$120million Venus superyacht owned by Steve Job’s billionaire widow Laurene Powell docks in Cairns, Australia as workers stock the 255ft vessel with supplies
- The $120million Venus superyacht boasts six bedrooms and is 255ft long
- It docked in Cairns, Queensland on Friday
- The vessel is owned by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene Powell Jobs
The Venus superyacht is one of the most expensive and luxurious boats in the world.
And on Friday, the $120million vessel owned by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene Powell Jobs docked in Cairns, Australia.
It’s unclear if Laurene, 59, was on the scene, but various staffers were pictured loading Venus with supplies.
The superyacht looked like the picture of perfection as it sat in the crystal green and blue waters of Queensland.
At 255ft long, it dwarfed several smaller yachts that were docked nearby.
The $120million vessel owned by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene Powell Jobs docked in Cairns, Australia on Friday
The late tech CEO (left) and his wife Laurene Powell are pictured together in Hollywood in 2010
The superyacht looked like the picture of perfection as it sat in the crystal green and blue waters of Queensland
The mammoth size of Venus can be seen in comparison to some nearby cars that are parked on the dock
The spectacular sea vessel was last spotted in November, 2022, when Laurene enjoyed a holiday in Barbados.
The glamorous socialite had spent the afternoon swanning around the luxury 5-star hotel Sandy Lane’s restaurants, shops and spas.
Powell was left widowed after Jobs passed away, age 56, from complications from pancreatic cancer in October 2011. They had three children together and Powell is also step-mother to Jobs’ daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs.
A number of people were pictured on board and seemed to be inspecting something down below
At 255ft long, it dwarfed several smaller yachts that were docked nearby
The modern and sleek design of the superyacht is much different the more old fashioned style seen on many other yachts
Powell (pictured in 2019) was left widowed after Jobs passed away, age 56, from complications from pancreatic cancer in October 2011
When Jobs died, most of his assets passed on to his wife, making her one of the 50 richest people in the world.
Powell married Jobs in 1991 – ten years before the release of the first iPod – and now manages a fortune estimated to be worth $12.3 billion according to Forbes.
In addition to the Venus, she owns two private jets, four large real estate properties and a large stake in the Walt Disney Company.
The Venus was Steve Jobs’ final masterpiece, after he commissioned it in 2008 and worked painstakingly on the design with superstar French product designer Philippe Starck.
He did not survive to see the ship completed and launched, dying of pancreatic cancer a year before work was finished in 2012.
It’s unclear if Laurene, 59, was on the scene, but various staffers were pictured loading Venus with supplies
Boxes were being unpacked from several vehicles and were then brought on board the superyacht
The superyacht looked far more impressive than the vessels featured on reality shows such as Below Deck
In his final years, Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson: ‘I know that it’s possible I will die and leave Laurene with a half-built boat. But I have to keep going on it. If I don’t, it’s an admission that I’m about to die.’
Starck helped design the sleek 256-foot long vessel, and Jobs enlisted the chief engineer of the Apple Stores to design reinforced glass for its walls, according to his biographer Walter Isaacson.
Starck spoke about Venus in an interview with French Vanity Fair, explaining the yacht houses six bedrooms along with communication systems between the kids’ rooms in the front and the adult quarters in the rear.
The Venus was Steve Jobs’ final masterpiece, after he commissioned it in 2008 and worked painstakingly on the design with superstar French product designer Philippe Starck
In his final years, Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson: ‘I know that it’s possible I will die and leave Laurene with a half-built boat. But I have to keep going on it. If I don’t, it’s an admission that I’m about to die’
Designer Starck spoke about Venus in an interview with French Vanity Fair, explaining the yacht houses six bedrooms along with communication systems between the kids’ rooms in the front and the adult quarters in the rear
It’s unbelievable size seemed to stretch out for eons as it remained docked and floated on the Australian seas
The 255ft yacht is made of light-weight aluminium and Jobs employed the chief engineer of his Apple stores to help design special glass that allowed the ship to be installed with ten-foot-high windows across the hull
‘Steve wanted to be sure that the teenagers could be set up in the front of the boat when he was at the back and vice-versa. He was obsessed with silence,’ Starck said.
‘In his home, children did not make noise, nor the dog, nor his wife … no one made any noise, ever.’
The 255ft yacht is made of light-weight aluminium and Jobs employed the chief engineer of his Apple stores to help design special glass that allowed the ship to be installed with ten-foot-high windows across the hull.
It’s unclear why the Venus was docked in Cairns and where it will be headed to on its next voyage
The interior also features 27-Mac computer screens, with large cabin windows along the yacht
The yacht can fit 12 guests on board in six suites as well as 22 crewmembers.
The interior also features 27-Mac computer screens, with large cabin windows along the yacht.
Looking like a floating Apple store, the yacht bears all the hallmarks of a new Jobs-inspired creation — crisp white lines, polished metal, glass.
The superyacht has a long white hull with a row of circular portholes just above the water line and two glass-walled cabins on the top deck, one on top of the other.
Laurene Powell Jobs’ $120million luxury yacht Venus
The $120 million luxury yacht Venus was designed by Steve Jobs and French product designer Philippe Starck.
Jobs commissioned the yacht in 2008, but he did not survive to see the ship completed and launched, dying of pancreatic cancer before work was finished in 2012.
The 255ft yacht is made of light-weight aluminium and Jobs employed the chief engineer of his Apple stores to help design special glass that allowed the ship to be installed with ten-foot-high windows across the hull.
The yacht can fit 12 guests on board in six suites as well as 22 crewmembers.
Starck spoke about Venus in an interview with French Vanity Fair, explaining the yacht houses six bedrooms along with communication systems between the kids’ rooms in the front and the adult quarters in the rear.
‘Steve wanted to be sure that the teenagers could be set up in the front of the boat when he was at the back and vice-versa. He was obsessed with silence,’ Starck said.
‘In his home, children did not make noise, nor the dog, nor his wife … no one made any noise, ever.’
The interior also features 27-Mac computer screens, with large cabin windows along the yacht.
Looking like a floating Apple store, the yacht bears all the hallmarks of a new Jobs-inspired creation — crisp white lines, polished metal, glass.
The superyacht has a long white hull with a row of circular portholes just above the water line and two glass-walled cabins on the top deck, one on top of the other.
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