世界最大遊艇的神祕買家
【英文原文】
Hedge Funder Buys World's Largest Sailing Yacht
At least someone is buying megayachts.
Wealth Report readers will recall the August sale of Maltese Falcon, the 290-foot square-rig-and the largest private sailing yacht in the world-that was built by venture-capitalist Tom Perkins. At the time the rumored sale price was around $90 million to $100 million.
Since then, there have been all kinds of rumors about the buyer. Initial reports said the buyer was Russian. Other reports said it was a British hedge funder.
Wealth Report can now confirm an unsourced report on Yachtpals, that the buyer was Elena Ambrosiadou, founder of the hedge fund Ikos Partners.
The sale price: $120 million.
Through the yacht broker on the deal, Ms. Ambrosiadou confirmed the sale and the purchase price. She shies away from the term 'owner' (even though she bought it) preferring to call herself the 'caretaker' of Mr. Perkins' unique creation. The yacht is still available for charter through Burgess, the broker on the deal, for 378,000 euros a week, or roughly $550,000.
So who is Ms. Ambrosiadou? Media reports from 2008 say the Greece-born hedge funder was the highest paid woman and wealthiest female entrepreneur in Britain. The British press estimated her net worth last year at 200 million pounds ($327.5 million), though she is probably worth far more if she could afford to plunk down $120 million for a boat.
She recently moved her fund to Cyprus, according to press reports, to avoid Britain's new tax increase and rules for nondomiciled residents. Her fund strategy is reportedly based on computer trading models.
Beyond that little is known. Yacht industry insiders say they don't recall Ms. Ambrosiadou ever owning a yacht before-or even a small vessel. But since she was born and raised in Thessalonika, I would guess she knows her way around a sail boat.
Besides, Maltese can be sailed by computer, which should be a breeze for its new owner.
【中文譯文】
豪華遊艇還是有人在買。
《奢華人生》的讀者應該還會記起8月份馬爾他獵鷹號(Maltese Falcon)出售的消息。風險投資家珀金斯(Tom Perkins)造的這艘遊艇長290英尺，是世界最大的私人遊艇。當時謠傳的售價大約是9,000萬到1億美元。
關於這艘船的買家，後來出現了各種各樣的八卦消息。開始有消息說買家是俄國人，另外有消息又說是英國一位做對衝基金的人士。
(Courtesy of Burgess)
馬爾他獵鷹號船艙內的客廳《奢華人生》現在可以確認《Yachtpals》上一則沒有指明來源的消息：買家是對衝基金Ikos Partners的創辦人Elena Ambrosiadou。
售價是1.2億美元。
通過參與這筆交易的遊艇經紀商，Ambrosiadou女士對購買事實及購買價格給予了證實。她不願意用“主人”一詞（雖然她買下了它），而更願意稱自己是珀金斯這件獨特創作的“保管人”。遊艇仍然可以通過這筆交易的經紀商Burgess公司租到，一週租金爲37.8萬歐元，約合55萬美元。
誰是Ambrosiadou？2008年以來的媒體報道說，這位希臘出生的對衝基金管理人是英國薪酬最高的女性和最富有的女企業家。英國媒體估計她身價在2億英鎊（合3.275億美元），不過既然她能夠爲一條船一擲1.2億美元，那麼她的身價遠不止這個數。
媒體報道，她最近把基金搬到了塞浦路斯，以規避英國新的增稅措施和對非住所居民的規定。據報道，她的交易策略是以電腦交易模型爲基礎的。
除此以外基本沒有其他消息。遊艇行業內人士說，他們想不起Ambrosiadou什麼時候有過一條遊艇，甚至是小帆船。但考慮到她是生長於薩洛尼卡(Thessalonika，希臘港口城市)，我猜她知道怎麼使用遊艇。
另外，馬爾他獵鷹號可以由電腦控制進行航行，這對於它的新主人來說是小菜一碟。
