Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Buys Snatched Superyacht Of Russian Oligarch At Auction

Antigua's ambassador to the US, Sir Ronald Sanders, disclosed that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has purchased a seized superyacht previously owned by a Russian oligarch at an auction.

The Alfa Nero was linked to oligarch Andrey Guryev.Getty Images

Billionaire and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt won an auction Friday for the 267-foot Alfa Nero, paying $67.6 million for the superyacht that had been "abandoned" in Antigua Bay by a sanctioned Russian oligarch.

The Antigua and Barbuda Port...

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