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He has bought a new 0.5 billion dollar boat this year. https://themarketherald.com.au/magazine/the-pursuit-of-comfort-jeff-bezos-invests-400m-into-superyacht-m

He has bought a new 0.5 billion dollar boat this year. https://themarketherald.com.au/magazine/the-pursuit-of-comfort-jeff-bezos-invests-400m-into-superyacht-machine-2020-01-02/ https://themarketherald.com.au/magazine/the-pursuit-of-comfo... Bill gates is still renting. What do you think he was going to do with all that cash. After few years he will review his life after vacationing becomes dull for the workhorse.

Tepix 6y ago
Too bad it's not a sailing yacht. He shares the vision of Gerard O'Neill. Making it reality will require large amounts of money.
- GizmoSwan 6y ago
  It is really trendy for billionaires to be interested in space right now. I think they want to make money there. They believe that too big to fail on earth means that they should go where nobody has made any money. O'Neill was product of academia, a physicist and not a head of corporation.
  - Tepix 6y ago
    I believe that saying it is "trendy" is missing the point. Both Bezos and Musk have been space nerds since their youth.
  - mrep 6y ago
    Do you have an up to date source on bezos owning the flying fox as that one is based on a tweet that was deleted and everything I've read since says that was false including a quick google search. Also, I'm interested in how you think Amazon is too big to fail because I most certainly do not think they are.
    - GizmoSwan 6y ago
      If you mean the boat https://themarketherald.com.au/magazine/the-pursuit-of-comfort-jeff-bezos-invests-400m-into-superyacht-machine-2020-01-02/ https://themarketherald.com.au/magazine/the-pursuit-of-comfo...
      - mrep 6y ago
        Yeah, you already linked to that article which mentions "A recent Twitter post" but of course has no link because it is probably the aforementioned deleted one because that website is probably complete BS. It does say january 2 but again, the twitter rumor was 1.5 years ago. Here is an article refuting that twitter rumor back in august of 2019: https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-rumors-own-400-million-yacht-spotted-turkey-coast-2019-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-rumors-own-400-mi...
        GizmoSwan 6y ago
        Project Redwood.. LOL Maybe he is leasing it. Businessinsider does not have access to his personal account and neither does his company. They couldn't even get Trump's tax returns. They have no clue.
    - GizmoSwan 6y ago
      Amazon is buying all warehouses and displacing regular stores. If it fails people will have problems buying things that they use to buy from local stores.
paxys 6y ago
> Bill gates is still renting. What does that mean?
- GizmoSwan 6y ago
  He rents big boats for holidays rather than owning one which the feature of being retired or semi-retired billionaire.
  - the-dude 6y ago
    If it floats, flies or <insert your choice of words here>, rent it.
    - GizmoSwan 6y ago
      LOL. Apparently his rental is hydrogen powered. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/08/bill-gates-becomes-first-buy-500m-hydrogen-powered-super-yacht/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/08/bill-gates-becom... Another mystery about whether he actually owns it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2020/02/13/mystery-surrounds-644-million-hydrogen-powered-superyacht/?sh=30ef5bfe6943 https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2020/02/13/mystery-s...

Tepix 6y ago

Too bad it's not a sailing yacht. He shares the vision of Gerard O'Neill. Making it reality will require large amounts of money.

GizmoSwan 6y ago
It is really trendy for billionaires to be interested in space right now. I think they want to make money there. They believe that too big to fail on earth means that they should go where nobody has made any money. O'Neill was product of academia, a physicist and not a head of corporation.
- Tepix 6y ago
  I believe that saying it is "trendy" is missing the point. Both Bezos and Musk have been space nerds since their youth.
- mrep 6y ago
  Do you have an up to date source on bezos owning the flying fox as that one is based on a tweet that was deleted and everything I've read since says that was false including a quick google search. Also, I'm interested in how you think Amazon is too big to fail because I most certainly do not think they are.
  - GizmoSwan 6y ago
    If you mean the boat https://themarketherald.com.au/magazine/the-pursuit-of-comfort-jeff-bezos-invests-400m-into-superyacht-machine-2020-01-02/ https://themarketherald.com.au/magazine/the-pursuit-of-comfo...
    - mrep 6y ago
      Yeah, you already linked to that article which mentions "A recent Twitter post" but of course has no link because it is probably the aforementioned deleted one because that website is probably complete BS. It does say january 2 but again, the twitter rumor was 1.5 years ago. Here is an article refuting that twitter rumor back in august of 2019: https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-rumors-own-400-million-yacht-spotted-turkey-coast-2019-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-rumors-own-400-mi...
      - GizmoSwan 6y ago
        Project Redwood.. LOL Maybe he is leasing it. Businessinsider does not have access to his personal account and neither does his company. They couldn't even get Trump's tax returns. They have no clue.
  - GizmoSwan 6y ago
    Amazon is buying all warehouses and displacing regular stores. If it fails people will have problems buying things that they use to buy from local stores.

paxys 6y ago

> Bill gates is still renting. What does that mean?

GizmoSwan 6y ago
He rents big boats for holidays rather than owning one which the feature of being retired or semi-retired billionaire.
- the-dude 6y ago
  If it floats, flies or <insert your choice of words here>, rent it.
  - GizmoSwan 6y ago
    LOL. Apparently his rental is hydrogen powered. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/08/bill-gates-becomes-first-buy-500m-hydrogen-powered-super-yacht/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/08/bill-gates-becom... Another mystery about whether he actually owns it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2020/02/13/mystery-surrounds-644-million-hydrogen-powered-superyacht/?sh=30ef5bfe6943 https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2020/02/13/mystery-s...