Oeino. When she was delivered to the Sultan of Oman, she replaced a previous ship of a smaller size. 

6. Dilbar | 511 feet – 156m

Dilbar, or Project Omar, as it was originally known as, is another superyacht designed with the help of exterior expert Espen Oeino, but with interiors strikingly designed by Andrew Winch. Dilbar is famously known as the world’s largest yacht by gross tonnage (interior volume) but as the fifth-longest superyacht in the world. 

She’s home to a spa pool and beach club, as well as a large private cinema, spacious cabins set high on the main deck, a spacious dining room, and a salon with its own piano. She’s just as classy and beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside.

5. Blue | 527 feet—160.6m

Sunday blues simply cease to exist on one of the world’s most extravagant superyachts. The elegant behemoth was built for member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi and billionaire, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 2022. Valued at over $600 million, Blue is one of the most expensive superyachts in the world. And with a strong emphasis on the environment, this superyacht is also one of the most sustainable. 

Blue strives to be as environmentally friendly as possible. She is equipped with a highly efficient Diesel-Electric Hybrid Propulsion Concept developed by Lürssen’s own engineering specialists. And the wastewater treatment plant allows water to be disposed of in drinking water quality.

4. Dubai | 531 feet – 162m

Dubai had multiple names in the planning stages—including Panhandle, Platinum, and Golden Star. Owned by the ruler of Dubai, it was aptly named after its home country and comes with all of the luxurious amenities you’d expect from such a name. 

The Dubai comes complete with a huge swimming pool and two jacuzzis. Further down, you’ll find a large dining room with striking blue and burgundy decor and space for up to 90 guests. Dubai usually spends her time moored at Sheikh Mohammed’s private island in front of his summer palace in Dubai. She’s basically the definition of a floating palace.

3. Eclipse | 533 feet – 162.5m

It took around five years for Eclipse to be built from start to finish. While she was always designed to be a huge, luxurious Superyacht, the focus was more on decking it out appropriately rather than breaking any records. An award-winning superyacht, she’s incredibly spacious, with endless rooms to explore and a sleek, neutral color palette running through. 

The Eclipse’s owner, Roman Abramovich, was more focused on facilities: he wanted more than one helicopter pad and a large swimming pool, too. Other than that, designer Terry Disdale had free reign for the rest of the superyacht. It’s just as much a clean piece of architectural styling as it is a stunning experience on deck.

2. Fulk Al Salamah | 538 feet – 164m

Fulk Al Salamah translates to “Ship of Peace” and that’s something that sounds like a given when you’ve taken a look at this superyacht’s incredible layout. Developed under the codename Project Saffron, Fulk Al Salamah is more of a support vessel than she is a typical superyacht. 

While she might still come complete with all of the necessities for a particularly relaxing voyage, she’s more so known for being a transport ship for the Royal Navy of Oman. She’s also used as a sort of friendship boat — pun intended — and is often sailed across the world with the intention of strengthening ties with the Sultanate. In some ports, influential people are welcomed onboard.

1. Azzam | 590 feet – 181m

Most superyachts in the top 10 category have a few mere inches between sizes, but the Azzam shoots far ahead with a large amount of extra length. The largest superyacht in the world, she was never designed to win the title — rather just to be a sleek and elegant vessel. Azzam was crafted backward, with the plans for her interior confirmed long before her exterior was fully signed off. 

Her length only came to be as such to incorporate everything required for the interiors, which added an extra 35 meters to her overall size. She’s also designed to look smaller than she actually is, with a blend of indoor and outdoor living. It took more than 4,000 people to build Azzam , clocking up six million man-hours over a period of four years.

The largest yachts in the world: Conclusion

The largest yachts in the world are:

• Azzam—590 feet
• Fulk Al Salamah—538 feet
• Eclipse—533 feet
• Dubai—531 feet
• Blue—527 feet
• Dilbar—511 feet
• Al Said —508 feet
• A+—483 feet
• Prince Abdulaziz—482 feet
• Opera—480 feet
• OK—479 feet
• El Mahrousa—478 feet
• Sailing Yacht A—469 feet
• Nord—465 feet
• Yas—463 feet
• Ocean Victory—460 feet
• Scheherazade —459 feet
• Solaris—458 feet
• Al Salamah—457 feet
• Rising Sun—454 feet
• Flying Fox—446 feet
• Savarona—446 feet
• Crescent—445 feet
• Serene —439 feet
• Al Mirqab—436 feet
• Y721 (aka Koru)—417 feet

The most expensive yacht in the world

The fact that the History Supreme, the world’s most expensive superyacht, comes coated in gold, is only part of the reason for its high cost. A superyacht with a real-life Midas touch, it was sold to an anonymous Malaysian businessman for $4.8 billion. 

Robert Kuok, the richest Malaysian businessman, is the rumored owner of History Supreme, but no one has confirmed for sure. The History Supreme also comes with plenty of other impressive touches: a master bedroom decked out in platinum, a wall feature made from meteoric stone, and a genuine T-Rex dinosaur bone, to add to the list. 

She took three years to build from scratch and comes with 10,000 kilograms of solid gold and platinum. Other seriously luxe features are her 68 kilograms 24-carat gold Aquavista Panoramic Wall Aquarium and a liquor bottle adorned with a rare 18.5-carat diamond . The base of the vessel comes wrapped in gold, too.

Frequently asked questions about the world’s largest yachts

The largest yachts in the world are owned by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, Roman Abramovich, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Alisher Usmanov. Our guide tells you more about all the biggest yachts in the world .

At 417 feet (127 m), Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ sailing yacht, Koru (formerly Project Y721), is one of the world’s largest yachts.

The 181-m (590 ft) Azzam is the world’s longest yacht in length, but the 156-m Dilbar has a much larger internal volume (measured in Gross Tons) at 15,917 GT (Gross Tons) versus 13,136 GT for Azzam. As such, Dilbar is the world’s largest yacht in volume. Read our full guide to discover the largest yachts in the world .

