Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has taken Russian oligarch Andrey Guryev's superyacht off of Antiguan authorities' hands after placing a winning $67.6 million bid at auction.
Sen. Rick Scott discusses Zelenskyy’s Zoom call with Congress and what the U.S. should do to further help Ukraine on ‘Fox Business Tonight.’Eric Schmidt won an auction in Antigua to acquire the seized Superyacht Alfa Nero for $67.6 million, as first reported by Bloomberg.
The superyacht Alfa Nero is seen docked in Falmouth Harbour in Saint Paul Parish, Antigua, on April 20, 2023. The Alfa Nero was built by the same shipbuilding company, Oceanco, that built the Koru, the world's tallest sailing yacht, which Lauren Sanchez andJeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez appear on the superyacht Koru while at anchor in Portofino, Italy, on June 12, 2023.
Eric Schmidt, former chairman and CEO of Google, visits FOX Business Network Studios in New York City on April 16, 2019.The Alfa Nero had an original price tag of $120 million. The yacht features the first-ever "statement pool," which converts to a helipad or dance floor, depending on the owner's mood. The yacht previously belonged to Andrey Guryev, a Russian oligarch who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury last year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Schmidt is worth an estimated $25 billion after running Google during a period of high growth as CEO between 2001 and 2011 and executive chairman from 2011 to 2015.
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