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A yacht to smile about: Billionaire Google founder buys 193-foot boat for $45million ... but he bought it second-hand

Daily Mail 01/11/2011 16:47
A yacht to smile about: Billionaire Google founder buys 193-foot boat for $45million ... but he bought it second-hand - Larry Page - Google - yacht - Technology - lifestyle


Google mogul Larry Page has joined the billionaire boat owner club by splashing out $45m on his own super yacht - but unlike many moguls, he bought his yacht used.



Page, 37, picked up the 193-ft boat 'Senses' which comes with a helipad, gym, multi-level sun decks, ten luxurious suites, a crew of 14 and interior design by famed French designer Philippe Starck.

 

A yacht to smile about: Billionaire Google founder buys 193-foot boat for $45million ... but he bought it second-hand - Larry Page - Google - yacht

The 193-foot Senses first set sail in 1999

 
A yacht to smile about: Billionaire Google founder buys 193-foot boat for $45million ... but he bought it second-hand - Larry Page - Google - yacht

The yacht has plenty of room for entertaining with a big dining room table and ten bedroom suites

Page, who is worth an estimated $15billion, bought the boat from New Zealand brewing heir Sir Douglas Meyer.

It was first launched onto the seas in 1999.

Meyer said Page took delivery on the mega-yacht shortly before the new year, and perhaps enjoyed the holidays on the high seas with his family.

Page married model Lucinda Southworth at Richard Branson's Necker Island in 2007, with whom he has a one-year-old son.

A yacht to smile about: Billionaire Google founder buys 193-foot boat for $45million ... but he bought it second-hand - Larry Page - Google - yacht

The Google co-founder can soak in his jacuzzi under the stars

A yacht to smile about: Billionaire Google founder buys 193-foot boat for $45million ... but he bought it second-hand - Larry Page - Google - yacht

This bedroom has views on three sides

A yacht to smile about: Billionaire Google founder buys 193-foot boat for $45million ... but he bought it second-hand - Larry Page - Google - yacht

If the jacuzzi is full there is plenty of room for a soak in the deep master bathtub

He has visited Senses while it was docked in New Zealand over the past year and chartered other yachts around Tahiti while contemplating his purchase, Meyer told the New Zealand Herald, which first reported the purchase.

 


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