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    The Largest Superyachts Owned by Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg | Invesloan.com

    October 31, 2025Updated:October 31, 2025
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    Size doesn’t always matter, but it absolutely does in the rarefied world of superyachts.

    Palaces at sea have long been a status symbol for the masters of the universe, a place to live a life of excess and network, far removed from the prying eyes of ordinary people.

    As the rich get richer — the world’s 10 richest people are $500 billion wealthier this year — their boats are getting longer.

    The trend illustrates an unofficial yachting rule of thumb: The bigger the boat, the richer the owner. To own a 50-meter vessel, you likely have to be a billionaire. Over 100 meters long? You probably have a few billion to your name.

    Over the past two years, three of the wealthiest people on the planet  — Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sergey Brin — have taken possession of yachts over 100 meters long.

    “It’s a bit of a celebration of your success in life, of wealth,” Giovanna Vitelli, the chair of the Azimut Benetti Group, one of the biggest producers of superyachts, told Business Insider.

    Decked out with amenities like gyms, spas, pools, movie theaters, and helicopter hangars, these megayachts — broadly defined as over 70 meters long — are custom-built and cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

    Over the summers, the superyachts criss-cross the Mediterranean, visiting the islands of Greece and stopping in St. Tropez, before making their way across the Atlantic for New Year’s in the Caribbean. (Mark Zuckerberg’s Launchpad reportedly took a pit stop on its annual migration this year, stopping at a shipyard in southern France for a multi-month tune-up.)

    The comings and goings, customizations, and sheer size of superyachts give us insight into how today’s ruling class lives. After all, they’re about the most expensive asset money can buy.

    Here are the largest yachts owned by tech billionaires, or at least those we know about.

    In an industry governed by discretion, deciphering who owns what is an exercise in stringing together many clues. There are likely yachts that have not been publicly recorded or registered. Evan Spiegel, for example, is rumored to own the 94-meter megayacht Bliss. If you’re lucky, it turns out money can buy privacy.

    Sergey Brin: Dragonfly


    Butterfly, a yacht owned by Sergey Brin

    Butterfly, owned by Sergey Brin, is the smaller of his two yachts.

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    Google cofounder Sergey Brin has a flotilla of yachts, boats, and water toys known as the “Fly Fleet.”

    The largest, 142-meter-long Dragonfly, was delivered in December 2024.

    Built by the prestigious German shipyard Lürssen, Dragonfly has been lauded for its design, which earned it the 2025 Yacht Style award in its length class.

    It comes equipped with a full suite of amenities, including a glass-bottomed pool, cinema, spa, gym, business deck with a home office, and a helicopter hangar.

    The superyacht is Brin’s second of the same name.

    The former Dragonfly, 73 meters long, was listed for sale under a new name, Capricorn, with a $30 million asking price. It has since been renamed Capricorn.

    Brin’s fleet also includes Butterfly, a 38-meter-long yacht often moored in the Bay Area. In its downtime, its crew members spend time kitesurfing and teaching swimming lessons to local kids.

    The rest of the armada, which requires a team of 50 full-time employees, consists of a smaller boat named Firefly, Jet Skis, foil boards, dinghies, and kiteboards.

    Jeff Bezos: Koru and Abeona


    PORTOFINO, ITALY - JUNE 13: Koru and Abeona, Jeff Bezos yachts are seen on June 13, 2023 in Portofino, Italy.

    Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez spent last summer on Koru, seen at left, with its support vessel, Abeona, seen at right.

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    Bezos’ $500 million megayacht, the 127-meter Koru, made a splash when it was delivered in 2023.

    The sailing yacht is hard to miss thanks to its massive size and unique design. It also travels with Abeona, its 75-meter support vessel, in tow.

    “I heard back in 2018 or something that somebody had ordered a classic sailing yacht,” one superyacht aficionado told Business Insider. “You order 125 meters, that’s not really going to be classic. But it is. I think it’s pretty cool.”

    The yacht has hosted several of Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos’ famous friends for various occasions, including an engagement party that drew Bill Gates and Leonardo DiCaprio on board and a pre-wedding foam party to celebrate Sánchez Bezos’ son’s birthday.

    Before its completion, Koru made headlines after it was announced that a historic bridge in Rotterdam would be taken apart to allow the Oceanco-built boat through. (Due to the backlash, the shipyard made alternative plans.)

    The yacht has also been criticized for the liberal use of teak on its decks and interiors. The wood has gained a reputation for its connection to Myanmar, a country with a checkered human rights record.

    In 2024, Oceanco was fined for violating the European Timber Regulation, and the shipyard has since apologized.

    Mark Zuckerberg: Launchpad


    Launchpad Yacht

    Aerial shots of the yacht seem to show a pool on its main deck and a helipad.

    Ruben Griffioen/SuperYachtTimes

    Following months of rumors, Zuckerberg debuted Launchpad in 2024. The 118-meter superyacht was originally designed for a sanctioned Russian businessman.

    The ship made its maiden voyage in March 2024, going from Gibraltar to St. Maarten and mooring in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It has since visited Panama for Zuckerberg’s 40th birthday and spent summers in the Mediterranean.

    Little is known about its interior, but photos show a large swimming pool and helipad, and its shipyard, Feadship, has written about its “fully enclosed pod-like observation lounge” and two helipads.

    Its price has been kept under wraps, but a yacht of that size would typically cost nine figures.

