Venus (yacht)
Steve Jobs Yacht Venus in Portugal (Faial Island)
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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 |
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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
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