The biggest yacht in the world is the Azzam , which has an estimated cost of $600 million. She’s owned by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and is not currently for sale.

In terms of the number of megayachts, the largest superyacht-owning country is the United States. Nationality-wise, beyond American, an increasing percentage of superyacht owners are Turkish, Greek, Emirati, German, Australian and Dutch.

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The yacht is an Amels 242 model and was delivered from the shipyard in 2021 featuring interior design by Winch Design.

The exterior is designed by Tim Heywood Design. The yacht is the epitome of luxury, and features multiple elements that make her the ultimate wellness centre on the water.

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The interior of the SYNTHESIS yacht is designed by Winch Design , a British design house. The yacht has accommodation for 12 guests in 6 cabins. The configuration of the suites is 1 master suite, 2 VIP rooms, and 3 doubles.

There is accommodation for 19 crews. The yacht is all about luxury in combination with wellness.

The award-winning ship has a Jacuzzi, hammam, and sauna with an outside window to watch the views outside the yacht, and a massage or a beauty room.

The Jacuzzi area is surrounded by sun pads and is elevated so guests can enjoy the sea views.

There is also a juice bar onboard. The yacht has wonderful living and dining spaces with glass windbreakers for uninterrupted views of the ocean views.

The ship features a unique foldable sea terrace that folds down from the starboard side. The beach club offers an indoor/outdoor area for guests to enjoy. The guests can jump right into the ocean from the swimming platform.

There is also an external stairwell that connects the sea terrace to the main deck and the swimming pool. The swimming pool is surrounded by coffee tables and seating for guests to enjoy.

The swimming pool also features a counter-current jet so guests can swim laps in the 6.7m pool. The garage is filled with water toys and tenders for guests to enjoy the water below.

The exterior of the SYNTHESIS yacht features a design from Tim Heywood Design . She is an Amels 242 model and was delivered from the Amels shipyard in 2021.

She features underwater lights and a string exterior with a white steel hull and aluminum superstructure and teak decks. She underwent a refit in 2021 as well.

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The SYNTHESIS yacht has a length of 74m, and a beam of 12.46m with a draft of 3.85m. She has a cruising speed of 14 knots, and a maximum speed of 17 knots thanks to her twin Caterpillar engine.

She has a displacement of 1790 gross tons and a range of 5000 nautical miles. She was built to a Lloyd’s Register classification society rules.

The $100 million yacht has an annual running cost of $5 – $10 million.

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Cliché but true, the second-richest man on the planet, according to Forbes , owns the tallest sailing yacht in the world . In fact, the 417-foot Koru is so big, it has its own 250-foot support vessel .

Priced at $500 million, the Koru hit the sea for the first time in 2023 and has since ferried Jeff Bezos and company around the globe. Complete with three massive 229-foot masts, it can reach a top speed under sail of 20 knots, according to the New York Post — which is approximately 23 miles per hour.

Made for a group, up to 18 guests can set sail on the yacht, allowing Bezos to bring family and friends on vacation with him. Here’s a look at the Koru’s extravagant features and how much it costs to operate his floating mansion.

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As expected Bezos’ yacht is dripping with luxury. With a net worth of $203.8 billion — as of May 4, 2024, according to Forbes — he can afford to outfit the Koru with nothing but the best and he did just that.

The superyacht has three outdoor decks, with two containing swimming pools, according to the New York Post. It also features a cinema, several lounges and multiple business areas, according to Luxuo .

Highly personalized, the yacht is complete with a figurehead modeled after Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez. Even its masts are luxurious, as the Amazon founder chose in-boom furlers, which keep the canvases at the bottom of the mast above the deck, creating a pristine and spacious rope-free deck.

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Support Vessel

One of the most shocking features of the Koru is the fact that it requires its own support vessel. The $75 million Abeona features a helipad that Sanchez has been spotted using to park her personal helicopter, according to the New York Post.

Designed to carry extra gear, four jet skis, two fast launches and a dinghy were spotted on the Abeona during a 2023 trip to Mallorca, Spain, according to the New York Post. It’s also capable of lifting a small submarine, but Bezos isn’t believed to own one — at least not yet.

Additionally, the support ship has two extra staterooms, which can accommodate four guests. This could come in handy if Bezos wants to entertain a larger group than can fit on the Koru.

On-Board Crew

It probably isn’t a surprise that operating both the Koru and the Abeona is no small task. From staff to drive the boats and maintain them to caring for guests onboard, Bezos needs a small army at sea.

The Koru has a crew of up to 36 people, according to The New York Post. If you think that’s a lot, the Abeona requires up to 45 crew and support staff.

Annual Operating Costs

Purchasing the Koru and Abeona cost Bezos more than half a billion dollars, but his expenses didn’t end there. As you might imagine, the annual cost to maintain a superyacht and its own enormous supporting yacht is more than most people earn in a lifetime.

The Koru costs approximately $25 million in operating expenses per year, according to the Daily Mail . Much less, but still sky-high, Bezos spends around $5 to $10 million on annual maintenance costs for the Abeona, according to Super Yacht Fan ).

When their owners are on dry land, yachts have to find a parking space. However, even this doesn’t always come cheap for Bezos and the Koru.

In November 2023, the billionaire’s yacht arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but was too big to fit in the port with all the outer superyachts, according to the Daily Mail. Therefore, it had to be docked with cruise ships at Port Everglades, at a rate of $16,500 per week.

While one week of storage might be more than the average person can afford, picking up the tab for any number of weeks would clearly be no issue for Bezos. While his superyacht and the many expenses surrounding it are clearly astronomical, he’s still living well within his budget.

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Posted: May 17, 2024 | Last updated: May 17, 2024

The Most Expensive Celebrity Private Jets and Yachts, Ranked

Angelina Jolie - Cirrus SR22 - $650K

Acclaimed actress Angelina Jolie is the proud owner of the Cirrus SR22, but this airplane is not even large enough to accommodate all of her children. And if her being beautiful and talented wasn’t impressive enough, she can in fact fly a plane too, as she is a fully licensed pilot!

