---
title: "Drive Wire: Russian Billionaire Purchases Record-Breaking Yacht"
description: "Cars, Culture, and the People Who Make Both. Your Destination for All Things Automotive."
date: "2015-09-25"
modified: "2015-09-25"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/318/drive-wire-russian-billionaire-purchases-record-breaking-yacht"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "boats"
---

# Drive Wire: Russian Billionaire Purchases Record-Breaking Yacht

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Transcript:

Billionaire Andrey Melnicheniko is making waves in the Russian oligarch yachting community with his newest purchase, a $400 million, Philippe Starck-designed sailboat that is a record shattering 468 feet long, houses 20 guests and 54 crew members. The white pearl has three masts and has four engines that generate 21,000 horsepower.

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