Curbed National: Russian Billionaires Power Hour: Come, Let's Tour Andrey Melnichenko's $300M Super Yacht

Curbed National Interior Design, Decor, and Real Estate

Russian Billionaires Power Hour: Come, Let's Tour Andrey Melnichenko's $300M Super Yacht Jan 31st 2013, 19:02 Billionaire businessman Andrey Melnichenko owns one of the most luxurious yachts in the world—and that's no small feat, considering the fact that one-upping your fellow oligarch's boat is practically a professional sport in this circle. Melnichenko's 394-foot vessel, named, simply, A, was designed by French modernist Philippe Starck and completed in 2008, with estimated total costs reaching $300M. Though the ultra-shapely exterior was the "subject of hot debate in yachting circles," according to the Wall Street Journal's Robert Frank in a video tour, the interior has been much lauded, with Baccarat crystals, a silver-leafed stairway with a $60K hand-carved banister, and furnishings that promise to outrage PETA, like, say, alligator hides and kudu horns. Take a tour of the outrageous, outrageous space, below. Photo via Starck The Video: · Baccarat Meets Bomb-Proof Glass on the High Seas [WSJ] · Outrageous, Opulent Yachts for Filthy-Rich Boaters [Curbed National] · All Whale Week 2013 posts [Curbed National]

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