The SR22 features:

• High powered USB ports
• Premium leather seats
• Remote keyless entry
• Cirrus IQ smart connectivity

The Cirrus SR22 can carry four to five passengers, providing air conditioning and built-in oxygen to passengers. A keyless baggage door can be unlocked with the push of a button. The interior is also fully customizable!

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Elvis Presley - Convair 880 - $3 Million

The King of Rock n Roll, Elvis Presley, of course, had his own private jet named after his daughter, Lisa Marie. How would he attend all those performances and travel all over the world? At the time, the plane was purchased for $600,000 but it is now worth an estimated $3 million. Elvis is dead of course, and not using it anymore.

This plane features:

• Gold Plated bathrooms
• Expertly designed interior
• Conference room
• Private bedroom with library

Constructed by the Convair division of General Dynamics, it was originally designed to compete with planes like the Boeing 707. It was purchased back in April 17, 1975. The plane is now on display at Graceland.

(Images via YouTube ; Mick Hutson/Redferns/Getty Images)

Jamie Foxx And Katie Holmes - Utopia III - $7 Million

Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes were previously in a relationship but they have since broken up and moved on. The actress and comedian/actor were seen in the Utopia III super-sized yacht worth an estimated $7 million. Spotted by paparazzi off the coast of Miami, these celebrities were not afraid of flaunting their wealth.

The Utopia III features:

• Tender and waverunner
• Barbecue area
• Satellite communications
• Five staterooms

The ginormous yacht requires a nine-person crew to run it and has guest accommodations for up to 10 in the five staterooms on board. While the ship requires a hefty crew to run it, we’re sure these two celebrities had no trouble affording that.

(Images via YouTube ; Kevin Mazur/MG19/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

Harrison Ford - Cessna 680 Sovereign - $18 Million

Harrison Ford's pilot’s license is no secret as he’s talked about it many times before. Indeed, he’s like Han Solo in real life, but except for smuggling, he’s an actor. All those big action films he’s been in over the years, from Star Wars to Air Force One – they’ve really paid off - to the point where he can afford his own private jet.

• Seats a maximum of 11 passengers
• A large luggage area
• Luxurious Leather seats
• Wireless cabin management system with internet

The Cessna 680 Sovereign is just one of eight planes that belong to Mr. Ford. This luxurious jet is undoubtedly one of his more expensive ones. It’s also worth noting that Harrison Ford is no stranger to accidents in these things but hopefully he stays safe and has insurance.

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John Travolta - Boeing 707-138 - $20 Million

John Travolta gets around in style. He starred in hit movies like Grease and Hairspray . When he’s not acting, he spends his time sharpening his pilot skills! As an aviation enthusiast, he owns five planes. Including three Gulfstream jets, one Boeing 707-138 and one Learjet. Wouldn’t it be nice to take your pick of which jet to take that day? 

Out of his five planes, John’s Boeing 707-138 is the nicest and most expensive. His Boeing is valued at around $20 million, and it includes many custom upgrades that he’s installed to suit his travel needs. His jet comes with: 

• A Full-Sized Bathroom
• Two Private Bedrooms
• The Capability of Flying 15 Comfortably

Bono - Kingdom Come - $22 Million

Bono is the lead singer and songwriter for the hit Irish band U2 which rose to prominence in the ‘80s and is one of the few bands from that time that has managed to stay relevant today. With a net worth of around $700 million, it’s no surprise he’s got the cash for a yacht named Kingdom Come.

This luxurious yacht features:

• A master suite
• Marble bathroom
• Gold-plated furnishings

The 198-foot-long yacht may look just like a big boat, but it has the look of a luxury hotel on the inside, and a huge deck for mingling outdoors.  Built by Feadship in 1979, it’s one of the largest yachts at sea.

Dolce and Gabbana - Regina d’Italia - $30 Million

Dolce and Gabbana are some of the biggest names in fashion, and as such, they have one of the most fashionable yachts sailing the seven seas. Their ultra-high end yacht is one of the most expensive in the world. This Italian duo is known for their lavish parties on board the yacht, and we can see why. 

Regina d’Italia is made of the finest materials and features: 

• 51 meters of pure luxury
• Several water slides
• An infinity pool
• The largest jacuzzi possible

The boat is well equipped for entertaining some of the most beautiful people in the world and it makes our list with a price tag of a staggering $30 million. 

Jackie Chan - Embracer Legacy 650 - $30 Million

Jackie Chan is one of the most iconic martial artists of all time, so it’s no wonder he’s got a private jet fit for a legend. Jackie Chan has been in Hollywood since the early ‘90s, so he’s had plenty of time to save up for the hefty price tag on his jet. We wonder if he had any idea at the beginning of his career that he’d have his own plane one day. 

Jacki Chan’s Embracer Legacy 650 is a giant plane. It’s so large that it is broken into three sectors. His jet comes with: 

• An area for work and business
• An area for a little rest and relaxation
• An entertainment area
• A painted dragon on the side

The plane also comes with its own Wi-Fi on board, so you could practically live on this plane if you wanted to! That’s what $30 million will buy you. 

Nicole Kidman - Hokulani - $30 Million

Nicole Kidman is one of the Hollywood legends of our time. She’s found plenty of success throughout her career in acting and she has this stunning yacht to show for it. She’s been acting for over two decades, and with several Emmys and Golden Globes, she’s relaxing on the deck of her stunning yacht named Hokulani. 

Hokulani is a custom-made yacht that was built to spec for Nicole’s taste for the finer things. This yacht features: 

• A large swimming platform
• A centralized entertainment system
• Enough room to entertain as many as 20 guests. 

All her hard work in Hollywood has definitely paid off, it seems!

Arnold Schwarzenegger - Gulfstream III - $35 Million

Arnold Schwarzenegger may have big gains but he’s quite happy with a small private jet. He’s an owner of a Gulfstream III, worth an estimated $35 million. It’s plenty comfortable for 12 passengers, although it can seat up to 19 with the maximum configuration. It can also hold up to 22 smaller luggage bags.

