billionaires from all over the world arrived at the Caribbean islands on the eve of Christmas and New Year’s parties, the number of yachts in this area increased more than doubled compared to the previous month, writes Bloomberg.
According to the agency’s calculations, at the end of November there were 81 yachts in the area of the islands, while now more than 200
has accumulated in the Caribbean basin countries.
The largest of those is located- the 138-meter (454 feet) Super Superhot Rising Sun of the American businessman and the founder of the sound recording company Geffen Records David Guffen (Forbes evaluates his fortune at $ 7.7 billion), which is anchored on the Saint Barte. It followed by an 117 -meter (384 feet) Infinity in the British Virgin Islands (the agency does not indicate its owner, but, according to Superyachtfan and Luxurylauns, it belongs to the American billionaire, the director of the Harbour Freight chain, Erika Schmidt, its fortune is $ 9.5 billion ), as well as the 115-meter AHPO of the Canadian-Yamaisky entrepreneur, the head of the Portland Holdings investment company, Michael Li-Chica (Forbes estimates his condition at $ 1.5 billion), recently arrived in St. Kits.
The Agency writes that in the “Ordinary Year”, businessman Roman Abramovich (evaluates his fortune at $ 6.9 billion, is under the sanctions of the EU) could arrange a New Year’s party next to the Geffen yacht, but four super -sites “associated with him or him or him Belonging to him “remained in Turkey, since in connection with the Western sanctions of the yachts of Russian businessmen were detained around the world.
The number of yachts increased sharply on the eve of the holidays and on the other end of the world – in the Maldives, the agency writes. The largest yacht there is the 88 -meter Lauren L. It, according to the Superyachtfan portal, belongs to the Ukrainian businessman Igor Kolomoisky.