Published 21:47 IST, February 10th 2020
Bill Gates buys a 100% Green Liquid Hydrogen-powered Superyacht that costs $650 million
Recently, Bill Gates spent $ 650 million and bought a superyacht that is powered by liquid hydrogen. Read on to know more about Bill Gates' superyacht.
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second richest man of world and Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, recently bought a futuristic liquid hydrogen-powered yacht. Being powered by liquid hydrogen means that only emission me by yacht would be in form of water. Here is everything we kw about Bill Gates’ superyacht:
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Bill Gates buys himself a $ 650 million (₹ 4,600 crores) Superyacht!
According to reports by leing media portals, Bill Gates has been a superyacht person for a long time. However, he used to rent superyachts for vacations earlier and w owns one personally. Bill Gates’ superyacht buying plans were reported after Monaco Yacht Show in December 2019. Bill Gates’ superyacht is first of its kind being powered by liquid hydrogen.
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According to reports, 370ft-long luxury liner comprises of five decks, a gym, beauty room, mass parlour, and cascing pool, yoga studio on rear deck. It has room for 14 guests and 31 crew members in total. Bill Gates’ superyacht is entirely powered by liquid hydrogen and emits only water. superyacht costs $ 650 million that translates to ₹ 4,600 crores.
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Bill Gates’ superyacht runs on Hydrogen fuel, to create electricity to power a battery and a motor it mixes hydrogen and oxygen in specially treated plates, se plates are finally combined for forming fuel cell stack. se fuel cell stacks and batteries have allowed engineers to shrink components to fit neatly even inside a family car. According to reports, se fuel cell stacks are used to power larger vehicles like buses, and w are making ir way to superyacht.
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Bill Gates’ Net Worth
According to Billionaire’s Index me by Bloomberg, Bill Gates’ net worth totals to $ 110 billion. According to his net worth, Bill Gates is second richest man in world after Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos. It is due to Bill Gates’ net worth that accounts up to $ 110 billion that he could afford buying 100% Green superyacht costing $ 650 million.
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21:47 IST, February 10th 2020