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africa. welcome to a world where the super rich compete in the biggest and most expensive yacht. this is the is that the 500000000 euro 180 meter long boat is probably the largest privately owned jot and belongs to the a mia of abu dhabi if you play in the making goes on the lake. from to buy to miami. to monaco where we got special access to this secret world. to huge sales well in the wind the deck the size of a tennis court. and
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a 12 member crew. we're off the coast of miami aboard one of the world's largest selling yachts the cigarettes. the catch is 70 metres long and was built for the american multimillionaire built to cut the sea is a bit rough today just how he likes it. now the mission. to get. this sunday bill invited some friends along for this day trip. crew members in casual sila outfits cater to the guests every need. for lunch a casual selection of sandwiches made from the finest ingredients in fact
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everything on board is talking and expensive. like. when you finish with china. last is our lives so things like that that you know if you spend more than the. average joe. it's the rest of the. marriage what it's like to live on the golf course we're going to bring back the guilty. feel a paid 17000000 euros for this cage. after a few hours the boat returns to its port in miami florida.
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bill do for has a luxury askant house condominium at the harbor entrance his home covers about 2000 square meters and is spread out over 3 floors. the interior looks like an art museum there are works by frank stella manalo valdez and john do for a on the top floor this is swimming pool the apartment was valued at around 60000000 euros bill is proud he developed such a project. you're at in the best apartment in the best building in miami you have the most spectacular views of miami fisher island in the ocean on that side of miami beach and ocean on this side i don't know that anybody else we've done this i don't know that anybody else could have done this i mean i think it's unique apartment it is in my view the best apartment in miami beach it's the
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best apartment i think on the east coast. like many ultra wealthy folks bill has an entourage of interior design a piece $100.00 of each draft of the plans for both bills condominiums and the sybaris he only works for bill. 2009 i learned that i had melanoma and that the melanoma had spread to my loved ones. and. you know you certainly begin to think that life is short in the day or 2 after that i called peter and i said that i was going to go forward with this apartment or with the boat. and that the end of that week i said to myself i can't live like that i can't however long i have i can't live without a plan and a a a reason to do something special and so i called him back and i said forget it we're going forward with the boat we're all for with the apartment. building
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because started out as a business aware but was found guilty of fraud in 997 he started over and has since made a fortune in computer software. enjoyed by more rain. entertainment enjoyment. they were. breaking. the law doesn't go sailing every day but the crew is always on cool and on a yearly salary for example the captain earns between 16022000 euros per month there. is a total of nearly $1000.00 square metres of living space on board the sybaris including fitness and wellness room. this is the master bedroom there are also 5 sleeping cabins for guests like the apartment the boat is full of works of art
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like this fresco inspired by popular picasso's masterpiece. of. his especially proud of his custom made storage trunks. bill said what if instead of wood trays we did that alligator. i was like yeah that could be tom any alligators it's all you for $150.00 alligators farm raised. far raised very serious for it now in florida there's alligators everywhere they eat our dogs. because there are a crocodile. crocodiles are in danger but alligators are not and no this really is this beautiful thing so all that oh. another day and bill has invited out because friends to visit him on his yacht. david boies is one of america's
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most prominent attorneys. allowed. to be david and his wife mary also own a yacht but it hardly compares to this one. because. it's one of a kind i've never seen anything like it and i've been on 20 premies over the years . every time mary steps onboard a yacht she takes part in an unusual ritual climbing the must just like that she had to go to the life of chair up close i'm sure all the way to the top. i think. well she's done it before i think she's crazy i think but i would use this by lawyers their eyes. focused a little liquid courage. this is because. when you do this you feel like a bird. your weight was very high and you see the world in
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a very different way the way a bird that. it's a long way up there. or spread on the board somewhat. here but crewmember is sent up 1st. then it's mary's turn to the $72.00. a sense. i. was worried. and she interviewed this so many times i never did you see. a list strenuous way to climb. up to 15 minutes mary is lowered back to the deck she's happy. he's got it. by the body 3 times up with it any better. that evening bill hosts
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a cocktail party of his sumptuous lee appointed yosh shows the world that he has once again become financially successful and he enjoys sharing his good fortune with his inner circle. they say that is all these people. are all very nice boy and i like to hurt their fan troy each other we're going to have a good time and they could see something that they don't really see this is an opportunity for them to see a new piece of art and. it makes you happy that's all. the stuff that's out there but. bill doesn't only have friends in america there are also those in europe. so he's having the super a sale to monaco are. monaco is located on the french riviera and has been
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a playground for the ultra rich since the late 19th century. some of the world's largest yachts a mortar here in this marina in monte carlo most of them cost at least $50000000.00 euros. this is espen only know one of the world's most renowned yacht designers he's norwegian but his office is here in monaco. on the national debt all of the all it's great to have an office that's right here on the harbor there are ships as far as you can see this is the monaco is home to a lot of yachts and also the shipping industry in general more than 300 companies have their offices here all sorts of shit a q one yeah they can go thing with me. this is our design office of different projects here when this all.
