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Topics: Amazon, Jeff Bezos, Money
Ellie Kemp
Topics: Amazon, Jeff Bezos, Money
When you're one of the richest people in the world, you can do pretty much anything you want.
Within reason - usually.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who has a net worth of $230 billion, has made some extravagant purchases over the years - and understandably so.
He has a fleet of private jets as well as a car collection worth an estimated $20 million, including high-end vehicles like a Ferrari Pininfarina Sergio, W Motors' Lykan HyperSport and Bugatti Veyron Mansory.
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But it appears as though it's Bezos' luxury $500,000,000 super yacht that's his pride and joy.
Named Koru, Bezos first commissioned the bespoke boat in 2018, with Netherlands-based yacht-builder Oceanco beginning the build in 2021.
The 127 meter-long (417 foot) vessel was finally put into action by Bezos in April 2023.
And it's got some sentimental meaning too; it was the very place he proposed to now-fiancee Lauren Sanchez last May.
Sanchez, who had been dating Bezos since 2019, admitted to Vogue she 'blacked out a bit' when Bezos opened the ring box.
But the pair have kept tight-lipped about their wedding details, as Sanchez previously told Extra: “We’re still thinking about it. Is it going to be big? Overseas? We don’t know yet."
Bezos went on to have another boat built to accompany Koru for one specific reason.
This time he ordered from Dutch boat makers Damen Yachting.
Named Abeona, after the Roman goddess of travelers, the 76 meter (250 foot) support vessel is still bigger than your average yacht.
It has space for some water toys on deck and can accommodate up to 45 crew and support staff.
But Abeona's crowning jewel is its rear-deck helipad and hangar, which is large enough to fit an Airbus ACH135 helicopter.
Because why wouldn't you want a spot to park your $5.7m helicopter while you unwind on a Mediterranean getaway?
Bezos forked out another $75 million on the support boat, as you do, meaning he's spent almost $600 million on both his yachts.
That's not even taking into account their maintenance and docking fees, which are also pretty hefty.
It would cost around $40 million a year to maintain and dock Koru, while you're looking at around $10 million a year for Abeona.
This means Bezos spends around $50 million a year purely on running his boats.
But when you're the second-richest man in the world, as per the Forbes billionaire index, then that figure is nothing more than a drop in the ocean...