his toy 300 million and other mega-rich yachts in Mallorca

In 2021 it was Jack Ma (60), mysterious Chinese megamillionaire FounderAlibaba group. He has not been seen for almost two years after a public dispute with Chinese political authorities. Suddenly, like a shadow, appeared in Mallorca played golf with his entourage in Santa Ponsa, dressed like a retiree from Florida. arrived on board his great yacht: Zentoy 88 meters and 200 million dollars built in the same year in the Netherlands.

In 2023, his footprint in the waters of the island was taken by Jeff Bezos (60 years old), Amazon owner and a staggering net worth of $204 billion. The New Mexico tycoon also chose the coast of the Balearic Islands for the debut of his megayacht Coru, a huge three-masted schooner that he paid for. 500 million euros.

Bezos arrived on the island on a private jet with his partner, presenter and fellow countrywoman Lauren Sanchez (54). The helicopter delivered them to a 70-meter-long support boat with its own helipad. The support boat Koru is larger than any yacht of the local rich. From there they hopped on their super sailboat to begin romantic route along the Mediterranean Sea.

And since you can’t have two without three, the island just received a new megayacht from a tech guru this summer. this week launch padowned by Mark Zuckerberg (40), Silicon Valley prodigy, Facebook owner (now included in their meta platform). The blue hulled yacht was built by Feadship, the same shipyard as Jack Ma’s, and is valued at 300000000 dollars. It has 118 meters long, seats 24 guests and was delivered on May 14, Zuckerberg’s 40th birthday. Its maintenance costs 30 million annually.

The launcher is docked in elite Marine Club. Palma’s huge floating summer palaces are moored there, including the Venus, the megayacht that the guru of all these new gurus, Apple’s Steve Jobs, never got to enjoy due to his premature death and now belongs to his widow. Its design with neat straight lines, work Philippe Starck, It’s like one of the computers on the block.

Zuckerberg’s boat operates in coastal waters and is anchored in Cala Fornells. 48 crew members finished it while they wait. arrival of its ownerallergy to public exposure.

But Mallorca lives not only in pieces. Summer begins with the splendor of yesteryear. Discussing the restrictions of mass tourism and cooking social struggle against massification, the island continues to be a magnet for familiar faces. The yin and yang of tourism that has taken over beach bars budget from the beach and private jet terminal.

Tom Cruise (61) has two lightning visits in a month. The second lasted only five hours. A fascinating journey that led him Mallorca from Seville on a private jet, which the actor did not advertise on his social networks and the reason for which is unknown.

The star of Top Gun and Mission: Impossible, a classic Hollywood face that has remained elusive over time, visited the Mexican director in mid-May. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (60). They were looking for locations for their new film project, and the actor went swimming on the beaches of Formentor, where they walked. John Wayne, Charles Chaplin or Peter Ustinov, who every morning had breakfast in his living rooms, and then set sail on his sailing ship “My Nothing”. He himself told how he acquired a sailboat at a party in Cannes: a Moroccan businessman invited him to a cocktail on board, he fell in love with the boat and bought it.

Cruz’s second visit sparked rumors of his affair with Mallorca and its emerald waters. However, sources familiar with the trip indicate that he was accompanied by one of his regular crew to film action scenes, lending credence to the idea that it was a trip by one of his film projects.

For a few hours, Cruise did not coincide in Mallorca with another Hollywood actor, Michael Douglas (79), who never misses his holidays in Mallorca. The two-time Oscar winner made every actor’s summer dream come true. Walk around Valldemosa almost like a local. He takes selfies with his neighbors (this year with Manolo from the Sa Foganya bar), jokes and welcomes friends and some of his family. This year, the actor arrived ahead of his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones (54). The Welsh actress is also enjoying S’Estaca, the idyllic estate Douglas owned for decades on the Valldemosa coast.

Douglas and Cruise bring the glamor of the Eighties and Nineties at a time when another icon of the era is performing in Mallorca. British duo Pet Shop Boys perform in Magaluf at the Mallorca Live festival, not far from where the nouveau riche of the tech industry surf. With all their past and present money and fame, they plunge into summer for the first time, just as the island is wondering what kind of destination it wants to be when it grows up.