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it's been designed yachts that often cost several $100000000.00 euros he employs about 20 engineers and designers. his career was launched by this but the octopus the 1st mega yacht in history the 126 metre long boat was once owned by microsoft co-founder paul allen and the shift has to landing pads for helicopters and 3 mini submarines more recently it's been designed the deal by us which was built at the loosened shipyard in braman and delivered in 2016. it's considered the world's largest yacht by volume. the deal by is owned by russian billionaire alan scherr man of.
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when esben has an idea for a new york design he 1st makes a sketch just like other designers do. so they are almost we start with the general plan of the boat which i do by hand and then we make a 2 d. image on the computer and then a 3 d. model the parts come together like a puzzle it takes between 3 and 5 years to complete a project from the 1st meeting with the client to the actual delivery i want to work if you want to go anywhere. it's been is a little like the car lagerfeld if you are saying he manages to give classic design a modern twist. for do you have to hunt for customers. know they find us so we don't even have a website but this is really a small world with a lot of word of mouth it's like a pyramid them all this the closer to the top you are the fewer people there are
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and they all know each other it's all. in the morn the is for this. you know week to spend will travel to the dubai international boat show. not far away in monaco interior design a sabrina monteleone was also getting ready for the same event. i don't buy the plates ready. and the letter samples as well sabrina sells accessories and furniture for luxury yachts a brand is simply called sabrina monte carlo. no 0 point but if you took a boat inflicted over we do everything that falls out to sea. to kill everything that isn't fixed from teaspoons to sofas to curtains. sabrina started out in the fashion industry before switching to luxury decoration
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of the 20 years ago she's learned all the codes. citizens here it's the men who choose it's funny because with houses usually women pick but boats are male domains 80 percent of our clients are men. they're often the only ones who have the money to buy a yacht and. and they want complete control over it it's their baby that makes my job a lot easier. it is a. mixed start dubai situated on the shores of the gulf dubai is the financial center of the middle east when we meet estan he's working as usual. i can't because i have a client meeting in cast on t.v. on thursday 5 o'clock i'd love to but i'm fortunately i can't i'm flying to london on thursday nights at 20 something and then i'm flying to the neighbor in the afternoon we could have a late lunch in london perhaps on friday if he's in london the brother thanks about
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you bye bye bye problem. sorry that was a broker who's trying to set up a meeting for me with a client but it's always been like i'm here when he's there by subversive mushy like me but it's a. lesson will be entered by for just 24 hours but he couldn't miss the big boat show everyone who's anyone in the yacht industry will attend. for more than a quarter of a century to super rich have come to dubai to check out the york market at least half of the world's largest shops are owned by wealthy arabs. the amir of divine sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum arise with his usual contingent of advisors and bodyguards.
