I’m on a boat: Bill Gates vacations on $330M yacht

These days, Microsoft founder Bill Gates is more
concerned with helping to save the world than creating the
next big gadget. But when the world’s richest man goes on
vacation, he does it like no one else.
The New York Daily News captured some photos of Gates
aboard “The Serene,” a $330 million dollar yacht that
Gates and his family are renting for $5 million per week.
In addition to its 12 staterooms, the 450-foot, seven deck
vessel also comes equipped with its own saltwater pool,
climbing wall, library, health spa, outdoor theater and even
a nightclub spread out over the boat’s combined 48,000
square feet.
Though for all his wealth and influence, Gates doesn’t
actually own “The Serene.” He’s renting it from
Stolichnaya vodka distributor Yuri Scheffler. The Russia-
born Scheffler is an interesting figure himself, famous for
battling with Russian President Vladimir Putin , who tried to
nationalize and “redistribute” Stolichnaya’s wealth.
According to Business Insider, Serene is the third most
expensive yacht in the world. You can check out a video
of the yacht during a recent visit to California in 2012 that
was taken by a fellow, overwhelmed boater.
Though he does not own a yacht himself, Gates seems to
be a fan of them. In 1994, he was married about a yacht
belonging to his fellow Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
Allen famously bought his own mega yacht a few years
ago for $200 million, the Octopus .
Still, even if Gates doesn’t own his own yacht, his choice
of vacation rentals certainly trumps that of Bill and Hillary
Clinton, who were in the spotlight on Friday after it was
revealed they were renting an $18 million Hamptons estate
for about $30,000 per week.
According to the Daily News, Gates and his family
regularly make use of the Serene’s on board helicopter to
travel for tennis matches at the “billionaire’s playground”
of nearby Porto Cervo, while the boat is stationed off the
coast of Sardinia. And like Allen’s yacht, the Serene also
comes with its own submarine.