Ex-Google CEO buys superyacht abandoned by Russian oligarch Guryev

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt purchased the Alfa Nero superyacht, which was abandoned in Antigua in March 2022 following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Bloomberg news agency reported on June 16.

According to Antigua's ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, the billionaire "won the auction in a fully transparent process" and acquired the vessel for $67.6 million.

Eric Schmidt served as Google's CEO from 2001 to 2011 and later chaired Google's board of directors. In 2015, he became the chairman of Alphabet, the new parent company of Google.

The 267-foot yacht, featuring 26 cabins, a baby grand piano and a swimming pool that can be transformed into a helipad, was abandoned in Antigua's Falmouth Harbour after Russian fertilizer billionaire Andrey Guryev was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department. The department had previously stated that Guryev purchased the Alfa Nero in 2014 for $120 million, a claim he denies.

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