From superyachts to the da Vinci manuscript: 13 of the coolest "toys" of millionaires

Despite their huge wealth, billionaires remain the same people as everyone else. Just their hobbies are somewhat different. They can spend a fortune on buying a beautiful yacht, a collection of cars or a unique Renaissance manuscript.

Steve Cohen's 5-meter shark

The billionaire, who has made his fortune on investment funds, has a very large collection of works of art estimated at $ 1 billion. But Steve Cohen considers his embalming a shark, which he bought in 2004 for a fantastic sum of $ 10 million from the famous Damien Hirst.

Elon Submarine Mask

In 2013, the founder of the company Tesla purchased at auction a submarine Lotus Esprit, known for the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me." The purchase cost the Mask an amount equal to 866 thousand dollars. According to Elon, he plans to make a real transformer from the submarine presented on the main photo.

Virtual ski simulator of Mikhail Prokhorov

The Russian businessman has repeatedly made costly acquisitions, including the purchase of elite yachts, aircraft and the whole basketball team of New Jersey Nets. But one of his favorite toys is a virtual ski simulator, on which he can even perform various tricks.

The yacht and the collection of Paul Allen aircraft

Co-founder of Microsoft Paul Allen owns one of the largest yachts in the world called "Octopus." Besides two helipads, it is equipped with a small submarine and a roomy restaurant. In addition to the "Octopus", Paul has a smaller yacht - "Tatos".

Allen is fond of not only floating vehicles. He has a whole collection of military aircraft, which is based in his personal hangar in Washington State. Among the samples, there is even the MiG-29, created by the Soviet design bureau Mikoyan in the 70s of the last century for an effective fight against American fighters.

Sledge from the movie "Citizen Kane" in the collection of Steven Spielberg

Many things from blockbusters, shot by Steven Spielberg, were sold at various auctions for colossal sums. The director himself in 1982, at auction, laid out 60 thousand dollars for the sleigh, which were used in the filming of the film "Citizen Kane" in 1941.

Diaries of Leonardo da Vinci in the collection of Bill Gates

Among the many rooms of the chic mansion of the founder of Microsoft, a spacious library occupies a special place, filled with a large number of different books. Bill Gates has long been known as an avid bibliophile. He even hired a special dealer to find and buy rare books around the world. The highlight of his collection is the $ 30 million manuscript of Leonardo da Vinci's "Code of Leicester", which is considered the most famous of all surviving works of the legendary Italian scientist.

Richard Branson Submarine

The billionaire at one time acquired the island of Necker, located in the Caribbean. Here he built for himself a luxury resort, accommodating up to 30 guests at a time. When they are bored to spend time on the beach or by the pool, they are provided with a personal Branson Necker Belle yacht, and there is also the opportunity to swim on a small submarine Necker Nymph.

Yacht and the personal island of Larry Ellison

The owner of the company Oracle loves to collect expensive "toys" - from luxury real estate to rare cars and military aircraft. In 2012, he for 300 million dollars bought almost the entire territory of the Hawaiian island of Lanai, where he plans to build a chic house for himself.

Also, Allison has a 96-meter Musashi yacht. It is equipped with two huge sleeping cabins and a basketball ring on the deck.

Yacht and airplanes Mark Cuban

"Musashi" has a twin brother - "Source", owned by another billionaire - Mark Kuban. The appearance of these ships is almost the same. According to rumors, the interior of the "Source" is dominated by antiques.

In addition to the yacht, the Kuban has at its disposal three private airliners. The Gulfstream V, which he acquired in 1999 on an online auction, entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive online purchase.

Eric Schmidt's Yacht

The main person of Google has a 65-meter yacht, called "Oasis". Every week Schmidt spends about 400 thousand dollars on its maintenance. "Oasis" is equipped with a swimming pool, water motorcycles and a gym, which is easily transformed into a dance club.