• A kitchen with food preparation area
• Not much else

The former California governor and action film star acquired the plane in 2011. The plane does require two to three crew members to operate. Arnold’s plane is just one of eight variations available for the Gulfstream III. In this case, Arnold basically had the plane stripped down to only the bare necessities.

Tom Cruise - Gulfstream IV - $36 Million

Tom Cruise also owns a Gulfstream IV private jet, similar to one owned by Justin Bieber. Of course, a star as big as Tom Cruise would have his own plane and this jet serves him just fine, jumping from one premiere to the next. It accommodates 19 passengers and requires a crew of just two.

• Baggage compartment that can hold up to 24 bags
• Luxury seating
• A spacious interior
• Multiple bathrooms
• DVD entertainment system

The Gulfstream IV first took off in 1985 and was introduced in 1987. The plane offers great speed and range, making it ideal for a busy celebrity like Mr. Cruise.

Jay Z. - Bombardier Challenger 850 Learjet - $40 Million

Celebrity power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles have been living the life of the rich and famous since the early 2000s. They’re #couplesgoals with their state-of-the-art Bombardier Challenger 850 Learjet as they jet set with their daughter, Blue Ivy, across the globe on lavish vacations and business trips. 

The couple's Bombardier Challenger 850 Learjet comes equipped with: 

• A Living Room Decked Out in Leather
• A Full Kitchen
• Two Bathrooms

This gorgeous jet was purchased by superstar Beyonce for her husband as a gift out of love. She’s one of the richest celebrities in the world, so she can afford such outrageous gifts for her family. However, we’re pretty sure this goes down as one of the nicest fights of all time. 

Taylor Swift - Dassault Falcon 900 - $40 Million

Taylor Swift’s Dassault Falcon 900 is a Gulfstream private jet that is well-suited for one the 21 st century’s most popular singers. With a career as strong as hers, there’s no doubt she can afford this lane worth $40 million. She previously owned another jet, the Falcon 50, but ended up selling it.

The Falcon 900 features:

• Fold-out tables
• FalconEye terrain mapping and low-light cameras
• A stylish cabin
• Separated rooms
• Food preparation area

The main difference between this jet and the Falcon 50 mostly has to do with the size. This one offers plenty of space for passengers and plenty of room for all of her partying needs at 30,000 feet. It has room for 19 passengers and holds up to 18 bags.

Michael Jordan - Mr. Terrible - $47 Million

Former NBA player Michael Jordan has a net worth of over $1 billion. In addition to a gigantic mansion and several private jets, he has this luxurious yacht he took to naming Mr. Terrible. But make no mistake, there’s nothing terrible about this luxury boat with a speed of up to 24 knots.

The yacht features:

• An underwater camera
• Indoor and outdoor dining rooms
• Art Deco design

Mr. Terrible is a luxury yacht that’s a dream come true for tropical island hoppers. It is decorated with a tropical-themed interior and chandeliers in the dining room. The yacht can accommodate 12 guests but also requires a 7-person professional crew to operate it.

Celine Dion - Bombardier BD-700 Express - $48 Million

Celine Dion is arguably one of the most famous singers of our generation, and as such, she’s been able to afford a rather nice Bombardier BD-700 Express. Her private jet is very similar to Oprah’s, but she’s chosen the options that best suit her air-travel needs. As one should when they’re picking their private jet!

Her jet comes with the following: 

• A Living Area
• A Flight Crew
• Two Flight Attendants
• Two Private Bathrooms

Along with countless other high-end amenities, this jet is sure to wow any of the 18 guests she can fit. With as much air travel that these celebs undertake, it’s no wonder they splurge on such expensive rides. Celine’s Bombardier BD-700 Express cost her over $48 million. 

Oprah - Bombardier Global Express XRS - $52 Million

The queen of talk shows, Oprah Winfrey, only travels in style . She started from essentially nothing and built a career that’s earned her the title as one of the most successful businesswomen in history. All her hard work and time spent on television earned her some major checks, because she bought a pretty amazing private jet. 

Oprah’s Bombardier Global Express XRS is one of the world’s most expensive, and exclusive, private jets. This jet has some pretty amazing features including: 

• Reaching an Altitude of 51,000 Feet. 
• Can Accommodate 10 People
• One of the Most Upgraded and Upscale Planes Ever Built

Oprah’s plane definitely makes a statement. And you know what? She deserves it! You go Oprah!

Jim Carrey - Gulfstream V - $59 Million

Jim Carrey was one of the biggest names in Hollywood in the late ‘90s and early 2000s. He captured the world’s attention through his hilarious comedy roles and made a fortune for making us all laugh. His years in Hollywood definitely have paid off because he owns one of the most expensive private jets in the world. 

Jim Carrey’s private jet is a highly exclusive Gulfstream V. His private jet is:

• The Fastest Jet in Its Class
• Able to Carry 16 Passengers Comfortably
• Available to Charter for $8,000 per Hour

With the Gulfstream’s lavish upscale amenities, it’s one of the nicest jets in the world. He had no problem splurging on this nearly $60 million plane. 

Justin Bieber - Gulfstream G4 - $60 Million

Justin Bieber’s aerial chariot is the Gulfstream G4, a private jet with exceptional range and speed. It has undoubtedly helped Justin Bieber get where he needs to go but it’s certainly quite an investment for such a young man to make early on in his career considering the maintenance and upkeep costs.

• A spacious cabin
• Baggage and storage access in-flight
• Boasts a luxury interior

At the time of his purchase, Bieber was worth about $200 million, so it certainly caused a dent in his finances, and whether he still owns the plane now is up in the air. The plane can seat up to 18 passengers.

Simon Cowell - Gulfstream G550 - $61.5 Million

Simon Cowell owns the Gulfstream G550 which costs an estimated $61.5 million. The X-Factor creator and American Idol judge is living it up at 30,000 feet it seems on his private jet with plenty of amenities. This model is no longer available as production ceased in 2021, so if you were thinking of getting your own, sorry.

