As far as SuperYachtFan knows Bill Gates does not own a yacht.
Octopus yacht bill gates. Octopus is often referred to as the Bill Gates yacht. Bill Gates founder of Microsoft and the worlds richest man is currently on an Antarctica cruise in one of the largest and most luxurious private super-yachts belonging to his associate Paul Allen. Reports have been coming out in the mainstream news today that Bill Gates the often wrongly assumed owner of 126m Lurssen yacht OCTOPUS is set to become the worlds first trillionaire within the next 25 years the yacht is owned by his partner Paul Allen.
His name was Paul Allen and he along with Bill Gates founded Microsoft. Co-founder Paul Allens 414-foot super yacht Octopus is on the market. OK now I had to look into this more deeply.
Last week rumors circulated that Microsoft co-founder and retired tech tycoon Bill Gates joined the rarefied ranks of mega yacht owners. Similarly who Owns the Octopus yacht. He was one of the richest yacht owners in the world.
Bill Gates New Yacht 400 Million. Espen Øino designed the yachts exterior while Seattle-based Jonathan Quinn Barnett created the. Octopus is a 414-foot 126 m megayacht owned by the Jody Allen-controlled estate of the late Paul AllenIt is one of the worlds largest yachts.
He is responsible for bringing the personal computer to the masses. Heres photo of his mega yacht Octopus which was taken from Coconut Beach on 22 December 2013. The ownership of the vessel rests with Paul Allen one of the founding fathers of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
He delivered the disk operating system DOS for the original IBM PCs. In fact with a net worth of 1088 billion he could afford to buy hundreds. Bill Gates in 1975 and left in 1983.