Jeff Bezos sells superyacht Koru over size problems
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Updated · The Daily Beast · May 4
Jeff Bezos sells superyacht Koru over size problems
13 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · May 4
The 417-foot vessel, delivered four years ago, is valued at $500 million and comes with a $75 million support ship, Abeona, though its inclusion in any sale is unclear.
Koru has faced repeated access and docking problems, including being barred from Monaco during the Grand Prix and being unable to enter Venice's lagoon for Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding.
Built by Oceanco in the Netherlands, the yacht previously drew controversy in Rotterdam over a historic bridge and was reported in 2023 as too large to dock in the Florida Everglades.
With $30M in annual costs, was the Koru superyacht the world's most expensive and impractical impulse buy?
Does selling his $500M yacht signal a shift in how the ultra-rich now define luxury and status?