    Eric Schmidt: Whisper


    The yacht "Kismet" is located in central London on the banks of the Thames. The yacht is adorned with a sculpture of a jaguar on the bow. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa (Photo by Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images)

    Eric Schmidt bought Kismet from the Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan — hence the figurehead — last year and renamed it Whisper.

    Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images

    Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt purchased Kismet, a 95-meter-long superyacht formerly owned by billionaire Shahid Khan, the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, in 2023 and renamed the Lürssen-built vessel Whisper.

    Schmidt had agreed to purchase the Alfa Nero, which formerly belonged to a sanctioned Russian oligarch, for $67 million in an auction. He backed out of the deal following legal issues over its true ownership.

    Whisper can accommodate 12 guests and a crew of 28, according to Moran Yacht & Ship, which oversaw its construction. It features a master deck with a private jacuzzi, a full-service spa, a lap pool, a movie theater, and an outdoor fireplace.

    While its final sale price was not public, it was listed for about $158 million at the time of the sale.

    Schmidt charters the yacht for about $1.4 million a week — an opportunity his fellow billionaire, Magic Johnson, has taken advantage of. In the summer of 2025, Johnson posted videos and photos from a weekslong Mediterranean vacation aboard Whisper, including workouts in the outdoor gym and a toga party with the crew.

    Barry Diller: Eos


    Eos yacht

    Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg’s Eos yacht has become a popular destination for celebrities.

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    Billionaire Barry Diller, the chairman of digital media company IAC, owns the megayacht Eos with his wife, fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, who is immortalized in a figurehead sculpture by Anh Duong.

    One of the largest private sailing yachts in the world, the three-masted Lürssen schooner measures 93 meters long. It took three years to build before being delivered to Diller in 2009, and little has been revealed about its interior and features since then.

    The power couple has hosted many celebrities on the Eos, which spends its summers in the Mediterranean and New Year’s Eve in St. Barts. Over the years, guests have included Oprah Winfrey, Emma Thompson, Anderson Cooper, and Bezos, leading some to believe it inspired Koru.

    Jim Clark: Athena


    Athena yacht

    Netscape founder Jim Clark has listed Athena for sale, but has yet to find a buyer.

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    Netscape founder Jim Clark purchased the 90-meter sailing yacht Athena in 2004.

    “I could easily have built a 50- or 60-meter motor yacht that would have had the same space as Athena, but I was never really interested in building a motor yacht,” he told Boat International in 2016. “To my eye, she’s one of the most gorgeous large sailing yachts, maybe the most gorgeous large sailing yacht in the world.”

    The former Stanford professor tried to sell it at various points — listing it for $95 million in 2012, $69 million in 2016, and $59 million in 2017 — but it has yet to change hands.

    Larry Ellison: Musashi


    Super Yacht Musashi owned by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison

    The Mushashi superyacht, seen here in Venice, is owned by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.

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    Oracle founder Larry Ellison has owned several superyachts over the years, including the Katana, the Ronin, and the Rising Sun, which he sold to fellow billionaire David Geffen.

    He purchased his current boat, Musashi, in 2011 for a reported $160 million from custom-yacht giant Feadship.

    Named after a famous samurai warrior, the 88-meter-long yacht has both Japanese and Art Deco-inspired design elements. It also boasts amenities such as an elevator, swimming pool, beauty salon, gym, and basketball court.

    Ellison is known for his extravagant spending — private islands, jets, a tennis tournament — and yachting is among his favorite and most expensive hobbies. He took up racing them in the 1990s and financed the America’s Cup-winning BMW Oracle Racing team.

    Laurene Powell Jobs: Venus


    A superyacht at sea.

    Venus was originally designed for Steve Jobs, though he never set foot on it.

    Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images

    Steve Jobs’ widow, investor and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, inherited a nearly finished 78-meter yacht named Venus when the Apple cofounder died in 2011.

    After spending years vacationing on Ellison’s yachts — Venus and Musashi come from the same shipyard, Feadship — Jobs wanted one for himself. He designed Venus with French starchitect and decorator Philippe Starck, and it was worth $130 million upon completion.

    “Venus comes from the philosophy of minimum,” Starck said of its design. “The elegance of the minimum, approaching dematerialization.”

    Jobs and Starck began working together in 2007, the designer told Vanity Fair, and held monthly meetings over the course of four years. Venus was delivered in 2012 to Jobs’ specification: six identical cabins, a design to ensure spaces of absolute silence, and the most up-to-date technology.

    “There will never again be a boat of that quality again. Because never again will two madmen come together to accomplish such a task,” Starck told the magazine.

    Charles Simonyi: Norn


    harles Simonyis luxury yacht 'Skat' sits in the harbour on November 21, 2008 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

    Early Microsoft employee Charles Simonyi traded in his first yacht Skat, pictured here, for the bigger Norn.

    Christopher Hunt/Getty Images

    Early Microsoft employee Charles Simonyi has purchased two megayachts from the German shipyard Lürssen: the 90-meter Norn and 71-meter Skat.

    Delivered in 2023, Norn is full of luxurious features, including an outdoor cinema and a pool floor that lifts to become a light-up dance floor. It shares a militaristic style with Skat, which Simonyi sold in 2021 after listing it for €56.5 million.

    “The yacht is to be home away from my home in Seattle, and its style should match the style of the house, adapted for the practicalities of the sea,” Simonyi once said of Skat.

    Grace Kay and Sindhu Sundar contributed to an earlier version of this story.

    Correction: May 6, 2024 — An earlier version of this story misstated Giovanna Vitelli’s title. She is the chair of the Azimut Benetti Group, not a vice president.

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