This private jet features:

• Gulfstream PlaneView
• Wireless network and satellite communication
• Heads-up display
• Smartphone controlled cabin settings

The G550 can accommodate up to 19 passengers, with room for up to eight passengers to sleep. The plane features large oval windows so passengers can look outside and enjoy some natural light.

P Diddy - The Majraya - $65 Million

Sean Combs, also known as P Diddy, has always been known to be a little...extra. His $65 million yacht is no exception to the rule. This yacht is definitely a statement piece that anyone would be proud of--anywhere he goes people are sure to know that Diddy is in town... Or Puff Daddy, or Puffy, and maybe Sean. 

Whatever he’s going by these days doesn’t really matter when you’re sitting on the deck of this gorgeous yacht, the Maraya. The Maraya features: 

• 10 Staff members onboard the ship
• It’s own performance stage
• A party floor

If you ask us, we want to go on Diddy’s yacht! Can we catch a ride? 

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson - Gulfstream G650 - $65 Million

The Gulfstream G650 is the trophy Dwayne Johnson has long deserved as one of the hardest-working stars in Hollywood. The man started out with nothing – he was in bankruptcy – and ended up becoming one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood with a net worth of about $800 million.

The Gulfstream G650 features:

• A quiet four-zone cabin
• Private entertainment area with flatscreen TV
• Reclining custom ottoman
• Luxury seating and carpeting

The Rock purchased this plane for $65 million, an amount he can certainly afford. This luxurious plane most assuredly serves him well getting him to wherever he needs to go, in style!

Johnny Depp - Vajoliroja - $70 Million

We just think it’s a little funny that Johnny Depp’s yacht kind of looks like a modern-day pirate ship! He’s one of the most successful and famous pirates of all time, Captain Jack Sparrow, so it makes sense that his luxury yacht should have a little "shiver me timbers" flare. Depp’s private yacht, named Vajoliroja, is a stunning ship that pays respects to vessels before. 

This gorgeous yacht got its unique name by blending Depp’s name with his former girlfriend’s name and their two children’s. Vajoliroja is 156 feet long and comes with state-of-the-art communications and entertainment systems. Later, this yacht was renamed Amphitrite and was sold to author J.K. Rowling.

Matthew McConaughey – Bombardier Global 7000 - $72.8 Million

Matthew McConaughey is a known travel enthusiast and a man that loves to enjoy life. Since his breakthrough role in Dazed and Confused, he’s been a huge Hollywood star, raking in millions of dollars, enough to afford planes like this one, the Bombardier Global 7000.

• A master suite with a private bathroom
• A full kitchen
• Foldable tables
• Wall-mounted entertainment screens
• Fiber optic internet

The Bombardier Global 7000 was purchased by the Oscar-winning actor for an estimated $72.8 million. It is one of the largest private jets in existence which you can probably tell from all the amenities loaded on this plane.

Giorgio Armani - Main -$76 Million

Luxury designer Giorgio Armani has solidified his name in the luxury goods sector for decades. His net worth is approaching $10 billion, so one would expect him to put that money to good use. One thing is for sure, he’s not going to spend it on anything less than the top-notch design and tech available across the world...and that’s just what he did. 

Armani’s private yacht, Main, is worth over $76 million, and it has set sail on some of the water in the most desirable destinations in the world. Main comes with: 

• Luxury design
• Its own cinema
• A custom spiral staircase

The ship’s beautiful design lets you know that Armani had his hands in the development process. It’s truly remarkable. 

Lady Gaga - Boeing 757 - $80 Million

Singer and now actress Lady Gaga is a best-selling artist with over 322 million records sold, so she of course has the money to buy her own private jet, getting her from one concert or premiere to the next. The Boeing 757 is estimated to have cost her $80 million.

The commercial jet features:

• Luxury seats
• In-flight entertainment
• Allows for many passengers

Lady Gaga’s 757 is available for wherever she needs to go on a moment’s notice.  It’s only fitting that a star as big as Lady Gaga have a commercial-sized jet for her own purposes. Good thing she’s got enough room for her crew.

Kirsty Bertarelli - Vava II - $130 Million

Kirsty Bertarelli is a songwriter and former Miss UK, as well as the former wife of Italian-born Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli. And since her husband is one of the wealthiest men in the UK, as his wife, Kirsty is, by extent, one of the richest women in the UK. They are the owners of the Vava II.

The Vava II yacht features:

• Swimming pool
• Helicopter pad designed for Airbus H145 helicopter
• Onboard beauty salon
• Luxury suites

This 97-meter yacht was commissioned by Ernesto Bertarelli in 2007 and was completed in 2012. At the time it was said to be the largest super-yacht in existence. Its maximum speed is 19 knots and it has a range of 4,500nm.

Mark Cuban - Boeing 767-277 - $144.1 Million

Business mogul and television show host of Shark Tank, Mark Cuban, is known for his many successful business ventures and investments. His smart business sense must have paid off because his private Boeing 767-277 is one of the most lavish private jets in the skies. Maybe he even flies around with his own basketball team, the Dallas Mavericks. 

Cuban purchased his jet online, which was the largest online transaction in the world in 1999. This Boeing 767-277 cost Mark over $144.1 million dollars. The jet features extra-large seating to fit his basketball team comfortably. He continues to make modifications and improvements to the jet to make it perfect for him. 

Roman Abramovich - Eclipse - $500 Million

If you’re not familiar with prestigious investment firms, or Russian billionaires, then you probably have no clue who Roman Abramovish is. We’ll break it down for you. He is a Russian-Israeli billionaire businessman and politician who has dominated the investment sector with his privately owned company, Millhouse LLC. and Premier League football club, Chelsea F.C.

Roman has amassed a massive fortune and has sunk quite a bit of it into this mega-yacht. Eclipse is one of the largest privately-owned yachts in the world, and it features: 

• Two helipads
• Two swimming pools
• A disco hall
• One mini-submarine

That’s what $500 million dollars buys you--533 feet of pure luxury. 

