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TransportPublished: April 24, 2026

Bill Gates never stepped onboard his $650 million superyacht, but he designed the vessel so beautifully that despite costing $4 million a week to charter, the uber-rich are happily booking Breakthrough, and it is on track to sail more than halfway around the world

by Neha Tandon Sharma

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates may never have set foot aboard Breakthrough, the pioneering Feadship superyacht he commissioned, but plenty of ultra-wealthy charterers clearly want…

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Bill Gates, who happily gives away billions for climate research today, showed his eco-warrior spirit in the 1990s when the spotted owl crisis saw him spend millions on a recycling sawmill, just so no living tree was cut for building his high-tech 66,000 sq.ft Xanadu 2.0 mansion

Forty years after Bill Gates secretly credited him as a creator of Windows 1.0, Gabe Newell recalled the kind gesture, honoring all the 3,000 people who built his $500 million megayacht Leviathan by having their names etched on a massive glass wall in the main staircase

Bill Gates never studied at the University of Washington, but it paid him $500 as a teenager and gave him precious access to computers. Five decades and many billions later, the Microsoft co-founder is returning the favor by giving that same institute $540 million.

The tides have turned. After 20 years and $47.9 billion in donations that made the Gates Foundation Warren Buffett’s biggest beneficiary, it did not receive a single cent in 2026, while 75% of his nearly $6 billion Berkshire giveaway went to his late wife’s foundation.

Think only Steve Jobs was eccentric? Bill Gates once moved a business meeting with a major competitor to traffic court, where his good-hearted rival actually helped him save his license and escape jail time. He then bought a slow Mercedes diesel but still got speeding tickets

In 2020, Bill Gates excitedly spent $80 million buying the most exclusive berths on the French Riviera for his hydrogen-powered superyacht and support ship. He sold the $650 million vessel before even stepping foot on it and has now put the berths up for sale.

Bill Gates never stepped onboard his $650 million superyacht, but he designed the vessel so beautifully that despite costing $4 million a week to charter, the uber-rich are happily booking Breakthrough, and it is on track to sail more than halfway around the world

Bill Gates’s daughter Phoebe built Phia to help shoppers find better deals across 40,000 sites. But when she tried to haggle with an attention-seeking influencer over a $250 fee, the internet turned a startup tactic into a moral failure

From an underwater lounge with views of the propellers to a spiral staircase spanning four decks and 15 classy guest cabins, Bill Gates built the world’s most expensive superyacht as a cozy extension of his 66,000-square-foot home, but sadly never sailed a single mile on it

Bill Gates, who commissioned the world’s first hydrogen-powered superyacht, has now received the crucial go-ahead to build a revolutionary nuclear power plant that could actually save the country’s wobbly power grid

When Bill Gates imported a forbidden Porsche, U.S. Customs seized it and left it to rot in a dark and humid Seattle port for 4,745 days. He happily paid 13 years of storage fees and then sent his dream car to a tuner who re-engineered it into a cleaner and quicker hypercar

Bill Gates bought this house simply to keep nosy onlookers and prying eyes away from his $130 million Iron Man-style Xanadu mansion. Offering four bedrooms, a fireplace, and Lake Washington views, the Microsoft co-founder is now selling it for about $4.8 million