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but. rather she this is the aft deck. and spend doesn't need to rent an exhibition hall he simply welcomes potential clients on board one of his yachts this. it's called the silver fast. comes up when you sit here you can look out over the water. boat shows give us a chance to show our know how so we're very happy we could show this boat here today it's not always the case because the bigger the boats are the more private their owners are use to feel for the lives on this one people don't really want to show them in a fair. also because it's their home because that's to give us a going to them is all about surprising the owner of this yacht a german multimillionaire wants to sell it so he asked esben to put it on display
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here. the superfast is powered 523600 horsepower diesel engines and can reach a top speed of $27.00 knots 50 kilometers an hour the original asking price of this yacht was about $80000000.00 euros that's been says it was designed for a new generation of your tires so it is the old one for about 10 years now we've been designing boats that are more contemporary and that reflects that ship owners are getting younger these days it seems that a lot of people are getting rich more quickly the average age of yacht owners has dropped significantly and 30 years ago when i got started in this business all the owners were at least 60. today our customers are more like 30 to 40 years old can't count. on.
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this been continued to meet with potential customers well into the evening. there's not a. michelle he demi there's any oh you are the sort. that like to read. by misha i brought some friends with me if i do if you do a google google. michael michele braman is the science director at the world renowned loosen shipyard in braman in northern germany. one of 3 mega yachts comes from this yard the company has established a solid reputation for the quality of its boats and for maintaining the privacy of its clients. i don't know how many boats together let's not tell everyone more than 20 i'm sure. we need to talk. as if this is business so no microphones caught up you're wearing a mike yes. how come you're taken off the mike.
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we're talking business is business. as spin and michelle know that in this world discretion is king. this is by international but show is an annual event the world's leading shipyards engine manufacturers designers and decorators are represented here and that includes sabrina monte-leone as. she enjoys meeting new clients and old friends. that i see. this every day are far more not at all from what i know you hold a camera in their own border many. goods of this we have that are that move to get it yet. not see it through him is a wealthy saudi businessman and he owns one of the world's largest yachts so the
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sooner this gentleman owns the lady mora which is usually docked at monaco but i think it's a german shipyard right now for refitting. the lady mura was launched in 1900 it's 105 meters long and cost over $200000000.00 euros everybody has to face our rush it has made his fortune in the saudi construction sector he also serves as an advisor to the royal family as would leaders. kept so yeah but let's not we are missing the boat on the been one eco it's very strange you don't you're sitting up there you know it your fault is a part of of want to cover the park this is 10 she said exaggeration for just that they did it. in 2030 in monaco issued a postage stamp that featured the lady more. this morning sabrina's waiting for another important client. he's from kuwait we can't find him he's out there
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somewhere. i don't know what happened to him. he's been going around in circles but i guess he'll get here eventually. they'll fix it and this customer visits me in monaco all the time he heard that i was here so he wants to stop by and see me. he is a very good customer it's but now he's lost he's been trying to find us for 90 minutes i can't figure it out. they're going to wake. up turn out the kuwaiti is finally located. here with me now. great michelle found him perfect. and finally my dear lady. but then my mother did it's very easy the way the man flew all the way from kuwait to buy furniture from sabrina she set up a showroom on one of the yachts. everyone think you can see how i
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take everything and piss on this is what ok so you remember that you have the same at home mom will send you something like this is this kind of for sure because of the little you making and they were making all this yeah well which seats and then we'll see what we. spend hours of the time and comes from one of kuwait's wealthiest families. well sex is with us he turns up every year and buys loads of stuff i ship it to him and then he sends me photos of all the new things he wants to buy. now he wants to order some more he's a very nice man but he's disappeared again. but i think. he didn't. know where is her client ended up placing an order. with more than $200000.00 euros well worth the white. sankey all said that he's a great customer he's always happy when he sends me what's out photos of what he
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wants. and if the customers happy i'm happy to call it that. alex jiménez isn't rich and he doesn't own a yacht and yet everyone here knows him. you got to do are you really self yeah absolutely they also are so you're the yard guy and i'm a senior with the boys you see this thing out of a busy busy show yet sounds like you've been busy oh yeah we get a little i'm doing great and so they get their goal good essential requests if they are good i know if i'm going to go this way. alex is a social media star and goes when the time they got caught i born in brooklyn he's turned his passion for these luxury boats into a profession and now has nearly a 1000000 followers on instagram his photos and videos of jobs are popular with
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people who fantasize about living the good life brands and yet companies pay him to post content promoting them. so i'm here thanks to you did for dubai international show who has brought me in all the way from boston to come and bring exposure to the show i'm selling exposure and selling exposure the majority of the people that follow up probably dream is right and probably young kids but there is if one percent of $1000000.00 people. were potential clients that's still a huge number they're there to pay you to see all you've heard this is how i or my living this is exactly how i live and it's not about living i mean it's it's great i mean how often you get to travel the world you know visit all these amazing places. state spend time on board yachts and get paid for it. right now alex is meeting with mahmoud attorney marketing and communications manager at
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an emirate your builder. by where i've got to go on board and do my thing of which more do you want me to to show on facebook 100 to 100 you haven't done a month on that. and we are now what's up everybody we are live from the dubai international ball show so we are going to take a toll on the majesty 100. 1 of the newest lines they just they just launched it and i am here with mahmoud one of the big guys here he's going to give us a tour and walk us through the book right a song goes to the does do it all spin you guys around and we're going to follow move. on now for a live 15 minute visit on instagram alex charges nearly 3000 euros on social networks you can check viewer numbers straightaway to the hours of 100 you were.