Steven Spielberg - The Seven Seas - $200 Million

Steven Spielberg is a very successful American film director, producer, and screenwriter. With decades of success under his belt, he’s able to afford a mega-yacht that has a price tag of over $200 million dollars. Spielberg’s mega-yacht, Seven Seas, was constructed by the Dutch ship building company, Oceano. 

Seven Seas features: 

• 282 feet of ultra-luxury
• A fully equipped gym
• Two cinemas
• A spa & massage room

This yacht was finished in 2010, and now it is one of the most expensive yachts to charter, with a cost of over $1 million dollars a week for you and 12 friends to sail the Caribbean. 

Bill Gates - Sinot Aqua - $644 Million

You know how rumors are, they start as one thing and become something ridiculous after a few retellings. Well, the infamous mega-yacht, Sinot Aqua, is a rumor that got big… like really big (and expensive). Rumor had it that Bill Gates was purchasing a state-of-the-art mega-yacht that runs solely on liquid hydrogen. 

This $644 million-dollar mega-yacht features:

• An indoor health and wellness center
• Hydro-massage rooms
• A yoga studio

The Sinot Aqua is designed to host 14 guests and 31 Crew members in four staterooms, two Japanese-styled VIP cabins, one owner’s pavilion, 14 double crew cabins, two officer cabins, and one captain’s cabin. Too bad Bill didn’t actually buy it!

American singer and Grammy-winner Usher has been known to rent superyachts for exclusive celebrity parties, including one where a member of the boat's crew died while scuba diving. However, he also owns one of his own.

This 154ft superyacht, fittingly named the  Usher , has everything you could want in a superyacht, including a luxurious cabin, a sleek design, and a wraparound deck you can stand on in your all white three piece suit and fedora. (You know, traditional sailing attire.)

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Billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg spend six figures a year maintaining their superyachts. Here's how.

• Superyachts  are one of the most expensive assets money can buy.
• The true cost of ownership is even more, adding up to millions a year.
• Here's how much it costs to own a superyacht — and what that money is going toward.

Financial advisors are quick to warn prospective owners that a boat is nothing more than a hole in the water in which to throw money. When it comes to superyachts , you'd better have bags and bags of cash.

As one luxury agent told Business Insider at the Palm Beach International Boat Show: "Buying a boat, it's a huge purchase — and nobody needs a yacht."

A superyacht, generally over 30 meters long, is one of the most expensive assets money can buy, with the largest costing more than a lot of real estate or a private jet. Billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Steve Jobs each spent nine figures on their megayachts.

That doesn't include operating costs. Owners should expect to pay about 10% of a yacht's new-build price each year, experts told Business Insider. That's tens of millions of dollars annually for the most luxurious boats.

"It's a small-to-medium-sized business in its own right," said Jeffrey Beneville, a senior vice president at insurance company NFP, where he specializes in consulting clients about yachts.

Unlike many smaller boats, superyachts need staff, not just a captain. Some superyachts have space for dozens of crewmembers , including a chef, engineer, and masseuse for the guests onboard. Each gets an annual salary — the highest-ranking members earn six figures — and benefits. Eric Schmidt's yacht fits a crew of 28 for a ratio of about two crewmembers per guest.

Then there's fuel, dockage fees, routine maintenance, and insurance. The latter hinges on everything from the reputation of a yacht's shipyard to where an owner wants to take it (if a vessel is taking frequent trips to the South China Sea, for example, expect to pay a higher premium). If a superyacht has a support yacht — or a support superyacht, in Bezos ' case — expect to pay another 10% of that boat's price annually.

"The cost to maintain a yacht is so high that they just think that money's getting lit on fire," Matthew Fleissig, the CEO of wealth management firm Pathstone, told BI of his clients who choose to charter rather than own.

One of his firm's clients who does own has a 23-meter yacht valued at $5.2 million. The annual cost to staff, maintain, dock, and insure the boat is $346,297, according to documentation provided to BI. The lion's share is spent on marina fees ($95,970) and maintenance work ($88,408.) While not exactly a Sunfish, that boat is too small to count as a superyacht.

At 106 meters, the Amadea, owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch , definitely does. The $300 million yacht, which was seized in 2022 and is docked in San Diego, cost $922,000 a month to maintain, a court filing showed: $360,000 for crew salaries, $75,000 for fuel, $144,000 for insurance, $178,000 in dry-docking fees, and $165,000 for maintenance, waste removal, food for the crew, and miscellaneous expenses.

"And that's an inactive yacht that's in the water," NFP's Beneville said.

If it were operational and carrying guests, the costs would be about twice that, or between $20 million and $30 million a year, he added.

Of course, it makes more financial sense for the non-obsessives to charter, and many of Fleissig's clients do. And some owners choose to offer their yachts for charter — the most luxurious cost as much as $1 million a week — to offset the costs.

"If you charter the boat for 50 days a year, it's going to help a lot," Anders Kurtén, the CEO of brokerage firm Fraser Yachts, told BI.

Then again, the running costs don't matter as much at a certain point. "If you're worth $30 billion, it's nothing. And if you're worth $117 billion — and these are the guys we're talking about — they're in it as long as it's still enjoyable for them," Beneville said. "It's not a money thing."

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Who is Ralph de la Torre? The CEO of Steward Health Care with a $40 million yacht

Once a respected cardiac surgeon, Dr. Ralph de la Torre, chairman and CEO of Steward Health Care , has been publicly criticized for living a lavish lifestyle — owning not one but two yachts — while running his company into the ground.

De la Torre bought his $40-million yacht after Steward sold its hospital properties to Medical Trust Properties (MTP), a real-estate investment trust, in 2016 — a deal that resulted in a massive payday for executives while leaving the Steward-operated hospitals to face steep annual rents as they transitioned to being tenants under MTP’s ownership.

On Monday, those financial troubles came to a head when Steward filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy .

When de la Torre first started Steward in collaboration with Cerberus Capital Management, a New York-based private equity firm, his self-described goal was to create an affordable approach to healthcare that served vulnerable populations.

