Murdoch’s own new sailing yacht has been taking shape at Royal Huisman’s shipyard in the Netherlands.
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That’s also in full view of – and only a two-minute tender run from – Lachlan’s $37 million boatshed on Wunulla Road, Point Piper.
Vicars anchors his, Ningaloo, in Rose Bay, where the clients in his fund (down 53 per cent in 12 months) can see it from their mansions. The parties reached that stage on June 20, when arbitration commenced, and that’s the last anyone’s heard of the matter.Īs well as their companies ending up in court against each other, Murdoch and Vicars also share a love of sailing yachts. Murdoch told a Morgan Stanley conference in March that “there’s a process we’re in and if conversations aren’t fruitful and mutually acceptable then there’s an arbitration process we could trigger, but we’re not at that stage yet”. According to Roman tradition, Ulysses was the king of Ithaca who spent ten years fighting in the Trojan War, and then another ten years trying to get home. Caledonia owned 20 per cent of Stars and helped drive the merger. Murdoch’s Fox Corp owns 2.6 per cent of Flutter while new US sports betting platform FoxBet is a joint venture between Fox and Flutter.įox is now suing Flutter in New York over its right to purchase an 18.6 per cent share of FanDuel, an option it negotiated when Flutter merged with Stars Group in 2019. Vicars, who is often wrong but never in doubt, needs no orientation to litigation with Murdoch.Ĭaledonia owns 9 per cent of global betting company Flutter Entertainment, whose brands include Sportsbet, Betfair, Paddy Power and FanDuel. The Melbourne media minnow throws off bigger dividends than Zillow and Just Eat Takeaway. Private Media must be a yield play for Vicars. He invested in 2013, through a capital raising.
The co-chief investment officer of Caledonia (and proud owner of Jimmy the Golden Retriever) owns 2.2 per cent of Private Media. No wonder Christian’s president of the State Library of Victoria.īut another stands out: Sydney funds management billionaire Will Vicars. Recently departed Humm chairman (and the former boss of debt collector Dun & Bradstreet) Christine Christian owns 5.4 per cent of the company through her private entity Molly Bloom Investments, named, presumably, for James Joyce’s character in Ulysses. Media Watch host Paul Barry owns 0.57 per cent of Private Media, a fact he often discloses on the program.
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Perhaps as the inspiration for bit-characters in a fourth series of Succession? Nevertheless, given Crikey‘s irrefutable success getting deep under Murdoch’s fingernails (the News Corp and Fox chairman has engaged Crikey legally four times in two years), the identities of its owners are worthy of mention.
Thanks to the statutory cap on damages in Australia’s defo regime, a courtroom showdown with Lachlan Murdoch won’t be terribly consequential to the value of the disparate equity in Private Media, the largest chunk of which is held by publishing veteran Eric Beecher. The Burgess team of brokers and technical experts worldwide can advise on any aspect of superyachting, including sale and purchase, charter, new construction and operational management.įor more details on Ulysses, email or contact a sales broker in New York at +1-21 or in Monaco at +377 97 97 81 21.The week digital media outlet Crikey (successfully) dared one of the most powerful men on earth to sue it for defamation seemed like an appropriate time to peruse the shareholder register of its publisher, Private Media. She also sports a Rolls-Royce technical platform, a fully certified heli-deck with a hangar and refueling capability, an astounding array of water toys (including a 68-foot catamaran), an enormous pool, a massive gym and spa area, a cinema and several spacious salons. With an astounding range of 8,500 nautical miles, she cruises at 14.5 knots (16.4 knots maximum speed), and her ice-class hull makes even the polar regions accessible to this incredible go-anywhere yacht. She can accommodate up to 30 guests in 15 spacious, ultra-modern staterooms, each offering optimal views from her vast windows. As yacht owners have continued to seek more self-sufficient and versatile yachts for extended cruising in remote and adventurous destinations, Ulysses debuts phenomenal amenities and unrivaled expedition capabilities.ĭelivered this summer, she was custom built in Norway and outfitted with a contemporary interior designed by H2 Yacht Design. Offering the ability to cruise to the far reaches of the world in extreme comfort, this yacht heralds an awe-inspiring trend in the superyacht world. The 352.4-foot-long Ulysses, representing the pinnacle of oceangoing seaworthiness and luxury, is being offered for immediate sale. The sales team at Burgess, a superyacht company world renowned for representing some of the most significant yachts afloat in private yachting history, is proud to announce an unparalleled opportunity to purchase a groundbreaking, brand-new explorer yacht.
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