A $120 million megayacht linked to a Russian billionaire was seized by authorities, and now residents of a small Caribbean nation are paying $28,000-a-week to maintain it, report says

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A 270-foot megayacht is docked in Venice with the city seen behind and one smaller boat passing by
The Alfa Nero docked in Venice.

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Mark Cuban doesn't spend his billions on yachts, butlers, or chauffeurs because more staff means 'no privacy'

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I became a superyacht chef without any formal training. Here's how I turned my hobby into cooking for celebrities like Pharrell Williams while traveling the world.

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Rachel Cunningham in a cooking lesson.

Rachel Cunningham

Meet the latest way the superrich prove they're really, totally worried about the environment: $10 million electric superyachts

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Sunreef 80 Eco Yacht
Sunreef 80 Eco Yacht

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I make up to $5,000 a month as a yacht stewardess. I landed the job right out of college and love that I get to save money while traveling the world.

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Wallerich sitting in captain's bridge, where the yacht is controlled by the captain.

Emery Wallerich

Saddam Hussein's yachts were once signs of luxury. Now, one is a wrecked picnic spot for fishermen and the other was almost turned into a hotel.

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An aerial view of the 'Al-Mansur' yacht, once belonging to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, which has been lying on the water bed for years in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, in Basra.
An aerial view of the 'Al-Mansur' yacht, once belonging to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, which has been lying on the water bed for years in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, in Basra.

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Antigua and Barbuda is preparing to auction off an 'abandoned' $81 million superyacht linked to a Russian oligarch, reports say

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Alfa Nero in Venice, Italy.
The Alfa Nero in Venice, Italy.

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Russian oligarchs' superyachts have avoided the US west coast and the Mediterranean since Russia invaded Ukraine, heat maps show

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Heat map showing Russian oligarch yacht traffic across the world before and after the invasion of Ukraine, next to a picture of Roman Abramovich's superyacht Solaris.
Heat map showing Russian oligarch yacht traffic across the world before and after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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Jeff Bezos' $500 million megayacht sets sail for its first sea trials — watch video of the 417-foot vessel hitting open water

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Jeff Bezos looks to side next to image of the Hef bridge in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jeff Bezos' yacht previously caused uproar for nearly requiring that a beloved 100-year-old bridge in the Netherlands be dismantled for it to pass. Now, it's hitting the open water for its sea tests.

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