| # | 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 | $9 | C2 | 78m |
| 42 | Gianluigi Aponte | Gianluigi Aponte | Amo | 47m |
All yacht owners are ‘rich’, but some are richer than others.
For example, when a wealthy person is able to purchase a US$ 10 million yacht. His net worth is 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.
Only the 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.
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.)
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 is building a large yacht in the Netherlands. The yacht’s support vessel – named Wayfinder – has already been launched.
Bezos is building a large sailing yacht and a large support vessel
Net worth: $187 billion
Owner of the yacht Symphony. Mr Bernard Arnault is chairman and CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton S.A.. Mr. Arnault is #13 on the Forbes rich list.
Net worth: US$ 154 billion
Gates is building a large yacht in the Netherlands. He also ordered a 68-meter support vessel named Wayfinder.
Net worth: $106 billion
Larry Ellison, owner of the yacht Musashi. Larry Ellison is the founder of US software maker Oracle. Larry Ellison is the 5th richest person in the world. Ellison has owned several yachts.
Net worth: US$ 102 billion
Larry Page, owner of the yacht Senses. Larry Page is the co-
Net worth: US$ 99 billion
Sergey Brin is the owner of the yacht Dragonfly. 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
Amancio Ortega is 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
SuperYacht Owners Database 6-2023
