Top 10 Crazy-Expensive Megayachts and Their Owners

This is a TOP 10 of incredulous extravagance that will either make sure sense or defy all reason. It can be utilised to inspire awe and ambition, or invoke delirium and disgust.

We don’t mind how you respond or react to the list, but be assured, this is reality, and this is how certain fortunate individuals decide to exhibit their wealth.

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10. Dilbar

Owner: Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov
Value: $263 Million
Speed: 21 knots
Length: 110m
Build: Lurssen Yachts
Guest: 20
Crew: 47
Trivia: (1) The yacht is named after Alisher’s mother. (2) After the rigged Russian elections in 2011, Usmanov’s Kommersant Vlast magazine ran an unflattering issue on Vladimir Putin. Usmanov sacked the editor and the head of the publisher’s holding company, saying there had been an ‘ethical breach.’ ¹ (3) Usmanov owns 29.11% of Arsenal FC.

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9. Pelorus

Owner: David Geffen
Value: $300 Million
Speed: 19 knots
Length: 115m
Build: Lurssen Yachts
Guest: –
Crew: 46
Trivia: (1) Pelorus has two helipads. (2) David is the founder of DreamWorks SKG, Asylum Records, Geffen Records, and DGC Records

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8. Al Said

Owner: Qaboos Bin Said al Said – Sultan of Oman
Value: $300 Million
Speed: 25 knots
Length: 155m
Build: Lurssen Yachts
Guest: 70
Crew: 154
Trivia: The Sultan is a lover of classical music, and established his own symphony orchestra in the mid-1980s. This orchestra performs locally in Oman, and very often accompanies the Sultan when he travels abroad.

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7. Dubai

Owner: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Value: $300 Million
Speed: 26 knots
Length: 162m
Build: Platinum Yachts
Guest: 72
Crew: 88
Trivia: (1) Sheikh Mohammed is the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Constitutional Monarch of Dubai. (2) The Sheikh is responsible for Dubai’s growth into a global city and as well as the launch of a number of major enterprises including Emirates Airline, DP World and the Jumeirah Group. He has overseen the development of Palm Islands and the iconic Burj Al Arab hotel. He also drove the construction of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. ³

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6. Radiant

[one_half]Owner: Abdullah Al Futtaim
Value: £320 Million
Speed: 16 knots
Length: 110m
Build: Lurssen Yachts
Guest: 20
Crew: 44
Trivia: The yacht is equipped with sonic guns capable of bursting the eardrums of ‘would-be assailants.’ [/one_half][one_half_last][/one_half_last]

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5. Serene

Owner: Yuri Scheffler
Value: $330 Million
Speed: 20 knots
Length: 134m
Build: Fincantieri
Guest: 24
Crew: 52
Trivia: The yacht boasts a helicopter hanger and two helipads, an internal seawater swimming pool, and hot and cold Jacuzzi.

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4. Superyacht A

Owner: Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko
Value: $390 Million
Speed: 23 knots
Length: 119m
Build: Blohm & Voss
Guest: 14
Crew: 42
Trivia: Melnichenko is a self made millionaire, who dropped out of Moscow State University. He sold computers and established a chain of currency-exchange booths; in 1993 he founded MDM Bank ². His empire now includes pipe exports, energy, and fertilizer business.

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3. Topaz

Owner: Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Value: $520 Million
Speed: 25.5 knots
Length: 147m
Build: Lurssen Yachts
Guest: 12
Crew: 85
Trivia: Mansoor is an accomplished horse rider, winning a number of endurance racing tournaments held in the Middle East. He is also chairman of the Emirates horse racing authority.

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2. Azzam

Owner: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan
Value: $600 Million
Speed: 32 knots
Length: 180m
Build: Lurssen Yachts
Guest: 36
Crew: 50
Trivia: Allegedly, the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Charity Foundation has pledged $150 million to the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in establishment of a cancer treatment clinic – the largest grant in the organisation’s history.

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1. Eclipse

Owner: Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich
Value: $1.1 Billion
Speed: 25 knots
Length: 162.5m
Build: Blohm & Voss Shipyards
Guest: 36
Crew: 70
Trivia: (1) The yacht is offered for charter at $2m/week. (2) The yacht features rotor-based “at anchor stabilizers” which work at zero speed to increase onboard comfort. The stabilization system is based on the Magnus effect.
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