At the center of a small armada, Kleiner Perkins VC Tom Perkins's three-masted superyacht Maltese Falcon took a turn around San Francisco Bay last weekend. It's currently anchored in Richardson's Bay north of Sausalito, and if you've got a couple hundred million around, you could probably convince Perkins to let you…
The world's largest sailing vessel, the Maltese Falcon, will be visiting San Francisco Bay. It's owned by Tom Perkins — "Perkins" as in "Kleiner Perkins," the venture-capital firm he helped found — and cost around $130 million to build. However, Perkins has been trying to sell the thing with a price tag of $233 million
At 289 feet, the Maltese Falcon, is the world's largest sailing yacht. Its owner, venture capitalist Tom Perkins, is over it. He's looking for a buyer to take the Falcon off his hands for about $233 million, according to The Wealth Report blog. Of the Falcon, Perkins once told Lesley Stahl on 60 Minutes: "I just…
Tom Perkins, bazillionaire venture capitalist and owner of the Maltese Falcon, was interviewed on 60 Minutes last night. Humility is not his strong suit. Why build the biggest sailboat in the world? "I just wanted the biggest." I can relate. In his spare time, Perkins also fake blogs.
"I am embarrassed by [the price] ... There's the homeless and charity and there are lots of things you could do with that money that would improve the world, right? So you know, 'How selfish is this guy?' ... is the criticism. So the answer is pretty selfish, but I am not going to put a number on it." — Tom Perkins, …