Instead, doctors, nurses and elected officials have criticized the for-profit network for prioritizing their own profits over patient care.

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Does Steward’s CEO have a $40 million-dollar yacht?

In February of this year, Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory revealed that Steward’s CEO owns not one, but two yachts.

De la Torre bought the $40 million, 190-foot yacht named the "Amaral" a few years ago, according to McGrory’s reporting for the Globe . De la Torre's other yacht is a $15 million, 90-foot sport fishing boat named the ‘Jaruco.'

The Amaral is a massive, six-bedroom yacht that costs about $4 million a year to run, according to SuperYacht Fan .

What will happen to Good Sam? What to know about Steward Health Care amid bankruptcy, financial crisis

According to reporting by The American Prospect , Steward acquired at least two business jets and a private suite at Dallas’s AA Arena, where the NBA’s Mavericks play. 

Where did Ralph de la Torre work before Steward?

In 2008, de la Torre became the CEO of Caritas Christi Health Care, a struggling hospital network in Massachusetts. A few years later, he made a deal with Cerberus Capital Management to start Steward Health Care and invest money into struggling hospitals.

Is Ralph de la Torre a medical doctor?

De la Torre graduated from Duke University in 1988 and got his medical degree from a joint program between Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992, according to his biography.

Before his stint as CEO of Steward, he was the founder and CEO of the Cardiovascular Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Cardiovascular Management Associates, according to his biography on Steward’s website . He also worked as the Chief of Cardiac Surgery at BIDMC.

What is Ralph de la Torre’s salary?

According to reporting by The American Prospect , an individual familiar with Steward’s finances estimated he makes about $16 million per year.

In 2020, de la Torre bought Steward from Cerberus for $335 million, but with his own stake in the investment company, used Steward’s cash to pay himself a $100 million dividend, according to that same reporting.

Where does Ralph de la Torre live?

According to reporting by the Globe , de la Torre lives in a Dallas "mansion" and shares a neighborhood with former President George W. Bush and Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and longtime panelist on ABC's "Shark Tank."

When de la Torre was living in Boston, he lived in a seven-bedroom home in West Newton that he sold for more than $6 million in 2013, according to reporting by Boston.com .

Who is Ralph de la Torre’s wife?

According to reporting by the Globe , de la Torre met his first wife, Wing Cheung de la Torre, a native of Hong Kong while he was in medical school. They married in 2004 and had twin boys in 2008. In 2018, she filed for divorce.

He later remarried Nicole Acosta, a self-described real estate representative, according to the Globe.

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Mary Wells Lawrence, High-Profile Advertising Pioneer, Dies at 95

She was the first woman to own and run a major national advertising agency. Her company, Wells Rich Greene, was best known for the “I ♥ NY” campaign.

By Robert D. McFadden

She splashed jazzy colors on Braniff airliners. She put the “plop plop, fizz fizz” into Alka-Seltzer. She warned Benson & Hedges smokers that long cigarettes might pop balloons or set fire to beards. And from Niagara Falls to Broadway, she reached millions with her “I ♥ NY” campaign.

Mary Wells Lawrence, who grew up in Ohio, at 22 took her imagination and ambition to New York, where she broke through advertising’s male bastions of the 1960s, quit a prestigious job when she was denied a presidency, founded her own agency and dazzled Madison Avenue with vivid campaigns that became embedded in American culture. She died on Saturday morning in London. She was 95.

Her death, in a hospital, was confirmed by her daughter Katy Bryan.

Ms. Wells Lawrence was the first woman to own and run a major national advertising agency — Wells Rich Greene — and the first female chief executive of a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In the 1970s, she was reputed to be the industry’s most highly paid executive, with a salary of more than $300,000 (more than a million dollars in today’s currency).

She was “arguably the most powerful and successful woman ever to work in advertising,” Stuart Elliott, who was then the advertising columnist of The New York Times, wrote in 2002 of Ms. Wells Lawrence , who sold her agency for $160 million (about $385 million today) and retired in 1990.

The world of advertising has changed dramatically since her day. Most agencies that nurtured creativity and made commercials with hummable music, talented acting, clever writing and deft strategies to reinforce brands and products have long since given way to corporate giants led by chief executives not closely involved in actual ad production, which relies heavily on market research and pictorially on digital tricks.

But in a pioneering career across four decades, including 24 years as her own boss, Ms. Wells Lawrence and her colleagues, Dick Rich and Stewart Greene, created hands-on campaigns that defied orthodoxy, took chances and, with flashes of wit and insight, often turned old-fashioned selling into entertainment. Sometimes they radically changed public perceptions.

Her agency’s best-known campaign was “I ♥ NY,” which began in 1977, when New York City’s social fabric seemed to be fraying, with dangerous streets littered with garbage and graffiti, a serial killer at large and racial strife. To resurrect tourism in the city and around New York State, the state hired Wells Rich Greene and the graphic designer Milton Glaser , who devised the heart logo to go with the campaign’s catchphrase.

“The first commercial we made ended with Frank Langella as Dracula,” Ms. Wells Lawrence recalled in a memoir, “A Big Life (in Advertising)” (2002). It was shot with machine-generated fog outside the Martin Beck Theater on 45th Street in Midtown, where Mr. Langella was starring as that famous vampire. “Swirling in his Dracula cape, he looks into your eyes and says thrillingly, ‘I love New York — especially in the evening.’”

Stars of Broadway, Hollywood and the Metropolitan Opera, political leaders and hosts of celebrities appeared in the ads. The “I Love New York” song, composed by Steve Karmen, was declared the state anthem by Gov. Hugh L. Carey in 1980, and the Glaser logo, a staple of television ads, still appears on millions of T-shirts, buttons, caps and posters.

Originally meant to last only a few months, the campaign went on for years, growing into one of the most successful and imitated in history. It instilled pride in New Yorkers and brought tourism roaring back as a key industry of both the city and the state.

