Mark Zuckerberg reportedly rewarded himself with a luxurious gift: a $300 million super yacht.

The billionaire Meta Platforms CEO reportedly purchased the 287-foot vessel with the name Launchpad, according to The Sun and New York Post.

The vessel reached America a few days ago, cruising into Fort Lauderdale’s port in the Sunshine State, according to Business Insider. Prior to that, it had recently completed its first-ever official sailing.

Superyacht Times pegged its gross tonnage at about 5,000. It can reportedly sail as fast as 24 knots.

Zuckerberg has amassed a personal fortune that, according to Forbes, sat around $178 billion as of Thursday evening.

He has Meta Platforms, the corporate parent of Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp and Threads, to thank for that. He co-founded Facebook about 20 years ago.

"20 years ago I launched a thing," he wrote on the platform in early February. "Along the way, lots of amazing people joined and we built some more awesome things. We’re still at it and the best is yet to come."

He has identified artificial intelligence and the metaverse as long-term focuses of Meta Platforms.

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Probably solar powered, or maybe wind, right?

I was wondering if it was electric,
no sails.no heli-pad,cheep skate.

What, no trolling motor?

Would be funny his first trip out it would sink to the bottom of the ocean.

Gov't Spy.

With Zuckerberg in it. In very deep water.

As long as there's a bar & pole holders, I'm in.

Considering the fact that with a rig like that there are copious amounts of bimbo's.

No, wait. All day long playing of Country music is a deal breaker.

With sharks

Wealthy folks seem to like yachts.

https://www.boatinternational.com/y...princess-inside-donald-trumps-superyacht

He should run that boat in the Red Sea

I wonder what it costs to fill the fuel tanks.

I don't begrudge anyone who owns big boats, airplanes, expensive toys. There is lots of $$$ that go to support workers etc. to run and maintain them.

I DO recommend Suckerberg take his boat on a cruise of the Red Sea.

Houthi might like to have a look at it.

this isn't the same situation and you know it ed.....bob

24 kts? I’m not impressed. My last boat could top 90 mph.

Looks awkward like him.

We saw a bunch of yachts similar to this at Cannes right after the Film Festival in about ‘86. Helipads, smaller boats to go ashore. Unbelievable. More power to’em.

Wonder what kind of security they have.

As you can see, i too am in the.... club.

Like they say, "if you have to ask, you can't afford it".

LOOK, it's tiny bird !!!

y'all crazy

You should see the pickup he hauls it with..

Wait, I thought DeSantis was going to stop immigrants from invading?

Marine traffic can be tracked real time. Use the "search marine traffic" for specific boats, etc.

Link here: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-80.082/centery:26.056/zoom:12

This is a global application. Amazing how many boats are on the water.

Suckerbergs boat in port. Red dot w/wide white ring is where she is.

Suck is a POS, but that’s a nice boat.

I would love to have a yacht. I would settle for a Grady White.

Zuck sucks, but if I had a few billion, I’d have a yacht.
I’m always surprised at how relatively cheap they are to buy, and how terribly expensive they are to operate.

Doesn't seem carbon neutral.

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To heck with a boat. I'd rather have an airplane.





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Most of you guys made him rich by having Facebook!

Fuqk you Supafool

No way, Faceberg is "free".

I wonder if he's going to send out vids of himself wakeboarding behind it to show how cool he is. That stolen idea really paid off.

Bb

I wish he'd spend his every nickel on floaters and keep the hay out of elections.

Is this site ‘free’?

SuperYacht Times said the yacht is powered by "4 MTU engines, which give her a top speed of 24 kn." This means that large-displacement diesel engines power the yacht—an inconvenient truth for the woke billionaire who promotes climate change initiatives.

Besides the diesel-powered mega yacht, Zuckerberg's jet, a Gulfstream G650, has been all over the world and produces a massive carbon footprint compared to the average US household carbon footprint.

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Yes. I long ago realized I need a much nicer boat.

True definition of “money is no object”. I don’t know that I would ever want one but maybe it’s like building a rifle where some of the fun is the building….. ordering parts, picking the gunsmith, glass, etc. He might change his mind and put it up in the classifieds 🤷🏻‍♂️

I'm sure he buys carbon credits to assuage his guilt.

And PT boats are so hard to come by, not to mention torps.

They make little submarine drones for issues such as this.Can u get torps on ebay?

Good for him.

Caribbean pirates will be lining up for a crack at that one. I'll bet there are many drug lords who would LOVE to have it and don't care how many people have to die to get it.

GFY Suckberg

Will he be spending 1/2bil again this year to keep Trump from getting elected?

Where are the solar panels and batteries? Surly that does not have diesel engines...........Oh wait, that only applies to the rest of us. FMZ