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was also there was cool also try to form a strategy do you want to catch back up you want to go and do a whole full photo shoot of this both and then i want to post it on facebook and then i'll catch you with one of our right because it was. perfect so now i get to do it all over again for facebook so this is the province's the things that everybody thinks. oh you've got such a great life you know you're out there just hanging out and not all get in a boat and have to spend time on a boat race i have to go through and take photos for one social media thing and then i got to go through it take photos for the next social media thing so when you go to work this is work. alex will probably never be as rich as the owners of the yachts that he photographs on he loves his job. so. this is the lifestyle for the one percent not everybody can do this and if you are blessed enough to be able to do it. for your best that's just. after sunset dubai turns into
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a party servant and once again alex was on the job. growth thank you become alex the gakkai. be arriving today with your guests and a good way to go. thank you very much. thank you. so we are here. coming on board check it out sticks pretty crazy. will be one of the biggest party both here and all of you a. few. will take you around. ilona the owners russian wife gave a tour of the yacht called the lotus it has room for up to 1000 people and features a nightclub cinema and dining room.
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were on board lotus can be the largest fortune all of the virus. placed in device in saying 100-1000 people wow. that's one of the biggest money world and yeah in the middle of a city these guys take party barge to another level. the consumption of alcohol is forbidden in dubai but the lotus has a special permit. for one last sophie and alex is working day came to an end he left the ship before it set off on a mini craze.
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back to monaco. where we found bill duca as well as his sailing yacht sybaris. there's a special event for today at the local golf club. you have to know i had applied for the. bill transfers to a small boat to get to shore he paid nearly a $1000000.00 for this craft. arrived on the dock he was welcomed by an old acquaintance bernardino santry the yacht club manager we were at a. nice to see you everything's good and you know that it is already a little so warm this is the commodore of the monaco yacht club. and that's a commodore but it's not the sort that there from the secretary general the same thing i did. eat don't have to own
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a boat to join the yacht club but you do need to be sponsored by 2 members and able to afford the annual fees rumored to be approximately 9000 euros. the monaco yacht club has only a few female members one of them is pound a tree for oh an attorney from milan this is. good news. this is the official presentation ceremony for her new sailing yacht called the rebel reports say the boat cost around 30000000 euros. the rebel is about 32 meters long and was delivered by the manufacturer to the yacht club marina the whole and superstructure made of lightweight carbon fiber which makes the ship. the competitive price cation cruises below is the boat's unofficial godfather. yes. q
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you have a very good friend. who is the proud owner of this beauty this is so it kept my faith that you know as my friend told me how on quite. a nice adventure. anyway. and proud. paula has invited friends from all over the world to the ships in operation and she takes a few of them on a guided tour. nobody is going to ship. so let's go with this goes yeah we have i got is that there is everything is a little. matter. and not just based on a case for why does this change what they feel so they don't. have to would bill invites and some of her guests will come aboard the super us.
