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Monday, April 8, 2013

Billionaire Yacht Wars Continue

Billionaires have a different set of worries than the rest of us. Their worries include things like: How they can keep most if not all of their money from governments, what position they land in on the Forbes' billionaires list, which city or country to fly to on their private planes for dinner and how much it will cost to build the biggest yacht in the world. OK so not all billionaires are shallow and we're not implying the ones mentioned here are. But the war of the Yachts continue and seems to be gaining more fuel each year. Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft once held the title for the biggest yacht in the world thanks to the "Octopus", his mega yacht with two helicopter landing pads, submarine and recording studio just to name a few features on the vessel. Then Russian money bags Roman Abramovich, whose other toys we featured here on Stun in the past stole the title with the roll out of his mega yacht called "Eclipse" which is clearly a jab at Paul Allen. But poor Roman didn't enjoy the title as long as his predecessor. Thanks to  Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Nahyan, President of the UAE, Abramovich's "Eclipse" lost the title to "Azzam" a new 590 foot mega yacht that reportedly cost a mind blowing $627.4 million to build. Ahh the lives of the super rich!
 
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