White Superyacht Rabbit

The white rabbit search this month turned up an 84-meter long White Rabbit, pretty big for a rabbit. The owner is paint baron Goh Chen Liang (he owns 39% of Nippon Paint). He’s actually owned a number of motor yachts called White Rabbit since 1989. The latest one, White Rabbit Echo, cost $100 million. He also has a flying white rabbit, a private jet, a Bombardier Challenger (N955JG, EYE 77) worth around $20 million.

To afford these toys, he needs to be pretty wealthy. At 11 billion dollars that makes him second wealthiest in Singapore. But down near slot 180 on Bloomberg’s world list of billionaires. Over his 94 years, Mr Goh may well have uttered quite a few White Rabbits!

 

WHITE RABBIT WHITE RABBIT WHITE RABBIT

Messi and the Ferrari

The rich are different…

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Riki: I hear there are 10 million people in the world with more than a million euros in the bank.

Ferrari 335 Scaglietti … 

the value of 
historical provenance… 

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Edgardo: But the super rich are different. Like Lionel Messi. He’s rich. He can buy a Ferrari 335 Scaglietti for 32 million euros.

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Riki: There’s a disjunct here. Messi’s other cars are expensive but mostly between 80 to 150 thousand euros. And road usable. But 32 million euros? For a 1957 model that has no roof and no air conditioner? And one that you cannot drive on the road? Why?

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Edgardo: Competitive bidding in the auction with rival Ronaldo? His wife’s cousin’s name is Scaglia? Maybe vehicle rarity value? Only four 335s were built. Investment?

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Riki: At least you can live in an overpriced real estate investment.

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Net worth 200 million euros, Lionel Messi makes something like 5 million euros per month. 29 years old. Out of everyman’s shopping league…

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