DAMN WHOEVER SAID HE'S GOT SO MUCH MONEY THAT HE DONT EVEN CARE WAS FUCKIN RIGHT.. DUDE'S WORTH $11.3 BILLION RIGHT NOW AND HE BOUGHT A FUCKIN $1.2 BILLION BOAT.
[edit] "Private army"
Abramovich has recently boosted his security staff to a 40-person "private army", making him one of the best protected businessmen in the world.[20]
[edit] Other interests and activities
[edit] Art
Roman Abramovich sponsored an exhibition of photographs of Uzbekistan by renowned Soviet photographer Max Penson (1893–1959) which opened on 29 November 2006 at the Gilbert Collection at Somerset House in London. He previously funded the exhibition "Quiet Resistance: Russian Pictorial Photography 1900s-1930s" at the same gallery in 2005.[56] Both exhibits were organized by the Moscow House of Photography.
In May 2008 Abramovich emerged as a major buyer in the international art auction market. He purchased Francis Bacon's Triptych for €61.4 million (US$86.3 million) (a record price for a post-war work of art) and Lucian Freud's Benefits Supervisor Sleeping for €23.9 million (US$33.6 million) (a record price for a work by a living artist).[57]
His partner Dasha Zhukova is managing a gallery of modern art in Moscow that occupies a historical Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage building by Konstantin Melnikov. The building, neglected for decades and partially taken apart by previous tenants, was restored in 2007–2008 and reopened to the public in September 2008. Speed and expense of restoration is credited to sponsorship by Abramovich.[58]
[edit] Homes
Abramovich qualified for the Sunday Times Rich List 2008, with an estimated fortune of €13.8 billion (£11.7 billion/US$19.3 billion), by virtue of retaining a property in Knightsbridge, London on Lowndes Square.
In May 2008, Abramovich bought the 200 acre former Wildcat Ridge near Aspen, Colorado estate of American businessman Leon Hirsch, founder of United States Surgical Corporation, for €21.2 million (£18 million/US$29.7 million).[59]
[edit] Boats and planes
Abramovich has become the world's greatest spender on luxury yachts, and had been linked to five boats in what the media have called "Abramovich's Navy":[60][61]
Eclipse - Designed by Hermidas Atabeyki with an interior by Terrence Disdale, Eclipse was built in Germany by Blohm + Voss and completed in September 2009.[62] Abramovich is due to take delivery of the yacht on December 22, 2009.[63] The final length is 170 metres / 557 feet.[62] She is believed to cost Abramovich around US$1.2 billion and is the world's largest private yacht as of 2009, with at least two swimming pools, two helipads, several on-board tenders and a submarine. She has been reported to have an "anti-paparazzi" photo-shield system installed.[62] Her ultramodern design is similar to Pelorus with even more aggressive lines and a tri-colour scheme.[64]
Ecstasea (85 metres long / 282 feet) - Largest Feadship built to date. She has a gas turbine alongside the conventional diesels which gives her high cruising speed. Abramovich sold the boat to an unnamed buyer in 2009.[65]
MV Pelorus after her 2004 refit to Abramovich's own requirements by Blohm & VossPelorus (115 metres/377 feet long) - Built by Lurssen for another client who received six offers to sell her before she was even completed and accepted Abramovich's bid. The interior is very contemporary, designed by Terence Disdale, and images can be found on their website. Pelorus was refitted by Blohm + Voss in 2005 adding a new forward helipad (so guests can arrive without the owner's helicopter being moved) and zero speed stabilisers. She was partially refitted once again by Blohn + Voss in 2007–2008. In summer 2008 she was in the Western Med (South of France and Sardinia) and in December crossed the Atlantic with a stop-over on the Canary Islands. Abramovich often celebrates New Year's Eve in St Barth's.
Le Grand Bleu (112 metre/370 feet long expedition yacht) – formerly owned by John McCaw, Abramovich bought her in 2002 and had her completely refitted including a 16 ft (4.9 m) swim platform and sports dock. He presented her to his associate and friend Eugene Shvidler in June 2006.
Sussurro (50 metres/163 feet long) - built by Feadship in 1998 with the interior designed by Terence Disdale. Abramovich bought her from the same person who sold him Pelorus. She is permanently moored in IYCA, Antibes and is used as a tag-along to one of the larger yachts.
Roman Abramovich's Boeing 767, landing at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, IsraelHe owns a private Boeing 767-33A/ER, registered in Aruba as P4-MES. It is known as "The Bandit" due to its cockpit paint detail. Originally the aircraft was ordered by Hawaiian Airlines but the order was canceled and Abramovich bought it from Boeing and refitted it to his own requirements. Interior details or images are not available anywhere. P4-MES is frequently parked at the Harrods Aviation facility at Stansted Airport, UK.
Abramovich also owns three Eurocopter helicopters, all with Aruba registration as well. An EC-145 with the registration P4-LGB, an EC-135T1 with the registration P4-XTC and an EC-155B with the registration P4-HEC. The helicopters are based on his yachts, at Blackbushe airport or at his estate Fyning Hill near Rogate in West Sussex, UK.
In 2004 Abramovich bought two Maybach 62 limousines. They were customized to be bomb & bullet-proof. They were reported to have cost £1 million (€1.18 million/US$1.65 million).[66] Abramovich also owns a Ferrari FXX, a US$2.2 million (€1.57 million) "racetrack-only" car, of which only 30 were built. He also owns a Bugatti Veyron (blue on black), Maserati MC12 Corsa, Ferrari 360 and a modified Porsche Carrera GT.
