Biography & Early Wealth Journey

So as boats go, Serene isn't a bad place to spend the night. Prince Mohammed spent some half a billion dollars on the craft, which measures 440 feet long. It includes not one, not two, but three swimming pools, as well as two helipads and an indoor rock climbing wall. It has a fully equipped spa, and below decks there's an underwater observation deck that reportedly has enough space to accommodate a small submarine, should that somehow ever be necessary. As if that all weren't enough, the craft also has a fairly nifty record to its name on the books: It's by current measure the 15th-largest yacht on the planet.

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As the story goes, he picked it up while on vacation in the south of France, purchasing it from a Russian billionaire on the same day he laid eyes on it for the first time.

Primary Income Streams & Multi-Million Contracts

It's somewhat ironic that Prince Mohammed would seek refuge on board Serene, since the superyacht itself is something of a flashpoint to the crown prince's unpopular policies. The $500 million purchase was made as he pushed for extreme austerity measures for Saudi Arabia's economy.