Venus (yacht)

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Venus
Steve Jobs Yacht Venus in Portugal (Faial Island).jpg
Steve Jobs Yacht Venus in Portugal (Faial Island)
History
Name: Venus
Port of registry: George Town, Cayman Islands
Builder: Feadship  Netherlands
Cost: €100 million
Launched: 2012
Christened: 2012
In service: 2012-present
Status: Vessel now located in La Paz, Mexico
General characteristics
Type: Super yacht
Length: 79.25 m (260.0 ft)

Venus is a super yacht designed by Philippe Starck's design company Ubik[1] and built by Feadship for the entrepreneur Steve Jobs.[2] However, Jobs died in October 2011, the yacht was unveiled a year later at a cost of more than €100 million.[3]

History

Venus was unveiled on 28 October 2012 at the Feadship shipyard in Aalsmeer in the Netherlands. The yacht was named for the Roman goddess of love.[4]

The yacht was impounded on 21 December 2012 at the Port of Amsterdam following a dispute over payment. The designer, Philippe Starck, claimed that Jobs' heirs owed him €3 million of his €9 million fee for the project.[5]

The yacht was freed from its Amsterdam dock on 24 December 2012 after Jobs's estate paid off the last of its bills.[6]

See also

References

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