He can afford anything he wants. And that’s what Jeff Bezos (57) does too. After all, with a fortune of 193 billion US dollars, the equivalent of 173 billion Swiss francs, he is the richest person in the world.
The Amazon boss is currently building a mega yacht. Because the multi-billionaire does not yet own a luxury ship. But that should change soon – and how! The 57-year-old has commissioned a yacht from the Dutch shipbuilder Oceanco that has never been seen before.
With a helicopter landing pad, of course
A three-masted ship. 127 meters long. So big that two smaller yachts are needed for support. And of course each equipped with a landing pad for a helicopter.
In order to be able to land there himself with a helicopter, the multi-billionaire even makes the flight license. That reports the Journalist Brad Stonewho wrote a book about Amazon and the founder. Further details about the mega yacht are not yet known.
Jeff Bezos has so far been silent about the reports about his mega yacht project. But one thing is clear: the Amazon boss loves boats. Again and again he spent the time on the luxury yachts of business partners and friends. Now he would like to own a mega-boat himself.
Amazon boss auctions space flight
In addition, Bezos is planning the first manned flight into space with his US space company Blue Origin this summer. The New Shepard rocket will launch into space on July 20, the company announced on Wednesday. A place on board will be auctioned. The winner will be announced on July 12th.
The flight will only take ten minutes, four minutes of which the passengers will spend above the Kármán Line, which marks the boundary between the earth’s atmosphere and space. At an altitude of around 100 kilometers, the crew on board can then experience weightlessness and view the curvature of the earth from space.
The company would like to offer tourists short trips into space in the future. The New Shepard passenger rocket has successfully completed 15 unmanned test runs. The passenger capsule is propelled by a small, reusable rocket that returns to Earth separately from the capsule after it has reached flight altitude. The capsule itself slides back to the surface of the earth, braked by parachutes. (jmh / AFP)