Even before forming their own agency, Ms. Wells Lawrence, Mr. Rich and Mr. Greene made memorable commercials in the 1960s for Jack Tinker & Partners, a subsidiary of the advertising giant Interpublic.

For Alka-Seltzer, they shot two tablets dissolving in water as a catchy voice-over declared: “Plop-plop, fizz-fizz. Oh, what a relief it is!” They called it “Alka-Seltzer on the Rocks.” Sales nearly doubled as consumers got into the habit of taking two tablets instead of one.

The agency introduced the 100-millimeter Benson & Hedges cigarette with a tongue-in-cheek campaign that focused on the “disadvantages” of smokes so lengthy that they set men’s beards afire or were squashed in the closing doors of a crowded elevator.

The campaign for Braniff International Airways took another novel approach. A little-known airline that flew to Mexico and South America, it had invested in new planes, and its new president, Harding L. Lawrence, was desperate for recognition.

“Listen, Mary,” he said, as she recalled in her memoir, “I need a very big idea for this airline, something so big it will make Braniff important news overnight.”

She toured Braniff’s terminals, examined its planes and staff, and came away dismayed. The terminals “looked like a prison camp,” she said; the planes were drab “metallic or white”; flight attendants were “dressed to look like nurses.”

Then it hit her — an idea to exploit the 1960s culture of rebel freedom, eccentricity and vitality. “I saw Braniff in a wash of beautiful color,” she said.

The result was a fleet of airliners, each painted from nose to tail in one of seven bright hues: ocher, orange, turquoise, beige, yellow and two other shades of blue. Interiors were decorated with Herman Miller fabrics. Terminal lounges were redesigned by Alexander Girard with art from Mexico and South America. Flight attendants were attired in Emilio Pucci fashions worn, and removed, in layers during flights, an idea called “the air strip.”

“The End of the Plain Plane,” advertisements boasted. Braniff, suddenly the airline of the youthful jet set, reported an 80 percent leap in business. (Later, when the airline switched agencies, George Lois of Lois, Holland, Callaway contributed the tagline “When you got it — flaunt it!”)

Ms. Wells Lawrence sold Wells Rich Greene to a French company in 1990. Eight years later, with most of its clients and management talent gone, the agency closed. ( Mr. Rich died in 2014, Mr. Greene in 2019.)

Mary Wells Lawrence was born Mary Georgene Berg in Youngstown, Ohio, on May 25, 1928, the only child of Waldemar and Violet (Meltz) Berg. Her father was a furniture salesman.

Mary was shy, and her mother enrolled her in acting, dancing and music classes. She first performed at the Youngstown Playhouse when she was 5, and at 17 she began studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York.

When she was 18, she enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, where she met Bert Wells. They were married in 1949, divorced in 1952, remarried in 1954 and divorced again in 1965. In 1967 she married Mr. Lawrence, Braniff’s president. Mr. Lawrence died in 2002.

In addition to Ms. Bryan, Ms. Wells Lawrence is survived by another daughter, Pamela Lombard; a stepson, State Lawrence; a stepdaughter, Deborah Lawrence; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Ms. Wells Lawrence wrote ad copy for a Youngstown department store and was an ad manager for Macy’s in New York in the early 1950s before joining the McCann-Erickson agency in 1953. She rose rapidly, but she felt undervalued. She joined Doyle Dane Bernbach in 1957 and became a $40,000-a-year vice president in 1963. Her first memorable ad was for French tourism — a photo of an old man and a child, behind him, riding a bicycle on a country road.

“Think you’ve seen France?” the caption read. “Think again.”

In 1964, she took a $60,000-a-year senior partnership with Jack Tinker & Partners, one of many agencies in the Interpublic Group. The job, she told Fortune magazine, held “the promise of eventual command.” She and a small group, including Mr. Rich and Mr. Greene, known as “Tinker’s Thinkers,” rented an office away from Madison Avenue’s bustle and devised the Alka-Seltzer and Braniff campaigns.

In 1966, having several high-profile campaigns under her belt and feeling entitled, Ms. Wells Lawrence asked for the presidency of Tinker & Partners. Her boss, Marion Harper Jr. , the president and chairman of Interpublic, told her that he would give her presidential authority but not the title — a woman, he said, could not win acceptance as president.

It was her moment of truth.

“He could see that I was feeling a red rage,” she told The Times in 2012. “And he said, ‘You wouldn’t want to ruin something you built.’ And at that point I just walked out the door. It wasn’t as though I wanted to be Betty Friedan . I just wanted my own agency.”

Mr. Rich and Mr. Greene quit, too. Mr. Rich joined her as treasurer and copy chief of the new agency, Mr. Greene as secretary and art director. They set up shop in a hotel suite, signed Braniff as their first client and soon won Benson & Hedges, Burma toiletries and Utica Club beer. Within months, Ms. Wells Lawrence was a national celebrity.

She took her agency public in 1968. In 1977, she profited handsomely by reverting to private ownership. Annual billings eventually reached $885 million, with clients including IBM, Procter & Gamble, Ford, American Motors, Cadbury Schweppes, MCI Communications, Hertz, Philip Morris, and Pan American and Trans World Airlines.

Her friends became a who’s who of American politics, entertainment, communications and corporate life. She was named Woman of the Year by the American Advertising Federation in 1971 and inducted into the American Advertising Hall of Fame in 1999.

In the 1980s, she survived uterine and breast cancer.

Ms. Wells Lawrence had homes in New York and the south of France, but spent most months in later years aboard her yacht in the Mediterranean. In 2020, she relocated to London. Since 2008 she had worked on wowOwow, a website for women, with her friends the book publisher Joni Evans, the columnists Peggy Noonan and Liz Smith , and the broadcast journalist Lesley Stahl. It was merged in 2010 with PureWow , a site aimed at a younger audience.

Michael S. Rosenwald contributed reporting.

An earlier version of this obituary referred incorrectly to a campaign for Braniff International Airways based on the slogan “When you got it — flaunt it!” It was created by George Lois of Lois, Holland, Callaway — not by Ms. Wells Lawrence’s agency.

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