Russia's richest billionaire loves super yacht
Recently, billionaire Abramovich has bought a superyacht called Solaris. The yacht is currently built at the Lloyd Werft factory in Bremerhaven, Germany.
The Solaris is up to 140 meters long, with a total weight of up to 11,000 tons.
Solaris is likened to a fortress floating on the sea, operating smoothly in all weather conditions.
The superyacht has a helicopter terminal and 48 cabins to serve the daily needs of the crew and passengers.
The Solaris is equipped with two electric motors with advanced technology. In addition, the entire interior was installed and decorated according to the riengistic requirements of billionaire Abramovich.
The superyacht, which costs up to £430 million, is expected to be tested and handed over to the billionaire this summer.
In addition to Solaris, the billionaire now owns the world's second largest yacht, the 533-foot Eclipse. The price of this yacht was nearly 400 million USD in 2010.
The Eclipse superyacht has a helicopter parking lot, a closed entertainment system such as a dance floor, 2 swimming pools, sauna room, cinema room...
In particular, the yacht integrates modern technology to detect and prevent missile attacks.
Currently, the 54-year-old billionaire still owns two more yachts, Pelorus and Le Grand Bleu.
In addition to luxury entertainment, the Russian billionaire also owns a supercar collection worth up to 11 million USD, including Bugatti Veyron, Mercedes AMG GT3, Aston Martin vulcan... Notably, the limited edition Ferrari FXX, only 29 of which are produced worldwide.
He is also an art collector. In 2008, Abramovich spent $34 million on the painting "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" by Freud. Immediately after that at Sotheby's, Abramovich paid $86.3 million for "Triptych, 1976," by Francis Bacon.
The billionaire's assets come from steel, nickel, and paladi companies
Billionaire Roman Abramovich currently owns a fortune worth 14.4 billion USD, ranking 113th in Forbes' list of the richest billionaires in the world. The majority of Abramovich's assets come from the sale of state-owned Russian assets after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Billionaire Roman Abramovich owns a large stake in Russia's second largest steel maker Evraz, which is considered a "steel giant". He is also a major shareholder of Norilsk Nickel - Russia's Niken and paladi mining and cooking company. Billionaire Abramovich owns the UK football team Chelsea.
Mr. Abramovich previously sold 73% of Russia's Sibneft oil and gas company's shares to state gas giant Gazprom for 13 billion USD in 2005.
In 2018, the billionaire ran out of British investor visas and, unable to get a new visa, Abramovich immediately applied for Israeli citizenship as a replacement.
He sold 26% of the shares of Russian airline Aeroflot to the National Reserve Bank in 2003.
In addition to his business fortune, billionaire Roman Abramovich has invested a whopping $324 million in Chelsea FC, despite not playing a single game in more than two years. Chelsea was once the sixth most valuable team in the world and was valued by Forbes at $2.6 billion in 2019. In 2018, there was information that Abramovich would resell his team for 3.9 billion USD.
In 2008, Abramovich's assets peaked at $23.5 billion and became the richest billionaire in Russia. In 2020, his net asset value was estimated to have decreased significantly, from 12.6 billion USD to 14.4 billion USD.