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but i. think. you know i think so because it makes. me. sorry because i'd love to get to tour but maybe 1st it's a bridge to start with absolutely the border where you have what. you have to deal with make sure you have. a really. big family. that you'd be mad at me about this little get together a good spill another opportunity to show off his yacht. while you were playing. they were like the softness of your life and i'm sure that this hour you see if you look at. the guests are impressed as bill knew they would be as
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a street artist in new york writing the most famous. bill likes to talk about the real estate agents. are going to meet her partner in miami and orlando. new york miami mom house and world york miami mostly a foot apart within their own resident miami beach i have an apartment in new york as well and i have a house upstate new york and then i have a partner. talked about an hour at the party breaks up and the guests head back to shore. bill's yacht was delivered in 2016 after just 6 months he began daydreaming about a big old want and put the super us up the sale price tag some 90000000 euros.
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it's not unusual for the super rich to arrive somewhere by helicopter. this group of visitors is being flown to their yacht because it's tied up in a rather out of the white oak ation just off the west coast of greenland near the city but it only set. low earth thank you and there are 9 guests on board today. an experienced crew is here to look after them. the yours is owned by a young for crack dutch boat builder who also owns a charter cruise company the ship is called the legit and is just under 78 meters long the legend is actually a converted i spray car and yun supervise most of us. refitting work in self over a period of 2 and a half years the advantage of such an expedition yacht is that it allows access to
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hard to reach locations which a growing number of the ultra wealthy a seeking out the former icebreaker now looks like a 5 star hotel complete with a fireplace the legend has 13 cabins timeless styling and beautiful furnishings create an elegant and comfortable atmosphere on board the yacht also features impressive leisure and entertainment facilities. and wants people to feel comfortable on board his yacht with their private guests or passengers who've signed up for a charter cruise. he. simply filtered through that and people come on board and i put the shoes out and they're going to sit mr fink on the couch with mr albert and that's the whole idea for and i think that's a perfect holiday and it's a perfect time on about. built in knots of over the past 25 years yan has owned
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several luxury yachts the boats got bigger boats that's all fish the boats are about 4 times bigger 5 times bigger even one on the 2140 meter so the whole scale is completely different. down in the ship's hold there's a special piece of equipment. a mini submarine the guests can use to explore the ocean depths one of the guests sons is receiving instructions for turning on to see. their. yes get this before leaving this and then this too but i think sitting inside that comfortable. 1000000 years. it takes 6 people to lift the mini sub out of the hold and lower it into the water. this sub is powered by 6 thrusters and can dive to
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of money for. tickets for russia. to open or not. want to hear. what asteroids evolve. 'd here. and he's passed the test he's now certified to pilot a mini sub. back on the surface his parents surprised him with champagne to celebrate. on the last day of the trip yan has organized a special dinner on the day the service manager marilyn is scrambling to get everything ready. napkins water a large water. ok
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a lighter. meanwhile the chef is prepared to deal with any spontaneous requests that yun might have everything has to be perfect and it's a real challenge for marilyn she's up to the job she's from south africa and speaks 4 languages. can we have a bread now that i'm going to send shirts. clemens clemens marlow. for that last sentence turns wire that the staff members talk to each other. via radio but there's just one frequency and that can cause chaos if it is. we all talk on the same channel right now people are just babbling away jet ski ship captain so you really have to keep it short. and the consult are a little more up was even offered. anything else. ask for
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it let's talk let's not have to do that. the guests are already why she's in the lounge. but there's no sign of the host. to near the malls we had planned to start dinner around 6 but the boss decided to go diving. so we're just waiting around on standby. the party won't start until young gets here he's the host and all his friends are here so they should all celebrate together like the 5th this also. after 30 minutes marilyn finds out that young man is on his way back to the yacht. to do solo munich ation is the key when you hear will be there in 2 minutes everyone knows what to do. next year but the staff have to talk to each other so
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that will have towels ready for the bass and we can start the barbecue on time. it's important for everyone to work as a team. that you're welcome back girl who had snow. here to welcome top of the of the busy to. go to the local. time to start serving dinner and there was a lot of different foods to choose from it was the perfect. i began to wrap up his trip to the arctic. back in. the belief. that the cats are enjoying eating outside in the cold and having a barbecue and for a degree weather that is absolute luxury. that never. has
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