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Sergey Brin uses his yacht for disaster relief. He has a charity that sends teams around the world to help with disasters.[1] He also has a startup, LTA (Light
by Thorrez 5y ago
Sergey Brin uses his yacht for disaster relief. He has a charity that sends teams around the world to help with disasters.[1]
He also has a startup, LTA (Lighter Than Air), aiming to build blimps for humanitarian purposes.[2] According to this article he also wants to the blimp to be "luxuriously appointed" so it can be used as an air yacht.[3] LTA is based at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, and I know I've seen blimps take off and land there every once in a while. When I see one I always wonder if it's Sergey's blimp.
[1] https://www.thedailybeast.com/google-co-founder-sergey-brin-has-a-secret-disaster-relief-squad https://www.thedailybeast.com/google-co-founder-sergey-brin-...
[2] https://www.ltaresearch.com/ https://www.ltaresearch.com/
[3] https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sergey-brin-airship-company-lta-explained-2021-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sergey-brin-airship-c...
- UberFly 5y agoAre we sure this isn't one of those tax-haven "foundations" that get you adulation and praise from the march-in-line media and a tax-free yacht and airship to use on the weekends? Maybe a "luxuriously appointed" "humanitarian" "tax haven"? I'm out of quote marks now.
- adhesive_wombat 5y agoRight? If he wanted to spend 80 million on humanitarian missions he'd be better to have bought the HMS Ocean when it was in sale. As a helicarrier with a proven track record in humanitarian missions, it's vastly better equipped than a party boat stocked up from Home Depot.